Tag: Pandemic
It’s time to explore job opportunities
Hope is returning to the workplace. With vaccines more widely available, COVID-19 cases decreasing and restrictions being cautiously lifted, job seekers are seeing increases...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, April 2021
1. Applications open for new $200M rent assistance program POSTED ONLINE: APRIL 1. A new $200 million rent assistance program for tenants and landlords...
R.I.’s new COVID-19 vaccine strategy will involve family doctors
The R.I. Department of Health is moving to include primary care doctors – the health care professionals with the most intimate knowledge of people’s...
How should the state spend an anticipated $1.1 billion in new...
Under the federal American Rescue Plan signed into law in March, Rhode Island is expected to see $1.78 billion in new pandemic aid.
State leaders...
R.I. health centers get crucial cash injection
Karen Mazzola had tears in her eyes when she administered Thundermist Health Center’s first COVID-19 vaccine shot late last year.
“I was just overwhelmed with...
Push on to make benefits of telehealth permanent
Seeing a doctor became much easier in the pandemic for many people who avoided travel time, office waits and the risk of exposure to...
Plenty of policy questions on dining in public spaces
The concept of reopening is a three-legged stool that must have a sturdy foundation on all sides lest it collapse.
“Reopening” is a more-apt term...
Some decisions to retire triggered by COVID-19
After 36 years of arranging and rearranging student dorm assignments at the University of Rhode Island, David Bauerle was contemplating retirement.
Bauerle, chief clerk for...
Vaccine mandates not only tool to push workers
A workplace showdown may be brewing over mandating vaccinations.
Employers would love the sense of certainty that comes with a vaccinated workforce. Workers can be...
As vaccine demand cools, some warm to idea of new messaging...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has reached a point where it has more vaccine supply than demand for it. And the population that has yet...