Archive for November 2020
Why We Appreciate Leaders Who Tell the Truth
By Mary T. O’Sullivan “Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.” – Joan Didion Magical thinking, delusional thinking or wishful thinking all indicate a hope for something other than what has become, in the present time, tangibly real. When faced with a…
Read MoreCVS’ Larry Merlo waiting for the call to deliver COVID-19 vaccinations
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Pfizer vaccine approval is expected on or around December 11th As soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is approved to be distributed, three pharmacy companies are set to begin. Rhode Island’s CVS says they could implement their existing flu-shot systems within 48 hours of receipt of the vaccine. Larry Merlo, CEO at Rhode…
Read MoreBREAKING: 3rd vaccine requests approval. AstraZeneca/Univ. of Oxford, OWS partner
Editor’s Note: This vaccine could get approval by the second week in Dec. Two different dosing regimens demonstrated efficacy with one showing a better profile – No hospitalisations or severe cases of COVID-19 in participants treated with AZD1222 5am, Mon, Nov. 23 – AstraZeneca will now immediately prepare regulatory submission of the data to authorities…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Mon Nov. 23, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A cold front moves through in the morning with rain ending by 2pm. We’ll experience a strong shift in the wind from southerly to northwesterly with some damaging gusts possible through the afternoon, as temperatures plummet from a morning high in the upper 50’s to evening lows in the upper 30’s…
Read MoreNew Podcast: Public Health Out Loud – Drs. McDonald & Chan
Rhode Island Department of Health Launches Public Health Out Loud Podcast The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is launching a podcast this week – Public Health Out Loud – as a new platform to help Rhode Islanders stay informed about an array of local and national public health issues. Envisioned as a continuation of the Facebook Live series…
Read More“Cancer” – a short story by Michael Fine
by Michael Fine © Michael Fine 2020 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. It made no sense. There was…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Sun, Nov. 22, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist We’ll see an increase in cloud cover well ahead of a developing frontal system, and eventually some light rain beginning around midnight. A morning low in the mid 30’s will greet early risers, and temps will only rise to the mid 40’s in the afternoon, largely resulting from the lack of…
Read MoreBREAKING: FDA authorizes Regeneron antibody cocktail
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Nov. 21, 2020 – 8pm First treatment of any kind to have prospectively confirmed and statistically significant anti-viral activity against SARS-CoV-2 Authorized for recently diagnosed, mild to moderate COVID-19 in high-risk patients Initial doses of REGEN-COV2 will be made available to approximately 300,000 patients, with no medication out-of-pocket costs, under U.S. government allocation…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Sun, Nov. 22, 2020
Photo: Guests squeezed inside the Yetev Lev temple in Williamsburg in Brooklyn for the wedding of a chief rabbi’s grandson. The event was organized word-of-mouth in violation of New York’s ban on large gatherings. This wedding came after another 10,000 event had been canceled due to threats of arrest by officials in New York. Ironically,…
Read MoreRhode Islanders with Developmental Disabilities – staffing and visitation during COVID19 pandemic
by Gina Macris, Developmental Disabilities News – special to RINewsToday Court To Hear Plan To Shore Up RI DD Providers A federal court monitor says Rhode Island must release $2 million a month designated for adults with developmental disabilities to keep service providers afloat between December and June. The money would be used exclusively to…
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