A gas generator makes an unholy roar outside St. Bartholomew’s Church in the city’s Silver Lake section where a shiny white trailer is parked. Inside the trailer on this chilly March afternoon it’s warm and filled with light. Two healthcare workers are seated at a long folding table behind plexiglass dividers, working on laptops. Their […]
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Rhode Islanders 60 to 64 years old and those 16 and older with underlying medical conditions now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine
Rhode Islanders who are 60 to 64 years of age and those 16 and older with specific underlying health conditions will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting Friday. Rhode Island residents ages 16 to 64 are eligible to be vaccinated if they have medical conditions — such as type 1or type 2 diabetes; lung […]
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A conversation about vaccine equity with Rhode Island’s health director
In Rhode Island, Latinos account for 16% of the population and 30% of coronavirus cases. But just 6% of vaccine doses have gone to Latino residents. Similarly, Black residents have lower rates of vaccination than white residents. Rhode Island’s health director, Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, spoke with The Public’s Radio health reporter Lynn Arditi about the […]
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Vaccine Inequities: Hundreds of people from across Rhode Island sign up for COVID-19 shots meant for residents in hard-hit neighborhoods
Inside a storefront health clinic in a Price Rite shopping plaza in Providence, the regulars are mostly immigrants who speak Spanish, Portuguese and Creole. They work cleaning offices, washing cars and fileting fish in grocery stores. And nearly one in four of the patients last month tested positive for the coronavirus, said Dr. Annie De […]
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Rhode Islanders 65 and older can register for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Monday
The new state-run sites will be able to vaccinate “hundreds” of people an hour, state health officials said, and increase the pace of vaccinations.
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Photo gallery: A vaccination drive in a coronavirus hotspot
Central Falls, R.I. is at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. The one-square mile city of just under 20,000 people has the highest per capita infection rate in a state that is among America’s hardest-hit.
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A drive to vaccinate in hard-hit Central Falls, R.I.
Since Rhode Island’s first community vaccination drive began in Central Falls, about 15% of the city’s residents have received their first doses of vaccine. That’s compared with 9% of residents statewide.
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R.I. opens new vaccination sites in Providence and Cranston for residents 75 and older starting Feb. 18
Rhode Island eases COVID-19 restrictions on bars starting Valentine’s Day weekend
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R.I. to begin vaccinating residents 65 to 74 years old against COVID-19 in February
Rhode Island’s health director said Thursday that COVID-19 vaccinations for residents 75 and older who are not in nursing homes or other congregant care settings will begin early February, with residents 65 to 74 to begin scheduling appointments for shots by the middle or end of the month. And starting Sunday, Rhode Island will lift […]
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R.I. nursing home staff in a coronavirus hotspot reluctant to get COVID-19 vaccine
Elmwood is the type of place you might expect people would be lining up to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. But the nursing home’s operators say that only one-in-four of Elmwood’s staff has taken the shot.