Massachusetts National Guard members started fanning out across the state Monday to provide much needed help to dozens of understaffed hospitals facing a surge of COVID-19 patients.… MORE
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Providence College to require boosters for spring semester
Providence College will require all students, faculty and staff to have a COVID-19 booster shot for the spring semester, unless they have a school-approved exemption, the college announced Monday.… MORE
Rhode Island nonprofits share in $5.4M in relief grants
More than 160 nonprofits in Rhode Island are sharing $5.4 million in federal coronavirus relief funding for housing, behavioral health services, health care, job training, food pantries and child care for those hardest hit by the pandemic, the Rhode Island Foundation announced last week.… MORE
Lifespan to require visitors to show proof of vaccination
Rhode Island’s largest hospital system says that in response to a rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state it will require all visitors to provide proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test. … MORE
Gov: Rhode Island’s COVID-19 death toll reaches 3,000
Gov. Daniel McKee on Tuesday directed state flags at all state facilities and buildings to be flown at half-staff as a solemn sign of respect for the more than 3,000 Rhode Islanders whose deaths have been attributed to COVID-19.… MORE
URI to require students, employees to get COVID-19 boosters
The University of Rhode Island is joining a growing number of colleges in the state requiring students to get a COVID-19 booster shot for the spring semester. … MORE
Rhode Island man pleads guilty to pandemic relief fraud
A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to file fraudulent applications for COVID-19 unemployment relief funds in multiple states using stolen Social Security numbers and other personal information. … MORE
Massachusetts activates National Guard to support hospitals
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday he will activate up to 500 members of the National Guard to support understaffed hospitals across the state facing a surge of COVID-19 patients and to bolster non-emergency medical transportation needs.… MORE
Crow, Warren, Booker test positive for breakthrough COVID-19
Two senators and a third lawmaker say they have tested positive for COVID-19 after having been vaccinated. … MORE
McKee offers 'apology' for lack of COVID test capacity
Rhode Island’s governor offered an apology Monday for the lack of coronavirus testing opportunities, as the state added a new site in Cranston dedicated to rapid testing.… MORE
