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REGULATION LITIGATION: Gov. Gina M. Raimondo filed a lawsuit calling budget provisions passed by the General Assembly in the fiscal 2020 budget giving veto power to the GA regarding marijuana and hemp regulations unconstitutional. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

Raimondo sues over marijuana regulatory power; GA signals it was already...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in Superior Court that argues against a provision of the fiscal 2020 budget...

Mass. Department of Health officials confirm state’s first vaping-related death

PROVIDENCE – Mass. Department of Health officials said a Hampshire County woman in her 60s who died from a vaping-associated lung injury is the...

Rhode Island kicks off flu shot campaign

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has kicked off its annual flu vaccination campaign in partnership with a number of community organizations. Health experts recommend the flu...

RIDOH announces 120-day ban on flavored e-cigarette sales

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health announced Friday emergency health regulations immediately banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes for 120 days. During this period,...

To waitlist or not: It’s up to pharmacies

The independent Matt’s Local Pharmacy on East Main Road in Middletown recently had 40 doses of Shingrix, the federal government’s recommended vaccine for the...
WHOLE FOODS MARKET is recalling Dorset cheese being sold in the Northeast due to listeria concerns. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/TY WRIGHT

Whole Foods recalls Dorset cheese due to listeria concerns

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health is advising residents that Whole Foods Market Inc. has recalled Dorset cheese due to potential listeria monocytogenes...
BUSY CARETAKER: Victoria Mitchell, a certified nursing assistant at Hopkins Manor in North Providence, says she and her co-workers care for up to 11 patients per shift, bathing, dressing and feeding each one in turn. It is an increase from the eight patients Mitchell used to care for during her morning shift when she began working as a CNA 22 years ago.
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Nursing homes care more with less

When she started working as a certified nursing assistant 22 years ago, Victoria Mitchell was assigned about eight patients during her morning shifts. Now, Mitchell...

Slader reelected RISCA chair

ELIZABETH “LIBBY” SLADER, owner of Providence-based design firm Libby Slader Interior Design, was recently reelected as chairman of the Rhode Island State Council on...
RHODE ISLAND was granted $17.1 million in federal funding to combat the opioid crisis, HHS announced Wednesday. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/JOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES

R.I. to receive $17M in federal funds for opioid crisis

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $17.1 million in federal funds to combat the opioid crisis, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
THE FIRST case of EEE in Rhode Island since 2010 has been confirmed in a resident in West Warwick, according to RIDOH.

First human case of EEE in R.I. since 2010 confirmed

PROVIDENCE – The first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Rhode Island was found in a person over the age of 50 in...
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