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Five years pass since COVID-19 emergency declared
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Today marks five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US. January 31, 2020 is when the US government officially declared a public health emergency for the ...
When RFK Jr. was presented with the science on vaccines he said he needed to see, he dismissed it
The man who hopes to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary repeatedly asked to see “data” or “science” showing ...
As food insecurity rises, R.I. food bank is worried about funding cuts
The food bank is asking lawmakers to restore a proposed $250,000 cut in Governor McKee’s budget, especially in light of ...
How did New England’s students fare on the latest Nation’s Report Card test?
We’re not seeing the progress we need to regain the ground our students lost during the pandemic,” said Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, of the NAEP test ...
Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s first confirmation hearing as Trump’s nominee for health secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two ...
Moment RFK Jr is told 'you frighten people' as his disturbing heath claims are brutally challenged
Democrat Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), who has voted for other Trump nominees, slammed the HHS Secretary nominee for ...
Leaving the W.H.O. Could Hurt Americans on a Range of Health Matters
President Trump’s decision to pull out of the international health agency could deprive the United States of crucial ...
Care New England joins Brown University Health requiring masking at medical facilities
As cases of respiratory viruses rise in Rhode Island, hospitals and medical facilities are starting to require patients to ...
‘Let’s talk about something else’: Why DeepSeek refuses to answer questions on Xi Jinping, China’s Covid lockdown
China’s DeepSeek is all the tech world can talk about now. But the chatbot has a censorship problem. It refuses to answer ...
State lawmakers are pushing for vaccine exemptions even as childhood vaccination rates fall
Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious ...
Warwick city council passes resolution to create school finance commission
Warwick city council has passed a resolution creating a commission to oversee the school district's finances.The decision ...