About 85,000 women of child-bearing age are enrolled in state health insurance plans that do not cover abortions, according to an anaylsis by the State Budget Office. Legislation re-introduced in the General Assembly this session by state Representative Liana M. Cassar, D-Barrington, and Senator Bridget Valverde, D-North Kingstown, would allow abortions to be covered by […]
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A conversation about vaccine equity with Rhode Island’s health director
In Rhode Island, Latinos account for 16% of the population and 30% of coronavirus cases. But just 6% of vaccine doses have gone to Latino residents. Similarly, Black residents have lower rates of vaccination than white residents. Rhode Island’s health director, Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, spoke with The Public’s Radio health reporter Lynn Arditi about the […]
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Vaccine Inequities: Hundreds of people from across Rhode Island sign up for COVID-19 shots meant for residents in hard-hit neighborhoods
Inside a storefront health clinic in a Price Rite shopping plaza in Providence, the regulars are mostly immigrants who speak Spanish, Portuguese and Creole. They work cleaning offices, washing cars and fileting fish in grocery stores. And nearly one in four of the patients last month tested positive for the coronavirus, said Dr. Annie De […]
