We Can Achieve Health Equity 04/15/2022 08:00 AM EDT Health and Well-Being Matter is the monthly blog of the Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Equity ensures...

Food and Nutrition Proposed Scientific Questions to Inform the Development of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030: Available for Public Comment April 15 to May 16! 04/14/2022 10:00 AM EDT...

NEW: Lifespan CEO Babineau Resigning – Move Comes Following Latest Failed Merger Attempt Lifespan CEO Tim Babineau is resigning.  Read More.     Two Men Stabbed in Providence Overnight...



My MedlinePlus Weekly Newsletter: An Anatomy Lesson 04/13/2022 Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. April 13, 2022 An Anatomy Lesson Can you identify where your Achilles tendon...



United States Reaches Agreement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc., to Ensure Online Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Registration for People with Disabilities PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The United States Attorney’s...

Kinder Chocolate Products Recalled   The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers of a recall of Kinder Happy Moments Chocolate Assortment and Kinder Mix Chocolate Treats...

Olivia Burke THIS optical illusion can reveal if you have a female or male brain depending on what you see first. The riveting image of the running man claims it can decipher what kind of thought...

PROVIDENCE, RI – El gobernador Dan McKee y la secretaria de la Oficina Ejecutiva de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Rhode Island, Womazetta Jones, anunciaron hoy a Kristin Pono Sousa como la próxima...

April 6, 2022 Know Your COVID-19 Community Level COVID-19 Community Levels are a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium,...

RI Office of Healthy Aging Announces Changes to its At HOME Cost Share Program Changes to OHA’s At-Home Cost Share Program includes persons with income up to 250% FPL and expands eligibility to...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAM-supported Medical Marijuana Research Act. The bipartisan bill would remove some barriers that prevent researchers...

April National Health Observances: Minority Health, Public Health, STD Awareness, Immunization and More! 03/28/2022 11:00 AM EDT   Each month we feature select National Health Observances (NHOs)...

RI Is Missing Its Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Goals – Mixed Results at Brown & RI Hospital Rhode Island has a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 10% as mandated by the...

March 30, 2022 Understanding Bipolar Disorder When you have bipolar disorder, you experience symptoms of intense mood swings. You may brush off these changes as “just being moody” but you,...

Health Literacy April National Health Observances: Minority Health, Public Health, STD Awareness, Immunization and More! 03/28/2022 11:00 AM EDT Each month we feature select National Health...

Dr. Fauci to Deliver Commencement Address at Roger Williams University Dr. Fauci coming to Rhode Island.  On Monday, Roger Williams University announced. Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Read More.  ...

President Biden’s 2023 Budget Rejects Marijuana Commercialization (Alexandria, VA) – Sticking to campaign promises, President Biden’s new budget, released minutes ago, rejected marijuana...

DANGER ZONE Jona Jaupi A NEW ‘dangerous’ character trait dubbed “dark empathy” has been identified by scientists – but do you possess it? Recent research has found that...