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State Government Press Releases

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10/31/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Moonlight Companies is recalling California-grown conventional yellow and white peaches because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled peaches were sold at retail stores...
10/29/2025
Governor Dan McKee joined Director of Health Jerry Larkin, MD, today to get his flu shot and COVID-19 shot, and to remind Rhode Islanders about the critical importance of vaccinations to keeping our communities healthy and safe. "We are working to ensure that the public health turmoil in...
10/27/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are recommending people avoid contact with Upper Melville Pond (aka Thurston Gray Pond) in Portsmouth due to a confirmed cyanobacteria bloom. Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae,...
10/22/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have lifted the advisory recommendation for recreational activities at JL Curran Reservoir in Cranston, Smith and Sayles Reservoir in Glocester, and Wilson Reservoir in Burrillville. The...
10/20/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that M.C.I. Foods, Inc., is recalling more than 90,000 pounds of specific lots of ready-to eat breakfast burrito and wrap products containing egg that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm). The individually wrapped...
10/20/2025
Governor Dan McKee was joined Friday by representatives of the 195 District and numerous dignitaries to mark the completion of the 150 Richmond building with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting. The 212,000-square-foot life sciences development is anchored by the new Rhode Island Department of Health...
10/08/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Sno Pac Foods is recalling Del Mar 35 lb Bulk Organic Frozen Spinach and Sno Pac 10 oz Organic Frozen Cut Spinach because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled frozen spinach...
10/08/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are recommending people avoid contact with Wenscott Reservoir in North Providence due to a confirmed cyanobacteria bloom. Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are naturally present...
10/03/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is alerting the public that a rabid bat was found on Humboldt Avenue in Providence in the area of Gladys Potter Park in the late afternoon on October 1st. The Providence Animal Control Division retrieved the bat after reports that it was acting...
10/02/2025
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is currently open and operational as normal, despite the federal government shutdown. Benefits are active and can be used at WIC vendors, and participants can still attend or schedule new appointments. Participants...