The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) and the Department of Elderly Affairs (DEA) are issuing a joint advisory to remind people of precautions to take in extreme cold. Frigid temperatures are predicted to start Wednesday afternoon and continue through the holiday weekend, so it is...
Dorsey Marketing Inc. (DMI) is voluntarily recalling four cocoa products as they may contain melamine. These products were distributed to Big Lots stores during the weeks of September 22, 2008, and September 29, 2008.
The effected products are:
G & J Hot Cocoa Stuffer, item 120144 (UPC...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) announces that effective January 1, 2009, the e-licensing process will take the next planned step towards a paperless and verifiable licensing system. Wallet license cards will no longer be issued to new or renewal licensees as HEALTH’s professional...
Today, the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) released The Health of Rhode Island’s Hospitals (2007) detailing the financial performance of Rhode Island’s 13 hospitals over the period 2004-2007. The report also evaluates the state’s hospitals compared to those in the Northeast, and...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is pleased to announce that a recent report card published by the American College of Emergency Physicians ranked the state’s public health and injury prevention efforts as eighth best in the country with a grade of B+ and ranks the state as tied...
Give yourself and those you love the perfect gift this holiday season—a healthy winter. December 8-14 is National Influenza Vaccination Week and the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) wants to remind all Rhode Islanders to get vaccinated against the flu. Vaccination is the best way to...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) today announced that it will receive more than $4.5 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) to support Project LAUNCH (Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health).
Project LAUNCH is a program...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) reports that all dust sample test results from McGuire School in North Providence on November 8 and 9 are within safe limits. The school can re-open on Wednesday, November 12, 2008.
The basement remains closed off from the rest of the school....
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is notifying healthcare professionals and patients that Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Covidien) is recalling one lot of ReliOn sterile, single-use, disposable, hypodermic syringes with permanently attached hypodermic needles due to possible mislabeling. If...
