Tag: Dr. James Mcdonald
Most-read stories on PBN.com, June 2022
1. PBN announces 2022 40 Under Forty honorees
POSTED ONLINE: JUNE 10
Forty young professionals have been chosen as the winners of Providence Business News’ 18th...
McKee: COVID-19 vaccines for young children arriving in R.I. next week
PROVIDENCE – On the heals of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on June 18 recommending the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages...
First probable case of monkeypox found in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – The first probable case of monkeypox has been discovered in Rhode Island, the R.I. Department of Health announced Thursday.
The department said a...
Is Rhode Island facing a leadership “brain drain” amid a wave...
On June 2, the state said its interim health director, Dr. James McDonald, will be leaving the department next month. The announcement is the...
McDonald leaving R.I. Department of Health July 29
PROVIDENCE – Less than six months after the former longtime leader of the state agency resigned, the interim director of the R.I. Department of...
R.I. takes aim at hepatitis C in 5-year plan
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health is aiming to eliminate hepatitis C infections in the Ocean State using a newly unveiled five-year plan.
The...
RIHCA urges suspension of nursing home minimum staffing law
PROVIDENCE – According to the Rhode Island Health Care Association, nursing homes in the Ocean State are about to face millions in fines for...
Babineau: ‘It is going to take us years to rebuild’
The COVID-19 pandemic left Rhode Island’s health care industry a shell of its former self, with a staffing crisis that continues to have massive...
Summit: Health system rebuild will take years
It can’t compare to the horror of a real war, such as in Ukraine, but health care systems have indeed been in a life-and-death...
R.I. health director: COVID herd immunity ‘[not] achievable’ in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s top public health official on Wednesday said the nation will likely never reach herd immunity from COVID-19, but it’s time...
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