Safety

The staff of the Porter County Health Department is giving their time over the New Years holiday to offer COVID-19 testing at the Porter County Expo Center on Thursday December 30th and Friday December 31st. The short notice testing hours were added...

Due to the recent outbreak in Lake County of the COVID-19 virus, REGIONAL will be reducing our hours of operation for our Hammond Branch ONLY through the rest of the year. Our Hammond Branch lobby will be open from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m....

Over the past two years, our community has come together to support our health care providers and each other during the unprecedented crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. As we head into the Christmas week, we understand that people want to move on from...

Beginning Friday, December 17, Northwest Health has new visitation restrictions in place at all three Northwest Health hospitals and their outpatient centers. This change is aimed to protect its patients, visitors and staff from unnecessary exposure...

I took the Friday after Thanksgiving off. It’s usually a low volume day in markets and a sleepy day around the office. More importantly, my son Ethan was picked as an honorary ball boy at the Purdue basketball game against Omaha. He got to meet the...

The Portage Township Trustee’s office, in cooperation with the Porter County Health Department, has partnered with a third-party testing facility to offer PCR COVID-19 testing at its Airport Road office, 3484 Airport Road, Portage. The site will be...

MUNSTER – An 86-year-old Schererville resident was the recipient of the 100,000th vaccination given at Community Hospital’s COVID Vaccine Clinic. Richard Good and his wife, Carol, recently visited the clinic for their boosters. “I think...

Water pollution is a serious public health problem. When our waterways become polluted, microorganisms and other contaminants can cause serious illnesses. Just by looking at the water, it may be difficult to tell if a waterway is polluted – here...

One in every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer – a staggeringly high number. Yet not every diagnosis is created equal; the earlier the cancer is caught, the better the outlook for the patient. That is why Franciscan Health hosted...

 Franciscan Health Hammond was recently recognized by the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program as a Gold Safe Sleep Champion for their commitment to best practices and education on infant safe sleep. The National Safe Sleep...