Haven Brothers Treats Kent Overnight Shift
![[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)
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 […]
COVID-19
![[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] The Warwick School Committee during its Aug. 25 2021 meeting.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Warwick-School-Committee-Aug-25-21-140x140.jpg)
Six Schools’ Start Delayed By Rennovations
Editor’s note: This story’s headline and lead originally reported five schools were delayed, though the story reported all six that have been delayed. WARWICK,RI — The beginning of classes will […]
![{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: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Public Schools Administration is located at 69 Draper Ave.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Warwick-Public_Schools-140x140.jpg)
Cobden: Masks To Be Discussed at School Committee Thursday
WARWICK, RI — Masks in schools will be a topic for discussion during Thursday’s School Committee meeting, said Chairwoman Judy Cobden. Masks are required during the in-person meeting (as has […]
![[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: 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://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Restaurant-Revitalization-Fund-Cardin-140x140.png)
Paul Blocks Restaurant Revitalization in US Senate
WASHINGTON, DC — Only 446 RI restaurants of 1,969 applicants won Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants, far short of the $315 million asked, part of a national theme U.S. Senators sought […]
![[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 […]
RI Consolidates COVID-19 Testing
PROVIDENCE — The RI Department of Health is closing several COVID-19 testing sites this month, citing a decrease in demand as vaccinations increase in the Ocean State. RIDOH announced Monday […]
![[CREDIT: RI.gov] RI has lifted its outdoor mask rule, but venues are free to require them at their own discretion, according to RIDOH and Gov. Mckee's office.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/RI-COVID-19-masks-140x140.png)
RI Lifts Outside Masks: Venues Set Own Rules
PROVIDENCE, RI — Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health announced this week that vaccinated and unvaccinated people don’t need to wear outside masks in Rhode Island, […]
