Tag: Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
Blue Cross launches COVID-19 risk dashboard
PROVIDENCE – A new public health dashboard created by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is helping the insurer and health care...
Eviction stay fails to appease many
An eviction moratorium is available through the end of the year for residential tenants who file a simple declaration with their landlord, thanks to...
CDC directs halt to renter evictions to prevent virus spread
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration has issued a directive halting the eviction of certain renters though the end of 2020 to prevent the...
CDC report shows more R.I. teens are vaping
PROVIDENCE – The number of Rhode Island high school students who use e-cigarettes spiked last year, climbing 10% over numbers collected in 2017, national...
R.I. residents added to travel advisories in Mass., N.Y., N.J., Conn.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been added to travel advisory lists in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York as of Tuesday.
Rhode Islanders traveling...
Restaurants, kitchens putting more robot cooks to work
HAYWARD, Calif. – Robots that can cook – from flipping burgers to baking bread – are in growing demand as virus-wary kitchens try to...
State to expand serology testing among high-contact workers
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott recently announced a second, expanded serology testing effort among people in specific high-contact professions...
2nd wave of coronavirus? Experts say we’re still in the 1st
What’s all this talk about a “second wave” of U.S. coronavirus cases?
About 120,000 Americans have died from the new virus and daily counts of...
Legal issues raised over returning to work
Pama Brown lost her catering job of 13 years at Brown University right before the coronavirus crisis, and she’s been in no rush to...
R.I. receives $5.4M for testing and contact tracing
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has received $5.4 million in federal funds for testing and contact-tracing efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state's congressional...
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