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CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,775 during the week of Dec. 11-17, with eight new deaths. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. weekly COVID-19 cases increase by 1,775, with 8 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,775 from Dec. 11-17, with eight new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. The...
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,789 from Dec. 4-10, with 15 new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health says. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 1,789, with 15 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,789 from Dec. 4-10, with 15 new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. The...
EAGER SELLER: Karen Beebe, owner of Providence’s Queen of Hearts LLC, says the only way for her to combat inflation this holiday season is for her fashion boutique to sell more than usual. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Shoppers’ return buoys retail but challenges remain

The good news for brick-and-mortar retailers of all types is that, like the handshake, in-person shopping will survive COVID-19. While plenty of pre-pandemic challenges remain,...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 1,652, with 3 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,652 from Nov. 27 through Dec. 3, with three new deaths, the R.I. Department...
RHODE ISLAND HAS RECEIVED around $11.6 million in federal funding to help strengthen the state’s public health care workforce and improve critical health infrastructure. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL

R.I. receives $11.6M in federal funding to address health care workforce,...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving around $11.6 million in federal funding to help strengthen the state’s public health care workforce and improve critical...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 1,008, with 3 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,008 from Nov. 20-26, with three new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday. The...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 1,040, with 12 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,040 from Nov. 13-19, with 12 new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday.  The...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 1,043 last week, with 6 new...

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,043 from Nov. 6-12, with six new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health...
THE NUMBER of events at the R.I. Convention Center and the Amica Mutual Pavilion next door are increasing and so is the amount of spending at local businesses by visitors. / COURTESY R.I. CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY

Convention bookings in R.I. looking brighter

The recent Rhode Island Comic Con that drew tens of thousands of people to downtown Providence over three days is the latest sign of...
COVID CONVERSATION: Dr. Claire Levesque, second from right, chief medical officer for commercial products at Point 32Health, the parent company of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, speaks during one of two panel discussions at PBN’s Fall Health Care Summit on Oct. 27. Also on the panel are, from left, Dr. Kirsten Anderson, medical director at CVS Health Corp./Aetna Inc.; Dr. Louanne Giangreco, senior medical director at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; Dr. Peter Hollmann, chief medical officer at Brown Medicine; Dr. Alexis Kearney, consultant medical director for Project Firstline RI, Center for Acute Infectious Disease Epidemiology, R.I. Department of Health; and Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit panel: ‘This virus is here to stay’

Fewer people are wearing masks these days, and the COVID-19 vaccination rates have plummeted. Even President Joe Biden has declared the pandemic over. But health...
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