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COLLABORATIVE EFFORT: A staff member from Alert EMS gets a COVID-19 test sample from a drive-up patient at a mobile test site in Central Falls. Alert EMS staff handles the swabbing, CVS Health Corp. runs the machines that process the samples and the University of Rhode Island helps house the machines. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

NO PANACEA: Employers told COVID-19 tests won’t ensure safety in workplace

Coronavirus 06/19/2020

Rhode Island is a COVID-19 testing leader. At an average of nearly 3,000 tests a day, the state has among the highest rates of testing...

BRANCHING OUT: Kinder Industries owner Phillip Kinder displays the face shield and mask that his company recently started producing for health care workers and commercial orders. In the background, head seamstress Misuk Toppa cuts strips for enclosure panels that are going to Regata Place in Newport. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Kinder Industries shielded from a shutdown

Coronavirus 06/19/2020

For two weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Rhode Island, the phone stopped ringing at Kinder Industries Inc. in Bristol. The manufacturer of...

CONCERNED: Paul Adam, a longtime American Cancer Society volunteer, worries about the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on cancer treatment. His twin brother, Peter Adam, was diagnosed with leukemia shortly after the virus appeared in Rhode Island. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Pandemic adds obstacles to fight against cancer

Coronavirus 06/19/2020

Paul Adam didn’t think cancer would strike so close to home again. Because of his work as vice state lead ambassador of the American Cancer...

PHONING FROM HOME: Cooley CEO and President Daniel Dwight works from his home in Massachusetts. / COURTESY COOLEY GROUP

Pandemic Diary: Pulling off a telecommuting balancing act

Coronavirus 06/19/2020

(Editor’s note: This is the 10th installment in a weekly series on how Cooley Group is managing the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of...

RETAIL TEAM: Amy Arruda, senior vice president of retail banking at Washington Trust, right, with Melanie Connelly, vice president of retail banking, at the bank’s Westerly headquarters. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Deferred loans, waived fees part of pandemic response for banks

Coronavirus 06/19/2020

The consumer messaging of banks and credit unions through the COVID-19 pandemic has been consistent: we’re here for you. When it comes to bank fees...

Patrick Crowley / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Patrick Crowley, National Education Association of Rhode Island...

5Q 06/19/2020

1. Before COVID-19, what was the most pressing labor issue for teachers? It was the state takeover of Providence public schools and what that...

TESTED: WaterRower Inc. CEO and President Peter King, right, speaks with assembly worker Lenny Laur. The Warren manufacturer has managed two COVID-19 outbreaks among employees. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

COVID-19 testing success outside workplace means little within it

Coronavirus 06/19/2020

Rhode Island’s consistent ranking among the highest rates of COVID-19 testing per capita in the country may prove to be a key factor in...

The future of health care is ‘home first’

Commentary 06/19/2020

In Rhode Island, more than 75% of COVID-19 deaths have occurred in long-term care facilities. The public is quickly becoming aware of the inherent...

POWERFUL PRODUCT: Allyson Cote, CEO and president of Ocean State Shields, and Todd Thomas, chief innovation officer, with their product, sd90, a coating that stops micro-organism growth for up to a year on surfaces. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Startup aiming to ensure microbes stay away

Coronavirus 06/19/2020

Without making claims specific to the new coronavirus, Ocean State Shields LP says its product – a nontoxic spray-on liquid that disinfects surfaces, including...