Tag: Rhode Island Department of Health
$500K bound for R.I. to help contain coronavirus, millions more likely
PROVIDENCE – An initial $500,000 grant is on its way to Rhode Island from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help...
Mass. woman along on St. Raphael trip tests positive for coronavirus
PROVIDENCE – A third participant on a school trip to Europe last month has tested a presumptive positive for the coronavirus, Rhode Island health...
R.I. colleges cancel trips amid coronavirus fears, East Greenwich school closes...
PROVIDENCE – Two local colleges on Tuesday announced cancellations of school-sponsored international travel programs during spring break in the wake of the growing COVID-19...
Raimondo orders DOH to issue ban on flavored e-cigarettes
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Wednesday ordered the R.I. Department of Health to issue an emergency order banning the sale of flavored...
HRSA grants RIDOH $7.7M for home visiting services for pregnant women,...
PROVIDENCE — The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program has granted $7.7 million to the R.I....
R.I. runs $600K prevention campaign ‘The Truth About Opioids’
PROVIDENCE — Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force announced today a local $600,000 social media and television public prevention campaign,...
RIDOH reports scam involving restaurant inspections and credit card information
PROVIDENCE - Two restaurants in Rhode Island have been the target of a phone scam involving phony health inspections. According to the Rhode Island...