Tag: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Work with employees to navigate uncharted coronavirus territory
The early presence of COVID-19 in the state and neighboring Massachusetts has many local businesses in uncharted territory in trying to respond to the...
State to open coronavirus testing sites, working with CDC
PROVIDENCE – State officials are working to set up sites across Rhode Island for health care workers to administer tests for COVID-19, the disease...
URI bringing back 49 students from Italy due to coronavirus outbreak
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The 49 University of Rhode Island students who were studying abroad in Italy are now returning back to the United States...
CDC tells Americans to start readying for outbreak
NEW YORK – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans to prepare for a coronavirus outbreak at home that could lead...
R.I. universities take steps to ease coronavirus fears
The epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China is thousands of miles away from Rhode Island, but its impact is being felt locally, particularly...
U.S. is focusing on vitamin E as cause of vaping lung...
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – United States health officials are looking closely at vitamin E acetate as a potential cause of the severe lung injuries that...














