Tag: RIDOH
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...
CDC: R.I. opioid death rate drops to 11th in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Friday’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opioid overdose report showed a decrease in overall deaths from 326 in 2016 to 320...
Partners, CNE and Brigham Health file merger review with RIDOH
PROVIDENCE— Partners HealthCare and Brigham Health filed an application today with the R.I. Department of Health and R.I. Attorney General, seeking approval of Partners'...
FTC: No challenge for Partners, CNE merger
NEW YORK —The Federal Trade Commission is not opposing the merger of Partners HealthCare of Massachusetts and Care New England, the commission confirmed today.
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RIDOH, Women & Infants partner on $3.2M initiative to screen, treat...
PROVIDENCE — The R.I. Department of Health and Women & Infants Hospital will partner in a $3.2 million grant-funded initiative providing prepartum and postpartum...
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds receives $2 million to curb suicide deaths...
RICHMOND — South County Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds—one of Rhode Island’s 10 Health Equity Zones— has received $2 million from the Substance Abuse and...
