Tag: flu
Number of R.I. health workers getting flu shot growing, room for...
Health care workers who engage with patients are strongly encouraged to get the flu vaccine. And if the virus becomes widespread in Rhode Island,...
RIDOH: Flu no longer widespread in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has announced flu is no longer widespread in the state, relieving unvaccinated medical personnel from the requirement...
Vaccines still recommended as flu season wanes
PROVIDENCE — Flu vaccinations remain your best defense as Rhode Island’s reported influenza-like illnesses continue to wane.
Flu-like illnesses comprised of 2.2 percent of all...
Historic flu season drives sales across the health care industry
NEW YORK - A historically bad flu season has sent Americans to the doctor in droves - and given a boost to companies across the...
Why we’re so unprepared for flu
It’s surprising how easy it is to brush off dire existential threats. We remain, for example, unprepared for the next pandemic flu, though experts...
DOH: Lines at The Miriam Hospital caused by Memorial closure, viruses...
PROVIDENCE – A combination of new patients from the shuttered Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket and a busy flu season are causing...
