More than 215 healthcare providers are registered for a training tomorrow focused on medication-assisted treatment for opioid-use disorders, a pivotal component of the plan developed by Governor Gina M. Raimondo's Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force to tackle Rhode Island's overdose...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) advises consumers that Heritage International (USA) Inc. is voluntarily recalling one lot of Trader Joe's Raw Cashew Pieces because of potential contamination with Salmonella.
The product comes in a 16-ounce, clear, non-resealable plastic package (...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is releasing the latest data today on confirmed accidental drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island. The data are from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) advises consumers that Mars Chocolate North America announced a voluntary recall of its Dove Chocolate Assortment Snowflakes (24 oz. bag) today.
Approximately 6,700 cases of this item may contain some Snickers, Milky Way, and Twix pieces that...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lauded Rhode Island for having immunization rates that are among the highest in the country for several vaccines in different age groups at a national awards ceremony today.
"Immunizations are investments in the health of our communities and...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) opened the application period today for the Rhode Island Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program, an annual campaign to recruit and retain topflight health professionals and put them to work building healthier communities in medically underserved...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announce today that they are lifting the public health advisories issued earlier this year in response to cyanobacteria blooms on Sisson Pond, St. Mary's Pond, and Lawton Valley Reservoir in...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is releasing the latest data today on confirmed accidental drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island. The data are from January 1, 2015 through November 29, 2015. Additional data are available online.
Final determination on whether a death is due to a...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) announced ambitious new HIV treatment targets today that are aimed at building healthier communities and expanding opportunity for all HIV-positive Rhode Islanders to live long, full lives.
The treatment targets are a part of the international 90...
As a part of ongoing efforts to address Rhode Island's drug overdose crisis, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has developed an education, notification, and enforcement plan to increase healthcare provider registration in the State's system for tracking the prescribing of medication....
