Tag: Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
R.I. gets $1.48M to track COVID-19 variants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has been allocated $1.48 million in federal funds for efforts to track COVID-19 variants, the state's congressional...
Wadensten gives helping hand to companies, communities in fight against COVID-19
PBN Manufacturing Awards 2021
Manufacturing Champion: Karl Wadensten, CEO and president, VIBCO Inc.
VIBCO Inc. CEO and President Karl Wadensten is a well-known name throughout...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, January 2021
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R.I. identifies first 3 cases of UK COVID-19 variant in the...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health said it has identified the United Kingdom COVID-19 variant in Rhode Island in samples from three individuals...
RIDOH receives $70.4M from feds for COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health was awarded $70.4 million in federal funding to bolster COVID-19 testing, vaccination efforts and infection prevention measures,...
COVID-19 variant means it’s time to ‘double down’ on protections, say...
PROVIDENCE – A new variant of COVID-19 has been identified in the U.S., but officials from the R.I. Department of Health on Wednesday said...
Brown researchers to track COVID-19 vaccine effects on elderly
As federal authorities begin the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine nationwide, local public health leaders are developing ways to track potential side effects.
Brown University’s School...
R.I. outlines COVID-19 vaccination strategy, but some unknowns remain
PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island continues to get pummeled by the COVID-19 pandemic – with cases overwhelming hospital systems and shuttering businesses – state...
U.S. virus deaths top 3,100 in a single day for the...
The United States recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring, while the number of Americans hospitalized...
U.S. panel to decide who should get the first COVID-19 shots
NEW YORK (AP) – An influential government advisory panel convened on Tuesday to answer one of the most pressing questions in the United States...