Updated COVID-19 Shots Available
![[CREDIT: CDC] The Health Department urges people to get updated COVID-19 Shots as soon as they're available. The additional shots for vaccinated people are shown to boost your defense against the latest coronavirus strain.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/COVID-19-booster-shots-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The coronavirus public health emergency ended in May, but the mutating virus makes updated COVID-19 shots that helped quell it a key tool in keeping it at […]
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![[CREDIT:CDC] The FDA has cleared COVID-19 boosters for kids aged six months to 4 years who have completed the primary vaccine course. Only 9 percent of children in RI in that group qualify.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Six-month-old-COVID-19-Vaccinations-OK-140x140.jpg)
Few RI Kids Eligible for COVID-19 Boosters
PROVIDENCE, RI — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the booster doses of the bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for children 6 months through 4 years at least 2 […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] A new COVID-19 strain, XBB1.5, more contagious and resistant to antibodies, is projected to dominate in RI and the northeast. COVID risk in RI has recently been assessed as medium in all counties.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CDC-COVID-19-closeup-140x140.jpg)
CDC: All RI Counties at ‘Medium’ COVID Risk
PROVIDENCE, RI — All Rhode Island counties’ COVID risk are now considered medium, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports Providence County, the sole RI region with a […]
McNamara Seeks School Mental Health Medicaid Support
STATE HOUSE — Rhode Island youth’s mental health has worsened during the pandemic, and Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) proposes Medicaid reimbursement for school mental health – […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Omicron variant tailored vaccines are now available, and the CDC recommends you get one even if you've gotten all the other available shots and boosters.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/COVID-19-140x140.jpg)
Kent COVID Levels ‘Medium’, CDC Reports
PROVIDENCE, RI — Kent and Newport Counties’ community levels of COVID-19 infection have decreased from high to medium, leaving Providence County the sole RI region with a high level of […]
![[CREDIT: Professor Shelly Miller] Engineering Professor Shelly Miller's video tutorial on COVID-19 & mitigation methods, including ventilation and air cleaners.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shelly-Miller-COVID-19-Spread-Ventilation-140x140.png)
RI Offers Small Business Ventilation Grants
PROVIDENCE — Spaces clear of airborne viruses limit spread of flu and COVID-19, protecting indoor business, so Rhode Island’s got $2.5 million in Ventilation Initiative grants to improve small business […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] The Health Department urges people to get COVID-19 booster shots as soon as they're eligible. The additional shots for vaccinated people are shown to boost your defense against both the Delta variant, and the Omicron variant, which is expected to become the dominant strain in the United States.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/COVID-19-booster-shots-140x140.jpg)
CDC: COVID Bivalent Boosters OK for 5 and Older
WASHINGTON, DC — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has approved the new COVID bivalent booster (protecting against both the original COVID-19 virus and Omicron BA.4 / BA.5) […]
Omicron Vaccine Arrives; CDC Recommends Fall Shots
PROVIDENCE, RI — New Omicron BA.4 / BA.5 specific COVID-19 vaccines are now available, and experts recommend you get them this fall, even if your last booster shot was as […]
![[CREDIT: Gov. McKee's office] Gov. Dan McKee is isolating following a COVID-19 diagnosis with mild symptoms. His isolation will be for five days, ending with testing on day six, per CDC guidelines.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Gov.-Dan-McKee-2022-140x140.png)
McKee Isolating After COVID-19 Test, Mild Symptoms
PROVIDENCE, RI – Late Saturday, Gov. Dan McKee tested positive for COVID-19 with minor symptoms and is reaching out to close contacts while isolating for five days, according to his […]
![[CREDIT: The White House] Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre read a statement from President Biden's doctor noting that since Biden is fully vaccinated and boosted twice, chances of serious illness resulting from the president's COVID diagnosis are dramatically lower than they'd otherwise be.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/White-House-Biden-COVID-briefing-Picozzi-140x140.png)
Biden, Picozzi Isolate After President’s COVID Diagnosis
WARWICK, RI — Mayor Frank Picozzi was among local officials greeting President Joe Biden at TF Green Airport Wednesday, and he’s self-isolating following news of the president’s COVID diagnosis. Biden, […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Relatively few children or young people are vaccinated against the disease. Kent County COVID risk is medium, and an Omicron vaccine is on the way.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg)
Omicron BA.4 / BA.5 Dominate RI, Spread Like Measles
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Omicron sub-variants BA.4 / BA.5 now dominate RI COVID-19 infections, are as contagious as measles, and elude immunity from vaccines and past infections. How contagious is […]
Kent County COVID Risk Medium, Young Vax Rate Low
PROVIDENCE, RI — The younger the Rhode Islander, the less likely they are to have been at least partially vaccinated for COVID-19, effective against the dominant Omicron variant as Kent […]
