NEW: Moderna announces new booster that is Omicron variant specific

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Moderna announces new booster that is Omicron variant specific Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced new clinical data on its Omicron-containing bivalent COVID booster candidate, mRNA-1273.214, containing mRNA-1273 (Spikevax) and a vaccine candidate targeting the Omicron variant of concern. A 50 µg booster dose of mRNA-1273.214 met…

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Foreign baby formula has arrived in Rhode Island

A woman is sitting on a bench with her baby in a stroller.

Baby formula from the United Kingdom and Australia is approved and determined to be a healthy alternate formula for use in the United States. (This shipment is expected to help mitigate the impacts of the ongoing, national formula shortage.) The first batch of formula includes Kendamil Classic, Kendamil organic formula, and seven types of Bubs…

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RI Weather Today, June 7, 2022 – John Donnelly

Tuesday weather map.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure still in place, yet beginning to recede as a cold front begins to approach the area from the west with cloud cover the main result during the day, some overnight rain showers towards the dawn. Morning lows in the upper 50’s with afternoon highs in the upper 70’s with…

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BankNewport awards $10,000 to Southern RI Volunteers for aging adult services

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BankNewport is pleased to announce that it has awarded a $10,000 grant to Southern RI Volunteers (SRIV), the leading provider of volunteer resources for non-profit organizations throughout Southern Rhode Island for nonprofit agency sites that address basic needs for senior clients at those agencies, children and families. The grant will support SRIV’s independent aging adult…

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It’s Sour Grapes! – Tim Jones

A comic strip about sour grapes.

by Timothy Jones, cartoonist ___ Tim Jones is the creator, artist and writer of the widely popular, self-syndicated comic strip, “Sour Grapes” – a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world. Sour Grapes is currently published in multiple newspapers in Rhode Island, Massachusetts,…

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