Tag: Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
R.I. to receive $17M in federal funds for opioid crisis
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $17.1 million in federal funds to combat the opioid crisis, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
First human case of EEE in R.I. since 2010 confirmed
PROVIDENCE – The first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Rhode Island was found in a person over the age of 50 in...
Demand in R.I. outpaces CDC’s preferred shingles vaccine but supplies are...
MIDDLETOWN — Word had yet to get out about what was in a pharmacy refrigerator at the Walgreens on East Main Road in Middletown...
RIDOH to receive $1.5M in funding to combat diabetes, heart disease
PROVIDENCE – Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced Thursday that the R.I. Department of Health’s Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke Program will receive $1.5 million...
RIDOH receives $2.3M in federal funds for child vaccinations
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Heath will receive $2.3 million in federal funds this year for immunization and vaccine programs, Sen. Jack Reed,...
Too early to call e-cigs unsafe
Whether they’re warning us about the risks of fat, salt, alcohol or electronic cigarettes, public health authorities tend to mislead – with the best...
R.I. Health Department to test 50 water systems for toxic PFAS...
PROVIDENCE – Next week, the R.I. Department of Health and Brown University will begin testing about 50 water sources, including public wells and licensed...
American Lung Association uses $30K CVS grant for school policies ...
PROVIDENCE – The American Lung Association is using a $30,000 grant from CVS Health Corp. to help Rhode Island schools design, implement and enforce...
Five Questions With: Dr. Michael Koster
Dr. Michael Koster, a pediatric infectious-diseases specialist and a hospitalist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, is an assistant professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School...
CDC: R.I. opioid death rate drops to 11th in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Friday’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opioid overdose report showed a decrease in overall deaths from 326 in 2016 to 320...
