HEALTH Continues To Monitor Pregnant Women For Zika
The Rhode Island Department of Health continues to monitor pregnant women who have traveled to areas of the world affected by the Zika virus. The agency reports monitoring about eight to 10 women a...
View ArticleFirst Zika Case Confirmed In Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Department of Health says the first case of Zika virus has been confirmed in the state. The state health agency says the man is in his 60s and recently traveled to Haiti. That’s one of...
View ArticlePew: RI Opioid Prescribing Down 16 Percent, Leading The Nation
New research from the Pew Charitable Trusts shows Rhode Island is leading the nation when it comes to reducing painkiller prescriptions. State officials attribute the drop to education for doctors and...
View ArticleCumberland Investigates Source Of PFOA In Drinking Water
Cumberland, Rhode Island popped up on a list of cities and towns that have unsafe levels of the chemical perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA. It’s used to make Teflon. It turns out those levels have...
View ArticleRhode Island Keeps Tabs on Zika
The Rhode Island Health Department has confirmed 18 cases of Zika virus -- a disease linked to a severe birth defect called microcephaly. The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report...
View ArticleYour Weekly Briefing: Health In Rhode Island
Here's what's happening in health in Rhode Island. Eliminate Hep C in RI? Brown researchers project more treatment could reduce hepatitis C by 90% in Rhode Island by 2030.
View ArticleDrinking Water Sampling In Rhode Island Post-Flint
For a year and a half, tens of thousands of people in Flint, Michigan were exposed to drinking water with dangerously high levels of lead. In the wake of the crisis, water sampling methods have come...
View ArticleFunding Will Boost Overdose Hotline, Data, And First Responders
There’s new federal funding to help Rhode Island fight the opioid addiction and overdose epidemic. The money is going toward better data collection, first responders and an overdose hotline.
View ArticleRI Emergency Shellfish Closure Lifted
A shellfishing ban in Narragansett Bay has been lifted ahead of schedule. All conditional areas were closed over the weekend and will reopen today at noon. The ban was put in place more than a week ago...
View ArticleForum: Seizing the Moment to End HepC
Seizing the Moment to End Hepatitis C: A Discussion with Experts and Advocates WATCH THE ARCHIVED VIDEO WEBCAST HERE Thursday, November 17, 2016, 6 PM - 7:30 PM Brown University School of Public Health...
View ArticleNew RI Opioid Prescription Regulations Are Now In Effect
Updated opioid prescription regulations are in effect now as part of a statewide effort to cut overdose deaths by one- third over the next three years.
View ArticleRI Participating In Annual Prescription Drug Take- Back Day
Rhode Island communities are taking expired or unused prescription medication for the fifth year in a row through a partnership between the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, public safety...
View ArticleIn RI, Premature Births Are Below The National Average
The Ocean State is being honored by March of Dimes Monday for its work in reducing premature births. Preterm births have dropped by 10 percent between 2010 and 2015 — down to 8.6 percent.
View ArticleNew Study Prompts Change To Northeast Region Heat Advisory Policy
A new heat advisory policy for the northeast will take effect this summer thanks to a study published today that looks at the relationship between heat and health in New England.
View ArticleDebate Continues Over Expedited Hospital Merger Proposal
A state Senate bill aiming to streamline the merger and acquisition process for nonprofit hospitals is scheduled for a vote in the Health and Human Services Committee Tuesday. The bill, which would...
View ArticleRI Attorney General Joins Nationwide Probe Of Prescription Opioid Marketing
State Attorney General Peter Kilmartin is the latest to join a bipartisan investigation into pharmaceutical companies’ marketing tactics of prescription opioids.
View ArticleState Officials Issue Algae Warnings
The Rhode Island Departments of Health and Environmental Management are advising residents avoid bodies of water where blue-green algae blooms have been found.
View ArticleTap Water Still Unsafe For More Than 200 Burrillville Residents
Some 200 Burrillville residents are still unable to drink their tap water after a discovery last month of toxic chemicals in the public water supply.
View ArticleEnvironmental Justice Advocate: Local Solutions Needed To Address Climate Change
An advocate for environmental justice says communities of color need to take charge of their own economies to better-prepare for the effects of climate change.
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