Tag: Covid-19
R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 1.4K over weekend, with 19 more...
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 1,409 from Jan. 29 through Sunday, with 19 more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Monday.
Hospitalizations...
Benchmark Senior Living creates COVID-19 advisory council
PROVIDENCE – Benchmark Senior Living, a Waltham, Mass.-based senior housing provider with three locations in Rhode Island, has announced the creation of its Benchmark...
Five Questions With: Dr. Harlan Rich
Dr. Harlan Rich, a gastroenterologist at the Brown Medicine Endoscopy Center in East Providence, talks about colon cancer, a disease that gained widespread attention...
R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 550, with 10 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 550 on Thursday, with 10 more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday.
Hospitalizations...
House OKs remote committee votes and limited proxy votes during pandemic
PROVIDENCE – The House has approved new rules for the 2021-2022 session that allow House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi to activate procedures that include...
R.I. COVID-19 business curfews to be lifted Friday
PROVIDENCE – In an acceleration of guidance provided Thursday, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo will sign an executive order Friday to lift COVID-19-hour-restrictions in place...
Do you agree with the decision not to include teachers as...
Groups representing teachers and other education professionals were among those lobbying for priority consideration in the next phase of the state's COVID-19 vaccine distribution...
Has Raimondo’s blueprint worked for R.I.?
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo says the economic-development initiatives her administration has enacted in Rhode Island will serve as a blueprint for the...
First COVID-19 vaccine registry in Warwick fills quickly: 390 doses in...
WARWICK – A clear picture of the huge demand for the COVID-19 vaccine among the oldest Rhode Islanders came in Warwick on Thursday, where...
R.I. to shift vaccine distribution priority based on age, high-risk condition...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will shift to a vaccine distribution plan that emphasizes age, underlying health conditions and whether people live in communities most-impacted...

















