The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises consumers of sprout products from Specialty Farms and Nature’s Promise brands may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria is an organism that can cause serious or fatal infections in young children, elderly or anyone with a weak...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) needs additional time to reach a final decision on licenses for up to three compassion centers. At last month’s public hearing on the applicants, HEALTH anticipated that the review and evaluation would be complete by July 30.
“We want to assure...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) announces that Perdue Farms, Inc., a Perry, Georgia establishment, has recalled frozen chicken nugget products that may contain foreign materials. The product was sold at Walmart in Coventry, RI. Since July 14, 2010, approximately 400 packages of...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is notifying customers of the United, Narragansett Point Judith, Narragansett North End, South Kingstown South Shore, South Kingstown Middlebridge that the precautionary boil water advisory put in place earlier this week has been lifted. The water is...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is issuing a precautionary boil water advisory for customers of the United Water, Narragansett Pt. Judith, Narragansett North End, South Kingstown South Shore, and South Kingstown Middlebridge water systems. HEALTH recommends that water being used for...
Rhode Island’s State Office of Vital Records and local clerk offices can now accept certified copies of Puerto Rico birth certificates issued before July 1, 2010 through the end of September. The Puerto Rico government previously passed a law invalidating all birth certificates issued before...
Following the Compliance Order issued to OB-GYN Associates on June 23, two other OB/GYN practices, notified the Department of Health (HEALTH) that they also have been purchasing and utilizing non-FDA-approved IUDs from international sources. After confirming each of the reports, HEALTH has issued...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is issuing a heat advisory to remind people of precautions to take in extreme heat. High temperatures and humidity are predicted into Tuesday, so it is especially important that all Rhode Islanders take the following precautions:
· Stay out of the...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline has discovered that the Rhode Island offices of OB-GYN Associates, Inc. have been purchasing non-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved versions of the Mirena and ParaGard intrauterine devices (IUDs)...
As of July 1, Rhode Island’s State Office of Vital Records and local clerk offices can no longer accept certified copies of Puerto Rico birth certificates issued before that date. The Puerto Rico government has passed a new law invalidating all birth certificates issued before July 1, 2010....
