PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The number people hospitalized in Rhode Island with confirmed cases of COVID-19 — a key indicator in the success of controlling the disease — continues to decline, the state Department of Health reported Wednesday. There were 69 people in the state’s hospitals with the coronavirus according to the latest data available,…… MORE
The mayor of Providence has declared a state of emergency and barred gatherings of more than 100 people in response to the threat from the new coronavirus. … MORE
Rhode Island issues new guidelines to avoid large gatherings, in what officials call a radical and unique opportunity to prevent the spread of coronavirus. … MORE
Rhode Island’s governor has declared a state of emergency amid growing concern over the new coronavirus. … MORE
Rhode Island officials say roughly 200 people have been quarantined because they have connections to a school trip to Italy that has so far resulted in three cases of the new coronavirus. … MORE
Rhode Island’s health department is proposing to permanently ban the sale of flavored vaping products in the state. … MORE
The flu is now being blamed for four deaths in Connecticut. … MORE
Rhode Island’s top medical marijuana regulator hired in 2016 to help reform a decade-old, but loosely regulated program has announced his resignation to accept a new position in New York.… MORE
Massachusetts has become the first state to ban flavored tobacco and vaping products. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed the bill Wednesday. … MORE
A judge has allowed Rhode Island’s ban on the sale of flavored vaping products to stand.… MORE
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