School Committee Livestream Returning Soon
![[CREDIT: YouTube] A screenshot of the Aug. 10 Warwick School Committee livestream on Aug. 10, viewed by about 1,400 people.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Warwick-School-Committee-Livestream-Aug.-10-Meeting-140x140.png)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee Livestream will be returning in the future,Committee Chair Judy Cobden says. Cobden said the Sept. 14 meeting was not live-streamed on the Committee’s […]
COVID-19
![[CREDIT: CDC] About 87% of RI health care facility workers are vaccinated against COVID-19, ahead of the Oct. 1 healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccination deadline.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/COVID-19-140x140.jpg)
RI Sets Health Care Staff Vaccination Deadline Rule
PROVIDENCE, RI — Health care workers in Rhode Island have an Oct. 1 vaccination deadline, but it may be November before patients can expect all staff in hospitals and facilities […]
![[CREDIT: Kent Hospital] Hospital administration treated hospital staff to Haven Brothers diner fare Sept. 8 to thank them for their pandemic service.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Haven-Brothers-Kent-3-140x140.jpg)
Haven Brothers Treats Kent Overnight Shift
WARWICK, RI — The Haven Brothers food truck visited Kent Hospital Sept. 8 to treat the overnight staff to their famous late night fare, courtesy of the hospital administration, in […]
![[CREDIT: CNE] Dr. Raymond O. Powrie notes COVID19 vaccination has been found to be safe for pregnant women and greatly reduces the risk of severe complications of COVID19.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Powrie-CNE-Pregnant-Moms-COVID-19-Vaccination-140x140.png)
Powrie: Evidence Backs Pregnant Moms’ COVID-19 Vaccination
By Dr. Raymond O. Powrie Care New England We get many questions from our patients and employees about COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy. Our knowledge about the risk that COVID19 infection […]
![[CREDIT: CNE] Care New England has ordered vaccination mandated with an Oct. 1 deadline for staff at its hospitals, including Kent Hospital.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Kent-Hospital-140x140.jpg)
CNE: Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Mandated
PROVIDENCE, RI — Care New England reports 85 percent of staff at its hospitals, including Kent Hospital, are vaccinated against COVID-19, but that it’s ordering vaccination mandated with an Oct. […]
![{CREDIT: WSC] From left, School Committee members Karen Bachus, David Testa and Kyle Adams at the Aug. 19 Warwick School Committee meeting. A health policy adopted at the meeting includes a school mask mandate.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Warwick-School-Committee-Masks-required-140x140.png)
School Committee OKs School Mask Mandate
WARWICK, RI – Following Gov. Dan McKee’s executive order Thursday requiring masks be worn in schools this September, the School Committee adopted a Staff Health and Safety policy with a […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. COVID-19 variant B-117, the most common in the U.S., is also spreading in RI, and is 50% more transmissible and 50% more deadly.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg)
RIDOH: Health Care Staff Vaccination Required by Oct. 1
PROVIDENCE, RI — As the Delta COVID-19 variant dominates a resurgent pandemic experts attribute to people unvaccinated by circumstance and intent, the RI Department of Health is requiring all employees, […]
![[CREDIT: Goldman Sachs] From left, Thomas Bucci of Warwick Ice Cream and RI Speaker Joseph Shekarchi at Warwick Ice Cream discuss challenges the small business faces.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Warwick-Ice-Cream-Shekarchi-visit-Goldman-Sachs-140x140.jpg)
Shekarchi Tours Warwick Ice Cream
WARWICK, RI — Rhode Island House Speaker Joe Shekarchi and U.S. Representative David Cicilline toured Warwick Ice Cream on Bald Hill Road and Wright’s Dairy Farm, respectively, Monday to discuss […]
![[CREDIT: WPS] From left, School Committee members Karen Bachus, David Testa, and Kyle Adams. Masks in school were discussed by the public, but not the School Committee Tuesday night.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Warwick-School-Committee-Masks-COVID-19-140x140.png)
School Committee Ignores Masks During COVID-19 Review
WARWICK, RI – The CDC has ordered students and drivers must wear masks on school buses this fall, and advises they keep them on in class, but the Warwick School […]
![[CREDIT: RI.gov] The CDC advises wearing masks indoors again, as a surge among unvaccinated Americans rolls back progress mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/RI-COVID-19-masks-140x140.png)
CDC: Masks Indoors Needed, Again
ATLANTA, GA — As the highly-transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 solidifies its dominant status in the U.S. through a surge of cases among mostly unvaccinated people, the Centers for Disease […]
![[CREDIT: Kent Hospital] Kent Hospital is located at 455 Toll Gate Road.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Kent-Hospital-140x140.jpg)
CNE: Staff Vaccination Mandatory
PROVIDENCE, RI — Care New England is making staff vaccination mandatory for all units, including its five health institutions in Rhode Island. Among the facilities affected are Kent Hospital, Butler […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] The COVID-19 Delta variant is the most dominant in the U.S. now. It is also more contagious and virulent. Above, a CDC map of the percent spread of COVID-19 variants. The Delta variant is marked in dark orange. In region 1, including RI, CT, MA, NH, VT, and ME, the percent cases that are Delta variant is 11.6%.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/COVID-19-Delta-Variant-Dominant-2-140x140.png)
COVID-19: Delta Dominates, Threatens Unvaccinated
UPDATE: On Tuesday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, updated the estimate of the percentage of Delta variant COVID-19 infections in the U.S. to […]
