Tag: Covid-19
Health department head Alexander-Scott tests positive for COVID-19
PROVIDENCE - Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, director of the R.I. Department of Health, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a spokesman for Gov. Gina...
R.I. reports 1,216 more people infected with COVID-19 virus
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island infections with the virus that causes COVID-19 increased by 1,216 on Thursday, the R.I. Department of Health reported Friday, for...
Boston meeting linked to as many as 300,000 COVID-19 cases
BOSTON (AP) – As many as 300,000 COVID-19 cases around the world can be traced to a two-day biotech meeting at a hotel in...
Ocean State Job Lot partners with Trinity Rep to help R.I....
PROVIDENCE – North Kingstown-based retail company Ocean State Job Lot has become another partner for Trinity Repertory Company to help the nonprofit theater company...
DBR encourages bank lobbies to limit access during ‘pause’
PROVIDENCE – As the two-week state “pause” continues, the R.I. Department of Business Regulation’s Division of Banking is recommending that financial institutions limit lobby...
KEEPING THE FLAME ALIVE: WaterFire, other arts groups key to R.I....
WaterFire Providence entered 2020 with big plans.
The nonprofit arts organization was preparing to mark the 25th anniversary since the first fires were lit on...
Calling the shots on a new COVID-19 vaccine
A task force of state lawmakers has started meeting to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine and its distribution in Rhode Island, but House leaders say...
Few Americans adopting COVID-19 exposure apps
Six months ago, Apple Inc. and Google LLC introduced a new smartphone tool designed to notify people who might have been exposed to the...
Family Service of Rhode Island partners with Tufts to donate, deliver...
WHEELING AND DEALING:
Family Service of Rhode Island and Tufts Health Plan teamed up to donate and deliver 350 turkeys and kits that helped an...
We’re all invested in fight to keep tourism, arts alive
Amid the plight of those struggling daily to pay for food or rent or dealing with the devastating loss of someone to COVID-19, the...
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