NEW: Cranston has set up a website, www.CranstonVaccine.com, through which residents age 75 and older can preregister for the COVID-19 vaccine.   Here’s a statement from the … more

The city is receiving 390 doses of COVID-19 vaccine as part of an initial roll-out, and residents age 75 and older can register for the shots starting tomorrow. Check out the statement from Ken … more

By ARDEN BASTIA Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee, who is soon to succeed Gov. Gina Raimondo when she steps down to join President Biden's cabinet, says teachers, school personnel, members of the General Assembly and elected statewide officeholders should be moved more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Rhode Island is "e;doing well"e; in its distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations despite the challenges posed by a limited supply coming from the federal level, Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott told members of the more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Rhode Island's "pause" has been extended through Dec. 20, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced last week, after which a handful of revised restrictions will be put in place through the year's end as part of a "slow dial-up of the economy." more

By MADDISON SMITH In 2019, 1,282 measles cases were reported in thirty-one states. With a surge of cases in Rhode Island's neighboring states, the Rhode Island Department of Health is urging parents to vaccinate their children. This crisis is placing more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Rhode Island continues to see favorable trends in terms of COVID-19 data, Gov. Gina Raimondo and health officials said last week - but the impending arrival of flu season, along with the potential for a fall or winter coronavirus more

With the CDC urging everyone 6 months and older to get a vaccination in advance of the flu season, Stop & Shop has announced that flu shots are now available at its 250+ pharmacy locations across the Northeast. Stop & Shop is taking extensive health and more