Posts Tagged ‘RI Dept. of Health’
Vaccinating children, as young as 6 months, may be focus by the fall
Moderna’s CEO said at a professional conference yesterday that he predicted that its COVID-19 vaccine will likely be available for children as young as five by the early fall. “I think it’s going to be early fall, just because we have to go down in age very slowly and carefully,” the Cambridge-based company’s CEO Stéphane…
Read More7 Easter Sunday locations put HOPE for a vaccine time into action – updated
UPDATED 4/5/2021: Informal results of Sunday vaccine appointment setting for the Black, Asian, Indigenous, Hispanic communities: 544 people registered across 5 sites in RI at these 7 sites on Sunday. Total registrants per RIDOH is approx. 900. Background: from RIDOH: Governor Dan McKee worked with the Equity Council to organize equity-focused COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Equity-Focused Clinics…
Read MoreRI Health Dept. will expand Health Equity Zone Initiative
Photo: Bristol HEZ Logo The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is soliciting proposals from qualified municipalities and non-profit community-based organizations to expand Rhode Island’s Health Equity Zone (HEZ) initiative to additional communities. RIDOH will distribute approximately $1 million through this funding opportunity. Existing Health Equity Zones seeking to expand their geographical boundary, and new…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, Jan. 29, 2021
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Vaccinations will begin in RI for those over 75: Every city/town will handle registration for the vaccines differently. Warwick had a registration site on their website which closed after over 300 vaccine slots were filled. Cranston begins today with people calling the Cranston Sr. Center to register. Providence had a signup…
Read MoreRI Health Director Dr. Alexander-Scott positive for COVID-19. Governor Raimondo in quarantine
In a Saturday night flurry of tweets and text messages, Rhode Islanders learned that Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health has tested positive for coronavirus. She is asymptomatic at this time. RI’s Governor, Gina Raimondo, tested negative yesterday, and will be quarantining, as well as several members of her leadership…
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