Tag: Centers for Disease and Control Prevention
R.I. receives $4.4M in federal funding to help build healthier communities
PROVIDENCE – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is awarding a five-year $4.4 million grant to the R.I. Department of Health as part...
CVS making updated COVID-19 vaccine available
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. says the updated COVID-19 vaccine recently authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now available at its...
A maskless step toward normalcy
As hospitals across the state make masks optional for patients and staff for the first time in three years, health care leaders feel confident...
Study: R.I. tops in nation for COVID-19, flu child vaccination rates
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked first in the nation for child vaccination rates for COVID-19 and flu, according to a study by QuoteWizard by...
R.I. leads nation in percentage of residents vaccinated against COVID-19
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island leads the nation for the percentage of its population that is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
As of Feb. 13, Becker's Hospital...
Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a...
CDC: Masks indoors in U.S. where cases surging
NEW YORK (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday announced new recommendations that vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors...
Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) – Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited...
CDC recommends new order for vaccine distribution, but Rhode Island stays...
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday shifted its stance on the order of who should get the vaccine...
R.I. approves vaccine, first doses distributed to hospitals
PROVIDENCE – A portion of Rhode Island's frontline health care workers were set to receive the first federally approved COVID-19 vaccine Monday.
The Rhode Island...
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