Tag: Joseph Wendelken
Virus testing data raises questions
Rhode Island’s coronavirus cases have been on the rise for several weeks, but an inconsistency in the way testing data is being interpreted has...
R.I. residents added to travel advisories in Mass., N.Y., N.J., Conn.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been added to travel advisory lists in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York as of Tuesday.
Rhode Islanders traveling...
DBR’s COVID-19 transparency portal now shows if businesses come back into...
PROVIDENCE – The transparency portal on the R.I. Department of Business Regulation’s website listing businesses that received orders to shut down from the R.I....
Following discovery of falsely reported positive COVID-19 tests, 106 cases removed
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Public Health has confirmed that the falsely reported positive COVID-19 tests of 113 Rhode Islanders were conducted at...
113 Rhode Islanders received false positive COVID-19 test results
PROVIDENCE – A partner of East Providence's East Side Clinical Laboratory falsely reported positive COVID-19 test results to 113 Rhode Islanders, the R.I. Department...
Loan repayment program a recruiting tool in opioid battle
A federal loan repayment program aimed at getting more health care providers to help people suffering from opioid dependency is crucial to fighting what...
State making strides curbing opioid abuse
A 9 percent decline in opioid-overdose deaths during the first eight months of 2017 compared with the same period the previous year shows Rhode...
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