Dr. Karen Tashima, the infectious disease physician who will lead the vaccine trial at The Miriam Hospital, talks about the critical search for volunteers.
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URI instructs students in 2 Greek life houses to self-quarantine after several test positive for COVID-19
The University of Rhode Island has instructed 58 students in two on-campus Greek houses to self-quarantine or return home after three students tested positive for COVID-19.
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Lifespan recruiting volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trial
Lifespan is looking for 300 to 400 adults for a clinical trial that it has applied for approval to begin at The Miriam Hospital in Providence.
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She ran the nursing home. Then she ran out of staff to care for the residents.
The Eastgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in East Providence was so short-handed that its top administrator, Anna Zambrano, 41, and five of other support staff took turns feeding, bathing and providing other care for residents. One of the residents was Zambrano’s father.
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Not just numbers: Cutting through the noise about R.I. nursing homes
The pandemic has intensified chronic staffing shortages at Rhode Island nursing homes, which are bracing for more coronavirus outbreaks this fall.
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URI testing thousands of students for the coronavirus, but not commuters
Just under one-quarter of the university’s roughly 17,000 students arriving on campus will be tested for the coronavirus. URI focused on students living on campus and in group housing who are considered at higher risk.
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Fauci on the pitfalls and promises of the fight against COVID-19
The nation’s top infectious disease expert talks about how the country can avoid a potentially catastrophic rise in infection rates this fall, the progress toward developing a vaccine and what the country needs to do to prepare for the next pandemic.
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Bill to mandate minimum staffing levels in nursing homes heads to the Senate floor
The bill introduced by Senator Maryellen Goodwin would require all state licensed nursing homes to provide each resident with 4.10 hours of direct nursing care per day.
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The death of a New Bedford fish plant worker: A son’s story
Juan, a teenage vocational school student in New Bedford, lost his dad, Francisco, to COVID-19 nearly two months ago. Francisco was one of hundreds of fish plant workers in the city’s seafood industry that processed fish during the pandemic. Dozens have contracted the virus. Juan never understood how hard his dad worked until he died, when Juan had to get a job and work as a fish plant worker himself.
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La muerte de un trabajador de la planta de pescado de New Bedford: la historia de un hijo
Juan, un estudiante de escuela vocacional adolescente en New Bedford, perdió a su padre, Francisco, por COVID-19 hace casi dos meses. Francisco fue uno de los cientos de trabajadores de plantas de pescado en la industria de mariscos de la ciudad que procesó pescado durante la pandemia. Docenas han contraÃdo el virus. Juan nunca entendió lo duro que trabajó su padre hasta que murió, cuando Juan tuvo que conseguir un trabajo y trabajar como trabajador de una planta de pescado.
