State Government Press Releases
Page 4 of 47
11/04/2013
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) will be teaming up with cities and towns over the next six weeks to offer vaccinations at no cost at 19 immunizations clinics throughout the state. The clinics will also help cities and towns test their public health emergency preparedness plans.
...
10/29/2013
Every year, Rhode Island babies die from sleeping in unsafe environments. During Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month this October, the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) urges expectant parents and everyone who cares for a baby younger than age one to learn how to put their...
10/29/2013
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is advising consumers not to eat prepared, ready-to-eat salads from Boston Salads and Prepared Foods that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The company, based in Boston, MA, is voluntarily recalling products that were distributed in...
10/29/2013
With Halloween only a few days away, the Rhode Island Department of Health offers these tips to remind Rhode Islanders how to stay safe and healthy while preparing for Trick or Treating.
- Be Smart With Your Treats
Inspect candy for signs of tampering, such as ripped packaging, pinholes,...
10/25/2013
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Fine, M.D, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH), announced that HEALTH has rendered two decisions that will affect the acquisition of Landmark Medical Center and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island by Prime Healthcare Services-Landmark, LLC,...
10/23/2013
In a world of rapidly evolving information technology, the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (BMLD) has created and approved policy guidance for the appropriate use of social media in the practice of medicine. Rhode Island's guidelines are based on guidance of the Federation...
10/12/2013
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) State Health Laboratories has identified a new packaging, in pill form, of the synthetic drug, acetyl fentanyl. The State Lab identified the substance in pills brought in for testing to be acetyl fentanyl, the synthetic opiate identified by the Lab...
10/09/2013
The State Medical Examiners' Office has preliminary data that show accidental deaths caused by illicit drug overdoses nearly doubled in Rhode Islanders between 2009 and 2012. Illicit drug overdose deaths involving street drugs like heroin and cocaine increased from 53 in 2009 to 97 in 2012,...
09/27/2013
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have issued Health Advisories for J.L. Curran Reservoir (located in Cranston) and Melville Pond (located in Portsmouth) because of blue-green algae blooms in both bodies of water. Rhode Islanders...
09/25/2013
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is lifting the boil water advisory that has been in place for customers of the Kent County Water Authority and for Potowomut customers of the City of Warwick Water since Sunday.
The boil water advisory is being lifted because samples from the Kent...
View by Agency:
Scan on your Mobile Device:
- Administration, Department of
- Attorney General, Office of
- Attorney General: Consumer News and Alerts
- Attorney General: Grand Jury Reports
- Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, RI Dept. of
- BHDDH - Employment First
- Business Regulation, Department of
- Child Advocate, Office of the
- City of East Providence
- Contractor Registration Board
- Department of Children, Youth and Families
- Department of Corrections
- Department of Human Services
- Division of Elderly Affairs
- Economic Recovery and Reinvestment, Office of
- Elect, Office of the Governor
- Emergency Management Agency
- En Espanol
- Environmental Management, Department of
- Ethics Commission
- Events
- Fiscal Fitness
- Flood Recovery, Rhode Island
- General Treasurer, Office of the
- Governor, Office of the
- Health and Human Services, Executive Office of
- Health, Department of
- Health, Department of: Beach Monitoring
- Health, Department of: Drinking Water
- Health, Department of: Spanish News
- Labor and Training, Department of
- LT. Governor, Office of the
- Minority Business Enterprise
- Motor Vehicles, Division of
- Office or the Health Insurance Commissioner
- Revenue, Department of
- Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
- RI Commerce Corporation
- RI Higher Education Assistance Authority
- RIGA: open government
- Secretary of State, Office of the
- State Police of Rhode Island
- Town of North Kingstown
- Transportation, Department of
- Water Resources Board
- Westerly Police Department