The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is pleased to welcome Senator Jack Reed as keynote speaker at its second annual healthy housing conference on May 11 at Quidnesset Country Club in North Kingstown. At this year’s conference, “Stimulating Healthy Housing” Senator Reed discuss...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) and the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) have developed a Special Needs Emergency Registry for Rhode Island residents with disabilities, chronic conditions, and special healthcare needs. Rhode Island adults and children with...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) announces a fourth probable case of the H1N1 virus (swine flu). A student at Johnson & Wales University in Providence is considered a probable case because the student is exhibiting symptoms of the flu and recently traveled to New York City. The...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is collaborating and partnering with state, national and international agencies to monitor the investigation of the cases of swine influenza confirmed in California and Texas. There are no known cases in Rhode Island right now.
In accordance with...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognized Rhode Island’s Childhood Immunziation Program for achieving the highest influenza vaccination coverage rate in the country for children ages six months to 23 months during the 2007/2008 flu season. The award was presented to the...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) advises consumers of sprout products that 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 immune system. Distribution of these sprouts...
Consider this – you have a medical emergency in the middle of the night. Your regular physician is on vacation, and a colleague is covering the practice. That covering physician needs to have access to your medical history so he can make an informed decision about your treatment at that moment....
Today, the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) and the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner released the tenth annual RI Health Plans’ Performance Report (2007). This report analyzes the two largest commercial health plans in the state, Blue Cross and United, on 38 separate quality...
You may have seen the billboard with a dog wearing a gas mask. Or maybe you saw the picture of a young mother holding her child with a caption that reads “Julie smokes two packs a day. So does her baby.” These ads are part of the Rhode Island Department of Health’s (HEALTH) campaign...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) reports that cases of influenza illnesses in the state have been steadily increasing and as of last week, was widespread in the state. Healthcare facilities are reporting flu outbreaks and HEALTH Laboratories have confirmed the presence of antiviral-...
