Tag: RIDOH
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...
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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