Tag: Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
Masks back on in Providence schools
PROVIDENCE – A little more than a month after taking them off, masks are going back on in Providence public schools.
The Providence Public School...
Robots & Pencils joins forces with LunaYou to help improve maternal...
PROVIDENCE – Digital solutions firm Robots & Pencils in Cleveland, Ohio, has announced its ongoing partnership with LunaYou, a maternal well-being program of the...
Florida judge voids U.S. mask mandate for planes, other travel
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding...
CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit for 15 days...
The doctor-patient relationship in a COVID world
Sitting barely 6 feet away from me, my patient yelled angrily, his face mask slipping to his upper lip: “No, I will not get...
Was Gov. Daniel J. McKee right to lift the state’s indoor...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Feb. 11 lifted an indoor masking and proof of vaccination mandate Rhode Island had in place since mid-December.
Venues with...
COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000
New cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in at least 49 of 50 states as omicron rapidly loosens its grip, even as...
Report: R.I. improves tobacco prevention efforts, but control programs still underfunded
PROVIDENCE – While Rhode Island has made progress to end tobacco use across the state, it still fails to adequately fund tobacco control programs...
R.I. doctor among leaders of study on breakthrough COVID-19 cases in...
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island doctor has helped lead a study that found fully vaccinated people with cancer remain at high risk for hospitalization...
BHDDH: Bringing in COVID-positive staff didn’t lead to outbreak at ESH
CRANSTON – State officials said on Friday that a COVID-19 outbreak among patients at the Eleanor Slater Hospital is unrelated to the crisis-level staffing...
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