âTwas the night before Christmas, Rhode Island style
By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated December 24, 2020, 7:47 a.m.
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ICYMI: Rhode Island was up to 82,066 confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, after adding 879 new cases. The overall daily test-positive rate was 5.1 percent, and the first-time positive rate was 20.7 percent. The state announced 26 more deaths, bringing the total to 1,704. There were 442 people in the hospital, and 7,072 people had received the first dose of the vaccine.
Dec 24, 2020
Kathleen Schallus, left, and Suzanne Marino, right, sort through holiday cards sent to Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, N.J. on Dec. 8, 2020. Because most hospitals won t allow visitors during the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals across the country are asking people to make or buy cards to be given to patients as the holidays approach. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
SOMERS POINT, N.J. (AP) Joseph Johnson was going about his life, getting ready for the holidays at the Jersey Shore, when he started to feel ill and wound up in a hospital. It turned out he had diabetes, and it was threatening his life.
Joseph Johnson was going about his life, getting ready for the holidays at the Jersey Shore, when he started to feel ill and wound up in a hospital. It turned out he had diabetes, and it was threatening his life.
The Warwick Democrats said they want to make sure that Kent County Hospital, a Care New England property, won’t see cuts in services or jobs if the two health care giants move forward with a plan to form a single academic medical center with Brown University.
SOMERS POINT, N.J. Joseph Johnson was going about his life, getting ready for the holidays at the Jersey Shore, when he started to feel ill and wound up in a hospital. It turned out he had diabetes, and it was threatening his life. The shock of a sudden illness and hospitalization was compounded by […]