NKU students working to bring COVID-19 vaccine to underserved communities
Northern Kentucky University students are working on it, sharing their ideas for reaching underserved populations: They included partnering with homeless shelters, mobile blood banks that double as vaccine clinics, and even delivering the shot via an ice cream truck.
and last updated 2021-04-27 00:55:07-04
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. â As vaccination rates slow, health experts are hoping college students hold the key to cracking vaccine hesitancy.
Northern Kentucky University students are working on it, sharing their ideas for reaching underserved populations: They included partnering with homeless shelters, mobile blood banks that double as vaccine clinics, and even delivering the shot via an ice cream truck.
3 dead, 3 injured in Grant County crash on Interstate 75
EW Scripps
and last updated 2021-04-19 19:58:48-04
GRANT COUNTY, Ky. â Three people are dead, and three more are hospitalized, after a rollover crash on Interstate 75 in Grant County, Kentucky State Police troopers said Monday.
According to Kentucky State Trooper Cory Elliot, troopers responded to the 153-mile marker on I-75 southbound at roughly 6 p.m. for a single-vehicle rollover crash involving an SUV. Six people were in the vehicle at the time of the crash. Three were found deceased at the scene, and three others were transported to nearby hospitals.
Elliot could not elaborate on the condition of the people transported. Investigators remained on the scene of the investigation.
With more demand than supply of COVID vaccine, this NKY vet s persistence paid off
A bit of luck helped, too
After being told there were no appointments available to receive the coronavirus vaccine, Jack Duncan didn t give up.
and last updated 2021-02-08 19:18:35-05
ERLANGER, Ky. â When Jack Duncan called the Northern Kentucky Health Department s COVID-19 vaccine hotline, the agency told him there were no appointments available as doses continue to arrive at facilities across the region.
That didn t stop him.
After multiple phone calls around the region looking for an opening, the 80-year-old Air Force veteran called WCPO Wednesday asking if there was anything else he could do.