NKY Health Department /tags/nky-health-department NKY Health Department en-US Copyright Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:37:24 GMT Norovirus, COVID, oh my! Winter illnesses on the rise in Greater Cincinnati /health/2025-01-09/norovirus-covid-flu-winter-illnesses-cincinnati "It appears like a typical winter," Hamilton County Public Health Medical Director Steve Feagins says. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:37:24 GMT /health/2025-01-09/norovirus-covid-flu-winter-illnesses-cincinnati Isabel Nissley NKY Health Dept. launches overdose dashboard /health/2024-01-26/nky-health-department-overdose-dashboard The tool tracks drug-related ER visits, EMS encounters, EMS use of naloxone, and fatalities across Boone, Campbell, Grant, and Kenton counties. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:47:06 GMT /health/2024-01-26/nky-health-department-overdose-dashboard Zack Carreon Northern KY Health District Director Leaving Dec. 31 /local-news/2021-04-07/northern-ky-health-district-director-leaving-dec-31 The head of the Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department is stepping down. Lynne Saddler, MD, is leaving her position effective Dec. 31.In… Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:48:39 GMT /local-news/2021-04-07/northern-ky-health-district-director-leaving-dec-31 Cory Sharber Contact Tracing Ramps Up In Ohio, Kentucky /local-news/2020-04-23/contact-tracing-ramps-up-in-ohio-kentucky Area health departments are drilling down on the data from local COVID-19 patients and hoping to identify people they've come into contact with to prevent… Thu, 23 Apr 2020 22:39:07 GMT /local-news/2020-04-23/contact-tracing-ramps-up-in-ohio-kentucky Ann Thompson Still no statewide smoking ban in Kentucky, but local efforts continue to address the issue /health/2015-02-27/still-no-statewide-smoking-ban-in-kentucky-but-local-efforts-continue-to-address-the-issue Forty-one communities in Kentucky, including Lexington, Louisville, and Kenton County, have smoke-free policies covering workplaces and enclosed public… Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:30:00 GMT /health/2015-02-27/still-no-statewide-smoking-ban-in-kentucky-but-local-efforts-continue-to-address-the-issue High rate of vaccinations among KY kids /local-news/2015-02-04/high-rate-of-vaccinations-among-ky-kids An audit from the Kentucky Immunization Project found most of the children seen at the four health centers of the Northern Kentucky Health Department had… Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:09:21 GMT /local-news/2015-02-04/high-rate-of-vaccinations-among-ky-kids Bill Rinehart