[CREDIT: CDC] The CDC and the RI Department of Health advise getting your flu shot as flu season begins this month. Why does sweater weather start flu season? Research indicates it's cold, dry air.

RIDOH: Flu Shots Crucial During COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Rob Borkowski on September 30, 2020 in COVID-19, News to You

PROVIDENCE, RI — Flu season’s starting with the COVID-19 pandemic still rolling, so health care workers and doctors hope comprehensive flu shots will limit the double threat. Flu vaccine will […]

Why Sweater Weather Starts Flu Shot Season

By: Rob Borkowski on October 4, 2019 in News to You

WARWICK, RI — If you dig October’s chilly air and low humidity, you share that proclivity with hundreds of millions of influenza viruses sneezed airborne and rubbed on surfaces, making […]

Water quality analysis at local beaches is conducted by the State Health Laboratory or a state certified laboratory. The information is used to determine a closed beaches.

Health Department: Flu ‘Widespread,’ Vaccines Still Available

By: Rob Borkowski on March 3, 2016 in News to You

The RI Department of Health announced Tuesday that cases of flu in the state are now “widespread,” requiring unvaccinated healthcare workers in hospitals and healthcare facilities to wear surgical masks.

Toll Gate High will host a flu shot clinic from 4 - 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 2019.

Still Need a Flu Shot? Warwick Mall Hosts Clinic on Nov. 4

By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on November 4, 2014 in Business, News to You

Warwick, RI — Get your vaccination against the flu on Tuesday at Warwick Mall.