Posts Tagged ‘vaccines’
It’s time. Staff vaccinations required for nursing homes as 10 RI facilities see new COVID cases – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues With the COVID-19 Delta variant spiking across the country especially among the unvaccinated, last Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced at an afternoon address at the White House that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will require nursing homes to require all workers to be fully…
Read MoreCVS now requires COVID‑19 vaccinations for clinical and corporate employees
Effective August 23, 2021, CVS Health will require certain employees who interact with patients to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by October 31, 2021. The company will also require all corporate staff to be fully vaccinated no later than October 31. New hires in the same roles as of September 15 must have received their first…
Read MoreYoung people – step right up – and vaccinate
At the High Schools Cranston youth will be stepping it up at Cranston East and Cranston West High Schools today as Cranston became the first announced city to engage in an all-out effort to vaccinate its high schoolers. Today the first clinic is at Cranston East High School from 9am to 3pm in the gym,…
Read MoreVaccination Clinic Saturday for RI’s BIPOC community – what you need to do NOW…
Dear readers, Last weekend, almost 2,700 Rhode Islanders of color received their vaccine at The Dunk in Providence. What a wonderful event it was – if you got your vaccination, know how special it is to protect yourself, and your family, friends and co-workers. If you missed the opportunity, there will be another vaccination event…
Read MoreRI lowers vaccine age to 40; 16+ for some zip codes; adds pre-registration
Roughly 20,000 slots to open today at 5 p.m. As a part of ongoing efforts to get vaccine into communities hardest hit by COVID-19, Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are announcing that residents of Woonsocket who are 16 years of age and older are eligible to register to get…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, April 2, 2021
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY R.I. on track to vaccinate 70% of eligible residents by mid-May Roger Williams University first local university to require vaccinations for attending in fall. For those with serious concerns, the university will try to help them with virtual options. Exemptions for medical/religious reasons are included. Taunton City Council returned to in-person…
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson halts some vaccine production
Johnson & Johnson has reported that production of 15 million vaccines has been halted at a Maryland manufacturing facility due to quality concerns as a mix-up of ingredients of one production run occurred. The news that broke Wednesday night. None of the vaccine already delivered to states is impacted – this was an error in…
Read MoreBREAKING: New vaccination appointments NOW available in RI – independent pharmacies begin joining other groups
In addition to the news that Governor McKee tweeted this morning about Rhode Island opening up more than 9,000 new appointments on vaccinateRI.org at 5 p.m. today, Friday, March 26th, appointments at two independent pharmacies will also be available at vaccinateRI.org at 5 p.m. Matt’s Local Pharmacy, 88 E Main Road, Middletown Suburban Pharmacy, 242 Pawtuxet Avenue, Warwick A…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Vaccinations Start Coming to a CVS near you
Increased Vaccine Supply, Initial Launch of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, and Expansion of FEMA Reimbursement to States The COVID19 Task Force, in an unannounced action, released a new vaccine distribution statement Feb. 2nd: A 5 percent supply increase will be distributed this week to states, Tribes and territories, and Americans will soon have easier…
Read MoreDon’t blame Rhode Islanders for Health Dept’s botched vaccination sign-up
by Nancy Thomas, editorial We’ve heard over and over again there is nothing the public needs to do right now to register for an appointment to get the COVID-19 vaccination. We’ve heard that there is a priority ranking – but that has become a changing target. First healthcare workers. Then nursing home and assisted living…
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