November 18, 2009

H1N1 clinic announced for RI students in out-of-state schools

The Rhode Island Department of Health has announced a H1N1 vaccination clinic for students in out-of-state schools.

RI health officials: Number of H1N1 cases decline

Health officials say about 35,000 students have received the swine flu vaccine.


November 17, 2009

Health Department: 2 more women died as result of H1N1

Since Sept. 1, seven people in Rhode Island have died as a result of H1N1 flu.


November 10, 2009

Health officials: More H1N1 vaccine available for pregnant women

More H1N1 flu vaccine is available for pregnant women, state health officials said Tuesday.


November 05, 2009

RI waiting for more seasonal flu vaccine

Health officials say it distributed a record number of seasonal flu vaccinations in October.


November 04, 2009

Health officials: Woman died of H1N1 flu

The 49-year-old woman had underlying illnesses, health officials say.


November 03, 2009

Rhode Island Hospital fined $150K in wrong-site surgery

State health officials order the hospital to install video cameras in its operating rooms.

Health Department pleased with first round of school clinics

Health officials say they vaccinated almost 80 percent of the children in the first 10 schools to offer the vaccine.


October 30, 2009

School-based H1N1 clinics to start Monday

For students to get the vaccine, parents must sign and return a consent form.


October 28, 2009

H1N1 Questions: Tamiflu, school-based clinics

Barbara Morse Silva takes questions about Tamiflu, and school-based vaccine clinics.


October 27, 2009

State investigating possible student flu death

A 12-year-old student has died after coming down with flulike symptoms, a Rhode Island school says.

Health officials: RI seeing more cases of H1N1

The Department of Health says the second wave of the swine flu pandemic has arrived in Rhode Island.


October 26, 2009

Mass. company recalls beef after students sickened

Massachusetts health officials say a meat company has voluntarily recalled beef products after more than 20 school children and adults from Lincoln were sickened by E. coli.


October 23, 2009

Health Department announces H1N1 school clinic schedule

The clinics are scheduled to begin Nov. 2 and run for six weeks.

Wrong-site surgery reported at Rhode Island Hospital

Surgeons perform an operation on the wrong finger of a patient.

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