Tag: RIDOH
McDonald leaving R.I. Department of Health July 29
PROVIDENCE – Less than six months after the former longtime leader of the state agency resigned, the interim director of the R.I. Department of...
Rhode Island accepting applications for safe injection sites
PROVIDENCE – After Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed legislation authorizing the establishment of a two-year pilot program in early July 2021, making Rhode Island...
RIDOH proposes regulation update allowing unvaccinated health care workers
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health announced on Thursday that it's proposing new regulations that would allow health care workers who are not...
R.I. considers relaxing law on homemade food
A home-based bakery seemed to make perfect sense to Portsmouth resident Kara Donovan. Friends and family had already asked to buy her creations, and...
Only 1,432 at-home COVID tests reported to RIDOH this year
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's government distributed 1 million at-home COVID-19 test kits to state residents in a matter of a month earlier this year,...
Shekarchi appoints bipartisan House task force for vaccine distribution
PROVIDENCE – R.I. House of Representatives Speaker-nominee K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick, announced Tuesday a bipartisan House task force to oversee the state's implementation of...
Child immunizations down; R.I. sees first multisystem inflammatory syndrome case
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island saw an alarming 52% reduction in immunization rates for children ages 2 to 7 years old in April and May,...
R.I. Health Department seeks proposals for $1.4M Health Equity Zone funding
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has $1.4 million to enhance the state’s nine current Health Equity Zones, as well as add new ones,...
RIDOH: Flu shots up 10% this year, vaccine covers predominant strain
PROVIDENCE — The recurring flu virus strain, H1N1, is predominant this flu season, which bodes well for Rhode Island as about 10 percent more...
B&B Consulting asks state to allow medical marijuana as opioid addiction...
WARWICK — B&B Medical Marijuana Evaluation Center/B&B Consulting has petitioned the R.I. Department of Health to add opioid addiction to the list of conditions...
