Several Northeast states, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts, announced a new regional partnership on Thursday meant to pool resources and expertise on public health. The group, called the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, will share information about emergency preparedness, infectious diseases, vaccine recommendations and other topics, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health. “We look […]
Jerome Larkin
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Nominee to lead RI Health Department wins initial approval
Dr. Jerome Larkin was praised by a series of fellow physicians and other acquaintances Thursday before being endorsed by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee as the next director of the Rhode Island Department of Health. The committee approved Larkin’s nomination on a 5-to-1 vote, with Sen. Eileen Morgan (R-Hopkinton) casting the only one […]
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Governor nominates Dr. Jerome Larkin to lead RI Department of Health
After more than two years without a permanent director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, Gov. Dan McKee has nominated Dr. Jerome M. Larkin to fill the post. Larkin, 61, is the medical director of inpatient infectious diseases consultation services at Rhode Island Hospital and an associate professor of clinical medicine at Brown University’s […]
