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-...
Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) congratulates Kids First and Davis Park Revitalization Project for receiving a Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future Champion Award from Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, Acting Surgeon General. Both of these HEALTH-supported projects promote healthier...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) advises people that there has been an increase in the number of reported cases of norovirus infections in the state. HEALTH regularly investigates reports of norovirus clusters in licensed facilities and investigates illness complaints associated with...
The public is encouraged to participate in the state-wide exercise scheduled for Saturday, March 21. People should arrive at any of the local POD sites listed below between noon and 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Participation should take no more than 20 minutes.
Burrillville
Burrillville High School,...
On March 20 and 21, 2009, the State of Rhode Island will conduct an exercise simulating a response to a statewide public health emergency. The purpose of the exercise is to allow responsible state and local agencies to test their ability to bring together resources, receive and distribute...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) announced that it received recognition as a Gold Well Workplace from the Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA) and was ranked as one of America’s Healthiest Companies.
HEALTH offered a self-administered health risk appraisal to help staff identify...
