Tag: Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott
Brown research could change approach to R.I. opioid crisis
Medication-assisted treatment is at the core of a new care model created by Brown University researchers looking to offer a restructured approach to opioid...
Rhode Island joins international HIV prevention campaign
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has announced its support of “Undetectable = Untransmittable,” or U=U, an international HIV prevention campaign that is...
RIDOH launches campaign urging proper use of antibiotics
PROVIDENCE – In reaction to a recently released report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the R.I. Department of Health has announced...
New program addresses mental health needs for pregnant and postpartum women
PROVIDENCE – Depression and behavioral health care for pregnant and postpartum women are among the issues addressed in a new statewide program created by...
RIDOH announces 120-day ban on flavored e-cigarette sales
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health announced Friday emergency health regulations immediately banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes for 120 days.
During this period,...
R.I. Department of Health begins new opioid awareness campaign
PROVIDENCE – Last week the R.I. Department of Health launched Over the Dose RI, an educational campaign to reduce the misuse and abuse of...
State waits on regulating ’emerging chemical of concern’
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island state health officials are holding off regulating a group of man-made chemicals used in non-stick products that are linked to...
Rhode Island could lose one of its two U.S. House seats...
The last time a U.S. census form arrived in the mail, Marcela Betancur helped her mother fill it out. As a 20-year-old, she had...
R.I. Health Department seeks proposals for $1.4M Health Equity Zone funding
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has $1.4 million to enhance the state’s nine current Health Equity Zones, as well as add new ones,...
Raimondo signs executive order to form census outreach program
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has signed an executive order creating the Rhode Island Complete Count Committee, a committee to develop and coordinate...
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