Posts Tagged ‘coronavirus’
Post-holiday rise in respiratory viruses prompts RI Health Dept. to urge prevention, appropriate care
Rhode Islanders Urged to Take Respiratory Virus Prevention Measures After the holidays, COVID-19 and flu rates continue to increase With levels of respiratory viruses like the flu and COVID-19 continuing to increase in Rhode Island and across the country, all Rhode Islanders are urged to take prevention measures to help keep themselves and their family…
Read MoreHoliday cheer – and respiratory viruses – in the air. Vaccinate before travel and gatherings.
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is reminding anyone who will be traveling for the holidays or plans to attend holiday gatherings to get vaccinated now against common respiratory viruses. Large gatherings, crowded travel, and more time indoors can mean more viruses spreading this time of year. Everyone older than six months of age…
Read MoreOrder your 4 FREE COVID tests from US Govt. TODAY
Place Your Order for Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests As of September 25, 2023, residential households in the U.S. can order one set of #4 free at-home tests from USPS.com again. Here’s what you need to know about your order: ORDER HERE: https://special.usps.com/testkits Expiration Questions? If you are like many others, you may have a test…
Read MoreCOVID wastewater levels increased sharply in Bristol Co. Extra caution for the safest 4th!
By Michael Fine and Nick Landekic Bristol County, Rhode Island has shown a nearly 400% increase in the past two weeks Editor’s Note: As we celebrate our Independence, let’s keep our own “independence” from COVID which has had us in its grasp for so long now, and enjoy this celebratory time – with caution. Over…
Read MoreIn the news… for May 20, 2023
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Comfort Inn in Dorchester, MA to use 99 rooms for homeless New FedEx building operating in Pawtucket after leaving Cumberland Demonstrators for bail reform protested outside of RI District Court, tieing themselves together, shutting down the ability for ACI buses to transport Women & Infants large expansion has ballooned from $24…
Read MoreIn the News… updates on May 13, 2023
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY RI Child Advocate will investigate deaths in DCYF involvement in the past year Sean Holley is now RI Equal Opportunity. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion director Rhode Island Inno is now part of Providence Business First Takeda Pharmaceutical, the state’s largest life sciences employer, will lay off 186 employees this summer in Cambridge,…
Read MoreWho needs more frequent COVID Boosters? – Nick Landekic
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Read MoreHigher risk for COVID? CDC and FDA recommend updated, bivalent booster
Following FDA regulatory action, CDC has taken steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want the option of added protection from additional COVID-19 vaccine doses. CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met today to discuss these COVID-19 vaccine recommendation changes, and the associated implications and implementation. Although…
Read MoreYour COVID risk depends on who, and where, you are – Nick Landekic
By Nick Landekic, contributing writer to RINewsToday Photo: RI photographer Jason Michalski President Biden wants the COVID national state of emergency to end on May 11. People can say and wish anything they want, but numbers don’t lie. The declaration is not based on scientific developments but unsupported wishful thinking. The facts show we’re not…
Read MoreDr. Stephen Skoly returns to hold State of Rhode Island accountable
Going back to the most restrictive part of the COVID pandemic time, Dr. Stephen Skoly, a maxillofacial surgeon providing acute care not only to the general public, but working on prisoners from the ACI and patients from the Eleanor Slater Hospital and forensic units who had severe oral injuries such as broken jaws, gunshots to…
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