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Get fit for free on Fat Tuesday

Get fit for free on Fat Tuesday

(FOX19) - The YMCA of Greater Cincinnati is offering a healthy alternative to Fat Tuesday.

All 13 of the Greater Cincinnati YMCA locations will be offering free group exercise classes throughout the day on Tuesday, February 12.

Find the closest YMCA to your neighborhood by clicking here.

Go Red for Women on Friday

Go Red for Women on Friday

(FOX19) - National Wear Red Day is February 1. Join this movement by wearing red and encouraging your family, friends, and coworkers to do the same.

Heart disease and stroke are the leading killers of women in the USA, and they kill more women than men each year. 

The American Heart Association is promoting Go Red for Women on Friday, February 1st to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke in women.

Health Department working to make flu vaccine available in Campbell County

Health Department working to make flu vaccine available in Campbell County

CAMPBELL COUNTY, KY (FOX19) - With more than 1,000 cases and one death from flu reported in Northern Kentucky so far, the Northern Kentucky Health Department is emphasizing that it is important-and not too late-to seek out the flu vaccine, and sharing details of how Northern Kentucky residents can get vaccinated at the Health Department.

Flu vaccines, in shot form only, are available by appointment at the Health Department's county health centers. The Health Department is charging $20 for the vaccine, but no one will be turned away for inability to pay. 

Some may have the fees reduced and even eliminated through either a federal program providing vaccines to children; or for individuals covered by health insurance, Medicare or Medicaid.

Individuals wishing to be vaccinated are asked to call for an appointment. Health center staff will make an effort to get people in for vaccine as soon as possible, to the extent that staffing and vaccine supplies allow.

Free diabetes classes offered in Cold Spring

Free diabetes classes offered in Cold Spring

COLD SPRING, KY (FOX19) - If you have diabetes, the Northern Kentucky Health Department’s diabetes program is holding free courses for you to learn more about the disorder.

An all day class is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 19 at the Central Campbell County Fire House, 4113 Alexandria Pike in Cold Spring. Registration is required. A free lunch and a diabetes toolkit will be provided to those who attend.

Topics will include: what is diabetes, healthy eating, preventing complications and more. The classes will be led by a Registered Nurse/Certified Diabetes Educator and a Registered Dietitian from the Health Department.

To register or for more information about the class or the Health Department’s diabetes control program, please call Joan Geohegan at 859.363.2115 or Julie Shapero at 859.363.2116, or visit http://www.nkyhealth.org/diabetesclass.

Candle light vigil's nationwide highlight lung cancer awareness

Candle light vigil's nationwide highlight lung cancer awareness

NEWPORT, KY (FOX19)  - A planned candle light vigil at Newport on the Levee Tuesday night is just one of many being held across the nation to shine a light on lung cancer awareness.

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and to bring attention of the disease to a heightened level, supporters of Lung Cancer Alliance in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky will host a candlelight vigil as part of a national campaign with more than 125 vigils across the country.

The vigil will be held at the Levee at 7 p.m.

Click here to find a vigil where you live.

Free Mammograms Available at Gateway Sept. 24

Free Mammograms Available at Gateway Sept. 24

EDGEWOOD, KY – A mammography van from St. Elizabeth Healthcare will visit the Edgewood Campus of Gateway Community and Technical College Monday, Sept. 24, from 8 to 11 a.m. The van will be located in the parking lot of Gateway’s Student Services Center, 790 Thomas More Parkway, on the east side of the building facing the street.

3rd Annual Paddling for the Pink Kentucky Dragon Boat Festival

3rd Annual Paddling for the Pink Kentucky Dragon Boat Festival

CAMPBELL COUNTY, KY (FOX19) - The 3rd Annual Paddling for the Pink Kentucky Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday, September 8 at A.J. Jolly Lake in Southern Campbell County from 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

There will be 41 teams of 20 people racing in up to three heats each and raising money for St. E's Women's Wellness Center and other local breast cancer programs. The event is hosted by the Kentucky Thorough Breasts "Surviving in Sync" breast cancer survivor dragon boat racing team.

For more information including how to register for the race visit www.kythoroughbreasts.org and www.p4ca.org