Tag: Department Of Health
Asbestos-removal trainer admits to falsifying documents
PROVIDENCE – The owner of a Rhode Island-based asbestos abatement training center admitted to a federal judge on Tuesday that he falsified training documents...
McKee eyes repurposing unspent federal health relief for Washington Bridge, other projects
As the daily news headlines detailing the spread of bird flu grow, so does Dr. Leonard Mermel’s anxiety.
An infectious disease expert who works as...
New pilot program will help unhoused Rhode Islanders with medical needs
PROVIDENCE – The state is launching a new pilot program to help Rhode Islanders experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness with acute medical and behavioral...
Report: R.I. construction workers hardest hit by fatal opioid overdose crisis
PROVIDENCE – Among all occupations in the Ocean State, construction and maintenance workers in Rhode Island continue to be hardest hit by the opioid...
R.I. pushes youth vaccinations, expects approval for children under 12 by...
JOHNSTON – Rhode Island health officials said plans are in place to begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to children under 12 years old this year,...
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...
Will vaccine panels work together?
The newly formed House COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force could offer some early insights into how Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and the presumptive next House...
Pediatricians say reopening R.I. schools safe
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has enlisted the help of two pediatricians to reassure parents that it is safe to reopen the...
It’s up to us to make R.I.’s ‘new normal’ a better...
In these extraordinary times there is evidence of hope and generosity all around, just as there is uncertainty and urgent, extreme need. We are...
Overdoses, end-of-life care challenge health system
The next challenge in caring for those who experience opioid overdoses is long-term reintegration into the workforce and society, panelists said during Providence Business...
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