The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) recognized Wolverine Joining Technologies in Warwick for meeting the requirements of the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP). The SHARP award is presented to companies who demonstrate a history of lower average rates of workplace...
Cancer is about more than just diagnosing or treating the disease. Every moment of every day, cancer research is happening all around us—even here in Rhode Island. The Partnership to Reduce Cancer in Rhode Island invites providers, patients and survivors to attend the 2010 Rhode Island Cancer...
Today, the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) presented gastroenterologist Dr. Joseph DiMase with a Community Partnership Award. This award is presented to individuals or groups in Rhode Island whose contributions are exceptional and support the mission of HEALTH.
Dr. DiMase was...
Beginning on May 1, there is one more way to keep Rhode Island children safe and healthy.
Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is the first in New England that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has authorized to manage the state’s Lead-Safe Remodeler/Renovator Program. This...
Today, the Office of the Governor of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) recognized groups who contributed to the state’s top-ranked H1N1 vaccination effort. Rhode Island had the highest overall H1N1 vaccination rate, 38.8%, in the country. In addition, Rhode Island...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is pleased to announce that as a result of a $100,000 donation from an anonymous benefactor and a $10,000 donation from the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation, the Women’s Cancer Screening Program will be able to start offering screening...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) reminds all Rhode Islanders that all beaches remain closed for swimming while HEALTH does water testing. (Pet owners should not allow pets to swim at the beaches.) Recent high volumes of rain have caused many sewer systems to overflow into...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) recommends that all private wells that have flooded (wells that have standing water around them) should be considered contaminated and the water should be tested.
As soon as water has receded, the well water should be tested for coliform bacteria....
