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COVID-19 VACCINES will be made available for children ages 6 months to 5 years old in Rhode Island next week. / AP FILE PHOTO/MATT ROURKE

McKee: COVID-19 vaccines for young children arriving in R.I. next week

PROVIDENCE – On the heals of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on June 18 recommending the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase over weekend by 431, with 3 new...

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 431 from June 17 through Sunday, with three new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 186, with no deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 186, with no new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday.    Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 190, with 1 death

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 190, with one new death, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.  Hospitalizations of...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 204, with 1 death

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 204 on Tuesday, with one new death, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday. Hospitalizations of...

Senate signs off on Providence pension bond proposal

PROVIDENCE – The capital city’s pitch to borrow half a billion dollars to pay down its unfunded pension liability could soon become reality, with...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 195, with 3 deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 195, with three deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Tuesday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients total...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 426 over weekend, with 1 death

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 426 from June 10 through Sunday, with one new death, the R.I. Department of Health said...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 269, with 6 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 269, with six new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday.   Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients...
Shuttered: Elderwood at Riverside, in East Providence, last month became the fifth nursing home in the state to close since the pandemic began in 2020. 
COURTESY ELDERWOOD 
AT RIVERSIDE

Nursing homes in peril across R.I. need a financial lifeline

The worst of the deadly health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may be behind us, but nursing homes across the state continue to be...
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