The College of Pharmacy institute to supply campus, first responders, Department of Corrections facilities amid coronavirus shortages.
Several more public areas have been closed in South Kingstown to prevent gatherings of five people or more.
Parking has been limited along Ocean Road and at the beach in an effort to enforce social distancing mandates.
A testing site for the new coronavirus will open at the University of Rhode Island with the goal of testing 600 people per day.
The town is strongly discouraging out-of-town visits and the return of seasonal residents during the coronavirus pandemic.
Surfaces such as playground equipment, picnic tables and benches are not being sanitized.
Visitors are strongly discouraged from coming to the island until at least mid-April.
Town buildings including the senior center and library will remain closed until further notice.
The libraries, senior center
No one under the age of 19 or who has any symptoms of illness will be allowed to visit patients.
Classrooms other high-traffic areas are being frequently sanitized and students are encouraged to wash their hands often.
URI Nursing professor Diane DiTomasso's study could lead to changes in recommendations on newborn feeding
“If people are educated about this and know how to recognize an overdose and how to recognize substance use disorder, we can save lives."
‘Community First Responders program’ to educate public, provide naloxone and other resources to combat crisis
Nutrition Professor Alison Tovar will serve on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation panel to develop healthy eating behaviors among children
The Department of Environmental Management announced the closure following a day of heavy rain.
Students compile medical, family histories, conduct physical assessments
Manuscript by psychology department research team to run in prestigious national journal ‘Drug and Alcohol Dependence’
The nonprofit Leapfrog group released its bi-annual round of hospital safety grades. South County was at the top of the list
URI College of Pharmacy researcher teams up with pharmaceutical company to discover anti-inflammatory molecules from the aquatic microbiome
The Department of Environmental Management closed the pond as a preventative measure following heavy rain over the weekend.
No other mosquitoes trapped in Rhode Island at the same time tested positive for the disease.
Zone 4, covering more than 24,000 acres in Charlestown, Westerly and Hopkinton, was successfully sprayed overnight.
Spraying over Zone 4 is set to be completed on Tuesday night, weather permitting.
Matunuck Elementary School students in the third or fourth grade and students who share the same bus are considered exposed.
The spraying operations will be targeted to three areas where EEE-positive mosquitoes have been found and where a human case was confirmed.
There have been three positive findings of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Rhode Island this year.
Phillip Clark leads $3.75 million project to train health care workforce
$2.7 million HRSA grant fuels Advanced Nursing Education Workforce program
Anyone who harvested from the area in the past week, either commercially or individually, should throw all shellfish away immediately.
A statewide air quality alert has been issued for Saturday.
URI College of Nursing study, led by Assistant Professor Karen Jennings, aims to mitigate damage to metabolic hormones
Five people have been treated for jellyfish stings at Potter Pond in the past three days.
Environmentally-friendly sunscreen stations will be placed at all Rhode Island state beaches, as well as some state parks.
College of Health Sciences Professor Alison Tovar's $730,000 project aims to improve diet quality of preschool children
TEAMS program lets nurses treat patients remotely, increasing care
Vehicle, staffed by URI Academic Health Collaborative students and faculty, to provide HIV screenings, general health care in community
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the romaine is linked to an outbreak in several states and Canada.
The grant from the Rhode Island Foundation will reduce high rates of illness, chronic disease and health disparities in South County.
Susan Hasmiller headlines URI-hosted conference that offers continuing education credits for health professionals