Tag: Vaccine
Get armed in COVID fight
(Editor’s note: A version of this editorial was published on PBN.com on Aug. 18.)
For more than a year, a fit, college-educated, 51-year-old relative successfully...
Any plan to fight COVID must start with vaccine
For more than a year, a fit, college-educated, 51-year-old relative successfully avoided getting COVID-19. He routinely wore masks and practiced social distancing around strangers...
Should vaccinated people mask up with COVID-19 cases rising?
Should vaccinated people mask up with COVID-19 cases rising?
It depends on your situation, but masking in public can provide another layer of protection and...
Survive and advance
Daniel P. McConaghy | R.I. Convention Center Authority executive director
There’s a popular phrase in the college basketball universe: Survive and advance.
It’s about using the...
Prizes not way to beat COVID-19
It’s inherently unfair to pay or otherwise reward some but not all with gifts to persuade them to get a vaccine for COVID-19, but...
Moderna seeks full FDA approval for its vaccine
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Moderna Inc. says it has begun the process to win full U.S. regulatory approval for the use of its COVID-19 vaccine in...
CVS will offer prizes to motivate holdouts to get COVID-19 shot
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. will start offering the chance to win Bermuda trips, cruises and even VIP tickets to the next Super Bowl...
R.I. health officials look to expand vaccine eligibility to younger adolescents
PROVIDENCE — With the opening Monday of eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccines to all Rhode Islanders age 16 and older, state health officials will...
Business, city leaders must work together to bring visitors back
Crime is still trending down in the capital city – and in 2020 dramatically so. Yet downtown business and community leaders are more concerned...
When will you feel comfortable attending in-person business and networking events?
Rhode Island will make COVID-19 vaccines available to people in their 50s by April 5 and to those in their 40s the following week.
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