Tag: Pandemic
Does restaurants’ expanded sidewalk seating need limits?
Outdoor seating on sidewalks, bike lanes and city streets have helped save restaurants and bars during the pandemic, but some say it’s making it...
Stronger, eager to grow
The flexibility required of Rhode Island manufacturers to stay open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has made many of them stronger, says Kathie Mahoney, center...
Q&A: Cindy McDermott
Cindy McDermott | Ximedica LLC vice president, organizational and human development
Providence-based medical-device developer Ximedica LLC, which in June was acquired by Veranex, offers intensive...
Boosting morale
Has maintaining workplace morale been a problem for your company during the pandemic?
Yes: 50%
No: 50%
Has your company taken steps to boost workplace morale among...
Do you agree with Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s plan to spend...
After months of resisting calls to begin spending some of an estimated $1.1 billion in new federal pandemic aid, Gov. Daniel J. McKee recently...
State outlines enforcement plans for vaccinating health care workers
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the R.I. Department of Health unveiled Tuesday how they plan to enforce the state's mandate that health...
Enrollment ‘headwinds’ coming for local colleges
Colleges and universities in Rhode Island will need to find creative ways to draw in promising students in the face of a steep enrollment...
FM Global among insurers facing COVID-19 lawsuits
The lawsuits against Johnston-based FM Global started to pile up shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the U.S., shutting down large sectors...
Is COVID ‘bias’ hindering Lyme disease detection?
Jane Barrows’ troubles with Lyme disease began with a strange mark on her thigh.
In 2008, she was doing some landscaping while wearing a bathing...
Dining out: A lesson for Salve students
Like the virus and its far-reaching effects, telling the story of the pandemic has been unprecedented. On social media, we receive and react to...


















