Health

Free Covid Testing — Smith Hill Library

The Providence Community Library (PCL) will be hosting the Smith Hill Community Development Corporation (SHCDC) and the Rhode Island National Guard to bring free, twice-weekly, Covid testing to the parking lot area of the Smith Hill Library on Candace Street. People who take the 15-minute rapid test at the Smith Hill Library can view their …

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‘Conceal/Reveal’ Now On Broad Street

Now that’s a mask. Conceal/Reveal, an installation of creative masks, is now on display in the sidewalk window of the new state archive building downtown on Broad Street. This past summer, the Providence Art Club invited Rhode Islanders to participate in this collaborative creative project. The goal of this project is twofold — first, to …

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Turn Off Ten And Keep Far Far Away

Surprise, surprise. There’s been a Covid outbreak at local NBC affiliate, WJAR-TV, the station owned by Sinclair Broadcasting, a.k.a. Trump TV. According to the ProJo, anonymous sources are reporting that at least six people have tested positive in the last two weeks. One person who would go on the record was Fletcher Fischer, the business …

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Revised Phase III Re-Opening

From the Office of the Governor comes another supplemental declaration regarding the Revised Phase III reopening, effective today, Sunday, November 8. The document covers international and domestic travel restrictions as well as the following (voluntary) Stay-at-Home advisory. Effective Sunday, November 8th, all Rhode Island residents are advised to stay home from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 …

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State Hiring 100 People For Contact Tracing

Governor Raimondo has announced that the state will be hiring 100 new people to assist with the Department of Health’s contact tracing system. Recent hiring has brought the the full-time tracing team up to 300 people. The state has contracted with Knowledge Services to run the hiring, but you will work on-site at the Department …

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Dear Brown: Masks Are Mandatory

Brown University has announced the launch of Brown Takes Care, an initiative aimed at providing guidance to its incoming students regarding Covid-19 that “. . . will directly engage students, faculty and staff as storytellers and influencers to promote essential health practices to fight COVID-19, both on campus and in the greater Providence community.” Storytelling?! …

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Consider Fresh Air Classrooms

We keep looking back to the 1918 flu for insights into our present situation, but prior to that catastrophe, public health officials had been struggling with the deadly bacterial contagion tuberculosis for many decades. And it was two female doctors right here in Providence, co-founders of the Providence League for the Suppression of Tuberculosis, who …

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Phase 3 Of Reopening Starts

The Governor has announced the third phase of the state’s gradual reopening plan; it includes updates on restaurants, team sports, as well as an alert on people traveling here from out-of-state. Let’s not get too overconfident here, but only two states are reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases: Connecticut and Rhode Island! Nice to …

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