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Sofie Rudin
Science and Environment Reporter
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srudin@thepublicsradio.org
Sofie Rudin is the science and environment reporter at The Public’s Radio. She previously worked as producer, editor, and general assignment reporter. Her series "When is it time to retreat from the sea?" was a finalist for a Covering Climate Now Journalism Award. She also led the development of web pages for reporting on COVID-19, shoreline access and The 2020 Gallery, which won a National Headliner award and PMJA award. Sofie graduated from Brown University in 2017, where she studied geology.
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‘Constant COVID-brain’: Newport’s school nurses describe the stress of keeping students, teachers safe during a pandemic
More than 90 students and teachers in Newport’s school buildings have tested positive for the coronavirus since September, and more than 900 have been told to quarantine. Much of the responsibility, and stress, of tracing potential exposures has fallen to the district’s four school nurse teachers.
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Vaccine Inequities: Getting shots to vulnerable residents is ‘a marathon, not a sprint’
Filiberto Paredes first heard about the coronavirus vaccines on the news. “Pregunté a la doctora si podía ponérmela. Me dijo que no, que tenía que esperar un poco. Seguí insistiendo.” “I asked my doctor if I could get it. She told me no, that I would have to wait. But I kept insisting.” He called […]
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CVS changes tune on use of extra COVID-19 vaccine doses
CVS Health said Friday that it allows pharmacists to give extra coronavirus vaccine doses to people outside the state’s eligibility criteria, if no one over age 65 is available to take the shot. The statement comes one day after The Public’s Radio reported that the Woonsocket-based company was limiting the use of leftover vaccine doses […]
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CVS limits leftover COVID-19 vaccine doses to people 65 and older
CVS Health has a new policy about what to do with leftover doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. And it may mean extra doses at the end of the day wind up in the trash.
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Vaccination age limit lowered in three Providence zip codes where infection rates are highest
Providence is opening vaccination on Friday to residents age 65 and older who live in 02907, 02908, and 02909. Those three zip codes have the highest infection rate in the state, after Central Falls.
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First cases of U.K. coronavirus variant identified in Rhode Island
Rhode Island health officials have identified three cases of a more contagious coronavirus variant first found in the United Kingdom. The strain is known as the B.1.1.7 variant. And last week, British scientists warned that in addition to being more contagious, the variant “likely” has a higher risk of causing hospitalization and death. “No one […]
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What’s the holdup? A look at Rhode Island’s vaccination effort
Rhode Island’s use of its COVID-19 vaccine supply ranks among the slowest in the country, according to an analysis by The New York Times. In part to help speed the pace of vaccinations, state health officials recently began moving older residents to the front of the line. Rhode Island is the last state to begin […]
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Vaccination of Rhode Islanders 75 and older living at home to begin this weekend
Thousands of Rhode Islanders ages 75 and older are scheduled to begin receiving shots this weekend at one of the state’s five regional distribution sites. And in Providence, city officials were scrambling to get residents to fill open slots. The state Department of Health on Thursday announced that residents 75 and older who live at […]
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Rhode Island health officials plan to offer vaccine by age group, not occupation
In Phase 2 of Rhode Island’s coronavirus vaccine rollout, health officials plan to offer shots to all adults, prioritizing by age, underlying health condition, and geography.