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![[CREDIT] Rex Wilmouth, State Director of the Environment Rhode Island Research & Policy Center, at Oakland Beach Friday to speak about infrastructure needed to prevent rising RI beach bacteria health risks.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/RI-Beach-Bacteria-Health-Threat-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — A report released Friday warns more work is needed to ensure that all waters are safe from beach bacteria health risks, after 59 percent of RI beaches […]
![[CREDIT: Mary Carlos] Warwick City Park Beach. Acting Mayor Solomon has suspended beach parking fees for 2018.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Warwick-City-Park-Beach-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Four Warwick beaches, Conimicut Beach, City Park Beach, and the Kent County YMCA Upper and Lower Pond beaches, have been closed due to high bacteria counts, the […]
![[CREDIT: Hickory Ridge Campground] RIDOH has issued a Hickory Ridge Camp boil water notice.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Hickory-Ridge-Camp-boil-water-notice-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
COVENTRY, RI — The RI Department of Health (RIDOH) has issued a Hickory Ridge Camp boil water notice for its public water system, requiring it to issue a boil water […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court in Providence. A Providence man will be sentenced July 24 for his admitted part in a Land Rover credit fraud scheme in RI & NH.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Courthouse-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — A measles outbreak and mounting bird flu outbreak threaten the nation, challenges the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services are responding to by illegally cutting […]
![[CREDIT: FDA] Turkana Food Inc. has issued a voluntary Aleppo Tahini Sesame Paste salmonella recall.Â](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Aleppo-Tahini-Sesame-Paste-Salmonella-Recall-jar-250x228.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The RI Department of Health (RIDOH) warns that Turkana Food Inc. has issued a voluntary Aleppo Tahini Sesame Paste salmonella recall. Turkana, based in Kenilworth, NJ, marked […]
![[CREDIT: Graham Center] A graph showing trends, including aging physicians contributing to a projected RI physician shortage.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RI-Physician-Shortage-Graham-Center-report-250x228.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
STATE HOUSE — Sen. Peter A. Appollonio Jr.’s (D-Dist. 29, Warwick) new legislation to combat a looming RI physician shortage would empower the director of the Rhode Island Department of […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) discovered and euthanized a non-commercial farm flock of about 40 birds of different species with the H5N1 strain of […]
COVENTRY, RI — The Western Coventry Elementary School public water system issued a don’t drink warning Dec. 9 after manganese levels above Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA) advised safe amounts was […]
![[CREDIT: BrucePac] A BrucePac meat Listeria risk has prompted a recall of nearly 10 million lbs. of meat and poultry.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Bruce-Pac-meat-Listeria-risk-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) warns a BrucePac meat Listeria recall of nearly 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry due to Listeria monocytogenes […]
![[CREDIT: Lincoln Smith] Lincoln Smith took this photo, one of many, at Warwick Pond Monday.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Warwick-Pond-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — State officials warn Blue-green algae, aka cyanobacteria, is making Warwick Pond toxic, prohibiting all contact with and recreation on or around the pond. Officials have also reported […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] The state's beach closure map shows four beaches, Kent County YMCA, Camp Hoffman Beach and Kingston’s Camp Beach in Kingston, Camp Canonicus Beach in Exeter, are closed due to high bacteria counts in the water.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Kent-County-YMCA-Beach-Closed-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) advises closing Kent County YMCA beach and two South Kingstown beaches to swimming due to high bacteria levels. Thursday, health […]
![[CREDIT: EPA] Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, produce toxins that are hazardous to humans and animals.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Blue-Green-Algae-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI —The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) warn the public to avoid contact with all toxic Roger Williams Park lakes […]
COVENTRY, RI— RI health & environment officials warn people of Carbuncle Pond Blue Green algae detected in the pond, urging them against all recreation on and in the water. The […]
![[CREDIT: Lincoln Smith] Sunrise on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at Conimicut Point. RIDOH has closed Conimicut Point Beach and Oakland Beach to swimming due to high bacteria levels.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Conimicut-Point-Sunrise-2-2-19-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has announced Conimicut Point Beach swimming open after bacteria counts returned to safe levels. RIDOH advised closing Conimicut Point Beach to swimming due […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] A multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections has been linked to Infinite Herbs-brand organic basil.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Infinite-Herbs-organic-basil-salmonella-outbreak-suspected.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) warns an ongoing investigation has linked a multi-state Salmonella outbreak to Infinite Herbs-brand organic basil. The products linked to  Salmonella Typhimurium […]
![[CREDIT: Dean Birch] The raccoon-adapted strain of the rabies virus is widely found in the wild animal population throughout Rhode Island. DEM and RIDOH remind the public to revisit rabies prevention tips this spring.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Rabies-Prevention-Tips-photo-by-Dean-Birch.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — As warmer weather encourages outdoor activities, state agencies remind the public to keep rabies prevention tips in mind. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] The RI Department of Health warns of a rare tick-borne illness, Powassan, another reason for tick vigilance and to observe tick safety rules while outside this summer.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/RIDOH-tick-safety-powassan-lyme-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
KENT COUNTY — Warmer weather calls for renewed tick vigilance, the RIDOH reminds Rhode Islanders in the wake of a rare case of tick-borne Powassan in an elder old Kent […]
![[CREDIT: NWS] Local warming centers and Housing Department shelters will offer respite from extreme cold this weekend.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jan.19-warming-centers-cold-snap.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The National Weather Service forecasts wind chill “feel-like” temperatures to dip into the teens during the coldest parts of the weekend, with the Governor and Department of […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] COVID-19 hospitalizations spiked in December. Meanwhile, only 15 % of Rhode Islanders have gotten the latest COVID-19 shot.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COVID-19-hospitalizations-2023.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
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 […]
![[FDA] The RI Department of Health reports a Salmonella and LIsteria recall of Kitten Mix and Puppy Mix brand pet food has expanded to Rhode Island.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Kitten-Mix-Recall-Puppy-Mix-Recall.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Blue Ridge Beef has expanded its Dec. 22 recall of some Kitten Mix and Puppy Mix lots distributed between Nov. 14 and Dec. 20 due to Salmonella and Listeria […]
![[CREDIT: FDA] Some batches of Nutramigen Powder formula may be contaminated with Cronobacter sakazakii, the FDA reports.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Nutramigen-Powder-formula.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The RI Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) is recalling some batches of Nutramigen Powder, a specialty infant formula for possible […]
WARWICK, RI — Little Pond blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) is back, state officials warn, and the toxic growths are also a hazard at Spectacle Pond in Cranston and Mashapaug Pond in […]
![[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://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/COVID-19-booster-shots-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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 […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island’s EEE and WNV risk is high, as mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus (WNV) in Barrington, Johnston, Richmond, Tiverton, and Westerly and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Tourism Department] Goddard Park Beach.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Goddard-Park-Beach-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
UPDATE, SEPT. 4: RIDOH recommends reopening Goddard Park Beach in Warwick and Peabody’s Beach in Middletown because bacteria counts have returned to safe levels. WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island […]
PROVIDENCE, RI— A woman in Washington County died from a rare case of the tick-borne disease Powassan in July, highlighting the need to protect yourself against tick bites, the Rhode […]
UPDATE AUG. 11, 4:32 P.M. :Â (RIDOH) recommends reopening Kent County YMCA Beach in Warwick and Camp Hoffman Beach in Kingston because bacteria counts have returned to safe levels. WARWICK, RI […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – State health and environmental officials warned the first West Nile Virus (WNV) mosquito sample of 2023 has been recorded in Westerly, marking the start of the typically […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] Kent County YMCA's beaches have been closed due to high bacteria counts.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RIDOH_Warwick_Beaches_Closed-July_22_2019-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) advises closing Kent County YMCA to swimming due to high bacteria levels. Oakland Beach and Conimicut Point Beach in Warwick are […]
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has advised closing Conimicut Point Beach to swimming due to high bacteria levels, the third such closure at the beach […]
COVENTRY, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have lifted the blue-green algae advisory restricting swimming, fishing and general […]
WARWICK, RI — High bacteria counts prompted the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) to recommend no swimming at several local beaches, including three Warwick beaches. The beaches RIDOH has […]
WARWICK, RI— The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends reopening Conimicut Point Beach swimming. Bacteria counts have returned to safe levels since the health department recommended closing the beach […]
UPDATE Friday, June 23: RIDOH recommends reopening Oakland Beach in Warwick for swimming because bacteria counts have returned to safe levels. RIDOH will continue to monitor and review beach water […]
![[CREDIT: FDA] RIDOH advises a May 8 Mung Bean Sprouts recall for possible Listeria contamination has been expanded.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Mung-Bean-Sprouts-Recall-2-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI —The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) warns a Mung Bean Sprouts recall announced on May 8 has been expanded to include all Mung Bean Sprouts and Soy […]
![[CREDIT: Composite using RIDOH images] The FDA has recalled two late-March lots of All Purpose and unbleached flour for possible salmonella contamination.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RIDOH-General-Mills-Salmonella-Flour-Recall-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — General Mills has recalled 2, 5 and 10 pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached and Bleached All Purpose Flour with late March 2024 “best-by” dates for […]
![[CREDIT: WarwickPost Composite] Scenic Fruit Company is recalling frozen organic strawberries due to Hepatitis A illnesses which may be related to the fruit.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Frozen-Strawberry-Recall-March-20-2023-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) reports the Scenic Fruit Company announced its frozen organic strawberries recalled due to an outbreak of Hepatitis A illnesses which may […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Attorney General’s office has asked for 52 cocaine tests by the Rhode Island Department of Health lab to be retested following a report of a Forensic […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Post Composite] Daniele International has recalled ready-to-eat sausage for possible Listeria contamination.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Listeria-recall-brands-Jan-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Daniele International, LLC, is recalling more than 50,000 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) warns. […]
![[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://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CDC-COVID-19-closeup-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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 […]
