Tag: R.I. Department of Health
RIDOH: Unvaccinated health workers must wear masks due to widespread flu
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has issued a masking requirement for health care workers who have not received a flu shot.
Officials issued...
Overdose spike brings URI mobile health clinic to Providence
PROVIDENCE – In response to a surge in overdoses over Thanksgiving week, CODAC Behavioral Healthcare is bringing its University of Rhode Island Rhode to...
Education accountability, electronic opioid prescriptions, mandatory health insurance among new R.I....
PROVIDENCE – As 2020 draws near, residents and businesses within Rhode Island will need to adhere to new requirements set to go into effect...
Flu is now widespread in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE – Widespread flu has hit Rhode Island, according to the R.I. Department of Health.
With the “widespread” designation – the highest in the five-tier...
R.I. suffers first vaping-related death
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has joined the list of states with a vaping-related death, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The...
Brown research could change approach to R.I. opioid crisis
Medication-assisted treatment is at the core of a new care model created by Brown University researchers looking to offer a restructured approach to opioid...
Rhode Island joins international HIV prevention campaign
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has announced its support of “Undetectable = Untransmittable,” or U=U, an international HIV prevention campaign that is...
RIDOH launches campaign urging proper use of antibiotics
PROVIDENCE – In reaction to a recently released report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the R.I. Department of Health has announced...
CDC: Obesity rates for young children on WIC are falling in...
PROVIDENCE – Obesity rates for Rhode Island children aged 2 to 4 years old enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants...
Will stronger regs save vape shops?
White Horse Vapor expanded quickly over the past six years, growing from a single store in North Providence to three in Rhode Island and...