RIDOH sticks to child vaccination policy after CDC downgrades its own

Rhode Island’s Department of Health is sticking to its childhood vaccination policy after the CDC decided to downgrade its ...
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RI attorney general sues to restore $31 million in funding from HHS initiatives

RI AG Peter Neronha is among AGs and governors from 23 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for canceling nearly $11 billion in public health grants to states. The lawsuit ...
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West Nile virus detected in RI, Mass. communities

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Mosquito samples collected in East Providence, West Greenwich and Westerly have tested positive for West Nile virus. The Rhode Island Department of Health said the ...
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West Nile virus detected again in East Providence

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A week after the state of Rhode Island announced its first probable human case of West Nile virus, the mosquito-borne disease was detected again in East Providence. A ...