Tag: Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
How criminals steal $37B a year from America’s elderly
NEW YORK - Marjorie Jones trusted the man who called to tell her she’d won a sweepstakes prize, saying she could collect the winnings...
Taylor named R.I. CDC Child Immunization Champion
CRANSTON – Arthur Taylor, a registered nurse and director of nursing for the Comprehensive Community Action Program, has been awarded the Centers for Disease Control...
Yellow fever outbreak prompts vaccine requirements for entry to 135 countries
EAST PROVIDENCE – A large, ongoing outbreak of yellow fever that recently reached level 2 alert status in multiple states in Brazil has prompted...
CVS developing early intervention for kidney disease, new home dialysis machine
WOONSOCKET — CVS Health Corp. plans to provide earlier intervention for people most at risk for kidney disease and will launch a clinical trial...
Report: Medicaid cost of Alzheimer’s reaches $438M in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE – By 2050, the total cost of care for the 5.7 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, 23,000 of them Rhode Island residents,...
Pro-Change to develop online self-management tool for lupus patients
PROVIDENCE – Pro-Change Behavior Systems Inc. has won a grant from the Lupus Foundation of America to help develop an online self-management program for...
CVS offers new shingles vaccine at all pharmacy locations
WOONSOCKET – About 99 percent of people 50 and older are at risk for shingles, a painful rash also known as herpes zoster, and...
Cooley teams with local health groups to encourage colorectal screening
PROVIDENCE – Providence College Men’s Basketball Head Coach Ed Cooley is teaming up with University Gastroenterology and University Endoscopy Group to urge people 50...
CDC: Flu Vaccine 59 percent effective for kids against most common...
PROVIDENCE — This year’s flu vaccine is 25 percent effective for all ages and more than 59 percent effective for children up to eight-years-old...
R.I. weathers intense flu season short Memorial Hospital’s emergency room
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island hospitals are handling increased emergency calls during a flu season the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls “intense,” rivaling...