Tag: Centers For Disease Control
CDC restates recommendation for masks on planes, trains
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court...
Fauci: ‘Pandemic phase’ over for U.S., but COVID-19 still here
Dr. Anthony Fauci has given an upbeat assessment of the current state of the coronavirus in the United States, saying the country is "out...
HARI looks to improve maternal health for Black women across Rhode...
PROVIDENCE – After news broke last year that Black women experienced severe maternal morbidity at nearly twice the rate of white women throughout Rhode...
Science, policy must catch up with ticks
If your last hike in the woods ended with a tick trying to make a meal of you, you’re not alone: The tiny bloodsuckers...
CDC report: 10.5K born in R.I. in 2018 as national births...
PROVIDENCE – There were 10,506 live births in Rhode Island in 2018, according to a preliminary report Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control...
Vaccines still recommended as flu season wanes
PROVIDENCE — Flu vaccinations remain your best defense as Rhode Island’s reported influenza-like illnesses continue to wane.
Flu-like illnesses comprised of 2.2 percent of all...
R.I. reports 9% drop in overdose deaths from January – August...
PROVIDENCE — As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report showing the 2016 national number of overdose deaths at 63,600, 21...
EpiVax leads NIH’s $5.8M bird-flu vaccine project
PROVIDENCE - Immunolgy engineering biotech firm EpiVax Inc. is leading a National Institutes of Health-funded $5.8 million collaboration developing a protective vaccine against avian influenza...
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