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![[CREDIT: Professor Shelly Miller, U. Colorado] A still from a video showing the use of masks against close-contact spread of respiratory disease, including COVID-19.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/COVID-19-spread-masks-Professor-Shelly-Miller-video-140x140.png)
WARWICK, RI — Kent Hospital masks for staff, patients and visitors is required starting today, in response to unspecified respiratory illness spikes. “Universal masking (masking of healthcare workers, patients, and […]
![[CREDIT: CNE] Kent Hospital has earned the Baby-Friendly designation for their infant care coaching from Baby-Friendly USA.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Kent-Hospital-Baby-Friendly-USA-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Care New England has agreed to pay $1.9 million in Kent Hospital back wages/damages to 853 health care workers not properly compensated for working through their breaks […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] COVID-19 hospitalizations spiked in December. Meanwhile, only 15 % of Rhode Islanders have gotten the latest COVID-19 shot.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COVID-19-hospitalizations-2023-300x225.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — COVID-19 hospitalizations averaged 237 in September, October and November, then jumped to 359 in December, with only 15 percent of Rhode Islanders up to date on their […]
![[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://northamerica.b-cdn.net/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 […]
![[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://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CDC-COVID-19-closeup-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
![[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://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/COVID-19-140x140.jpg)
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: Mary Carlos] WarwickPost's annual list of fireworks displays once again led our list of most-read stories for the year.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Fireworks_2015_91-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — July 4 fireworks, support for local restaurants, road construction, a rocket sighting, trash pickup alerts, and a school break-in lead list of most-read stories on WarwickPost.com Here’s […]
![[CREDIT: Professor Shelly Miller] Engineering Professor Shelly Miller's video tutorial on COVID-19 & mitigation methods, including ventilation and air cleaners.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shelly-Miller-COVID-19-Spread-Ventilation-140x140.png)
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 […]
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://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Gov.-Dan-McKee-2022-140x140.png)
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://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/White-House-Biden-COVID-briefing-Picozzi-140x140.png)
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, […]
STATE HOUSE — The General Assembly today approved legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) and Sen. Sandra Cano (D-Dist. 8, Pawtucket) that accounts for COVID-related […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Saturday, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation for six-month-old COVID-19 vaccinations. The endorsement expands eligibility for vaccination to nearly 20 […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Buttonwoods Community Center at 3027 West Shore Road.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Buttonwoods-Center-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — The Tax Collector’s Office inside the Buttonwoods Annex is open for business again after a COVID-19 outbreak shut the office down this week. There will be limited […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Tax Collector office at the Warwick’s Buttonwoods Annex is closed to the public for at least the next two days after nearly the entire staff […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/COVID-19-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island COVID-19 cases have jumped to 6 percent of the population this week, placing the Ocean State aT the lead among northeastern states seeing an uptick […]
![[CREDIT: RI.gov] The TSA has extended its mask mandate for public travel, commercial aircraft, on over-the-road buses, and on commuter bus and rail systems.including on RIPTA lines.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/RI-COVID-19-masks-2-140x140.png)
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) has announced the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has extended the federal mandate requiring face masks to be worn when using public […]
![[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://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/COVID-19-booster-shots-140x140.jpg)
WASHINGTON, DC — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has approved a second mRNA COVID-19 booster shot for the immunocompromised and people 50 and older who received an […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] The CDC has designated Rhode Island a yellow zone. In such areas of relatively low transmission, the CDC is not advising masks indoors in public places.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RI-COVID-19-CDC-map-Feb.-27-22-140x140.png)
PROVIDENCE, RI — On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new guidance on protecting people and neighborhoods from COVID-19, designating all Rhode Island counties as yellow […]
![[CREDIT: C-SPAN] U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-MD) led an effort to fully fund the Restaurant Revitalization Fund in the U.S. Senate.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Restaurant-Revitalization-Fund-Cardin-140x140.png)
CRANSTON, RI – As Rhode Island’s restaurant industry recovers from the pandemic, U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s aiming for a second round of federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund aid to local, independently-owned […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Rhode Island fishermen and seafood processors weathering the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic turmoil have a $371,412 grant from the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. A recent surge is waning, but remains above the threshold set for safe in-school attendance in 2020, and a new benchmark recommended by a health expert.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/COVID-19-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI— Gov. Dan McKee promises an update on RI’s school mask mandate as Connecticut prepares to drop its own, though the percent positivity rate, 8.4 percent excceds the 5 […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] A large number of daily new COVID-19 cases from the Omicron variant threatens to overwhelm hospitals even if the virus is less likely to send someone to the hospital.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/RI-COVID-Count-Climbing-01-16-2022-140x140.png)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The RI COVID count climbs further into double digits at 21 percent positive as National Guard and federal troops aid hospitals and Gov. Dan McKee marshals medical […]
![[WarwickPost illustration] COVID-19 plans for fall classes now involve a partial reopening, without the authority to enforce mask wearing, a crucial element of COVID-19 protection.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/COVID-In-The-Classroom-feature-3-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick schools will implement the state’s latest COVID-19 protocols on Jan. 17, according to Supt. Lynn Dambruch, a week after the RI Department of Health recommended that […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. A recent spike in cases has spurred a call for a renewed remote meetings executive order.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/COVID-19-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — If there’s one thing stories about COVID-19 demonstrated as the pandemic continued into its second year, it’s this: COVID doesn’t care. The virus didn’t care that government […]
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![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] Warwick is hosting an outdoor New Year's Eve celebration at Rocky Point Park, with fireworks, music and games.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Warwick-Rocky-Point-New-Years-Eve-140x140.jpg)
New Year’s weekend is here! Whether you’re saying goodbye to 2021 or ringing in 2022 with all the hope a new year brings, we’ve gathered a dozen great ways to […]
WARWICK, RI — Rhode Island now ranks seventh in the U.S. for per capita COVID-19 cases at 923, with Mayor Frank Picozzi among them. “Hi everyone. I want to let […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Schools] A photo of students, unmasked, dancing at the Nov. 6 Pilgrim homecoming dance tied to a COVID-19 outbreak. Pilgrim School officials ignored several pandemic safety rules during the dance.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Pilgrim-Homecoming-dance-COVID-4-140x140.jpg)
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PROVIDENCE, RI — Last week, Gov. Dan McKee announced investments expanding COVID-19 rapid tests and at-home test access, urging vaccines and boosters, all of which he’s making easier days before […]
![[CREDIT: Gov. McKee's office] Gov. Dan McKee announced a new mask mandate, dependent on vaccine status, starting Dec. 20.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/McKee-mask-mandate-vaccine-mandate-12-15-21-140x140.png)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The state’s 5 percent COVID-19 positive rate is expected to increase with the more contagious Omicron variant, so masks and vaccines will be required in most indoor […]
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![[CREDIT: Community of Warwick Schools Page] A photo of the tent used for Pilgrim Homecoming, tied to a COVID-19 outbreak.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Pilgrim-High-Homecoming-Dance-COVID-tent-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — School officials haven’t disclosed precautions taken at the Nov. 6 Pilgrim High homecoming dance tied to a COVID-19 outbreak, but a global health expert has advice they should follow at future events.
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] Spread of COVID-19 in RI is high. While about 90 percent of adults are now vaccinated against the virus, teens, eligible since may, are not as far along.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/COVID-19-RI-Data-Dec.6-2021-140x140.png)
PROVIDENCE, RI — With less than a month left in 2021, COVID-19 cases have risen to high transmission in Rhode Island at 4.9 percent, barely below the 5 percent threshold […]
![[CREDIT: Gov. McKee's office] Rhode Islanders will need all COVID-19 strategies together to put the pandemic behind us, Gov. McKee said, including masks and vaccinations.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/McKee-COVID-19-press-conference-Dec.-1-2021-140x140.png)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Islanders need to keep using all COVID-19 strategies to put the pandemic behind us, Gov. Dan McKee told the public during a live-streamed press conference Dec. […]
![[CREDIT: RI Foundation] The Rhode Island Foundation is located at One Union Station in downtown Providence.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RI-Foundation-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI – Local nonprofits on the frontlines of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic have until Dec. 6 apply for grants of up to $100,000, and the RI Foundation will […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — Gov. Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) encourage Rhode Islanders to make health a part of their Thanksgiving. “I’d like to wish all […]
CLARIFICATION: School Committee member David Testa’s comments on the differences between the Toll Gate and Pilgrim homecoming dances has been updated to clarify his intent. WARWICK, RI —Following the recent […]
