Rhode Island’s Department of Health is sticking to its childhood vaccination policy after the CDC decided to downgrade its ...

The state Department of Health is advising Rhode Islanders to get flu shots and take other preventive measures as the illness sweeps through the state.

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island attorney general's office is working with the state Department of Health to "assess potential next steps" after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention terminated ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — As students return to school in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, they’re required by state law to have received a number of vaccines. Even though Rhode Island has some of ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health supports the current hepatitis B vaccine schedule for newborns. A federal advisory committee, overhauled by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., may vote to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — In an effort to address childhood obesity, some Rhode Island lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require restaurants offering children’s meals to have at least two ...

On Jan. 5, Brown University Health — the largest hospital system in Rhode Island — announced that all of their facilities ...

Note: This story contains mentions of suicide and self-harm. PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s Department of Health (RIDOH) has launched a campaign to normalize conversations about mental health among ...

PROVIDENCE – The director of the Rhode Island Department of Health issued a statement calling Tylenol "a safe and trusted medication option for pregnant women" a day after President Donald Trump ...

Fans faced the cold temperatures and snowy conditions to greet the newly minted AFC Champions, the New England Patriots, at the TF Green Airport as they returne New Bedford issues thousands of ...