Tag: Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
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...
Getting the lead out
Lead in old water line and housing is a looming health issue. Everyone wants it removed, but who will pay?
The mailed notifications to Providence...
Five Questions With: Dr. Joanna Brown
The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology on Nov. 13 each adjusted their guidelines on high blood pressure, from 140/90 to...
R.I. leads antibiotic prescription decline in national effort curbing microbial resistance
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s leading in the effort to curb unnecessary use of antibiotics, decreasing outpatient-filled prescriptions by 15 percent between 2010 and 2016,...
Report: R.I. teen immunization rates among highest in the nation
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island’s immunization rates for teenagers are among the highest in the nation, the R.I. Department of Health announced Friday.
A report conducted...
R.I. ACS CAN: State legislature can do more to improve cancer-prevention...
WARWICK - Rhode Island’s Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program was level funded this year at $375,000, far below the Centers for Disease Control and...
R.I. CDC funding per capita among highest in nation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s total Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding per capita was among the highest in the nation in fiscal 2016,...
Mermel receives physician award
DR. LEONARD MERMEL has been honored with the 2016 Annual Milton Hamolsky Outstanding Physician Award from the staff of Rhode Island Hospital, where he...
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