Tag: Joseph Wendelken
Rhode Island accepting applications for safe injection sites
PROVIDENCE – After Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed legislation authorizing the establishment of a two-year pilot program in early July 2021, making Rhode Island...
BHDDH: Bringing in COVID-positive staff didn’t lead to outbreak at ESH
CRANSTON – State officials said on Friday that a COVID-19 outbreak among patients at the Eleanor Slater Hospital is unrelated to the crisis-level staffing...
R.I. daily COVID-19 cases set another record, rising by 5.3K
PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island have reached another single-day record, increasing by 5,373, with five new deaths, the R.I. Department...
DOH: COVID-19-positive medical workers allowed on job sites
PROVIDENCE – With staffing shortages hitting crisis levels, the R.I. Department of Health is allowing medical facilities in the state to draw on employees...
R.I. DOH sticks with federal COVID-19 booster guidelines, but ‘vast majority’...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health on Friday said that Rhode Island, unlike neighboring Massachusetts, is not bypassing federal emergency use authorization that...
![MODERNA INC Vaccine arrived at Rhode Island Hospital Dec. 22, which will also help prevent the spread of a new COVID-19 variant that was recently identified in the U.S. [Above] Richard Emery, Lifespan's pharmacy supervisor and Karen Nolan, Lifespan's pharmacy manager. / LIFESPAN CORP./ BILL MURPHY](https://ik.imagekit.io/emoxie/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-29-at-12.43.48-PM-150x150.png "COVID-19 variant means it’s time to ‘double down’ on protections, say R.I. public health leaders")
COVID-19 variant means it’s time to ‘double down’ on protections, say...
PROVIDENCE – A new variant of COVID-19 has been identified in the U.S., but officials from the R.I. Department of Health on Wednesday said...
R.I. cases of COVID-19 rise by 995, with 17 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 995, with 17 more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday.
Hospitalizations of COVID-19...
RIDOH: Nursing home staff should be vaccinated in phases
PROVIDENCE – In the coming days, staff from Woonsocket-based CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens will soon be traveling to Rhode Island's long-term care facilities...
R.I. approves vaccine, first doses distributed to hospitals
PROVIDENCE – A portion of Rhode Island's frontline health care workers were set to receive the first federally approved COVID-19 vaccine Monday.
The Rhode Island...
Business owners grapple with Raimondo’s ‘pause’ extension
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo's decision on Thursday to extend Rhode Island’s economic “pause” through Dec. 20 means some local businesses will have...
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