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The study involved 14,505 patients who were tested for COVID-19 from March 19 to Aug. 20, 2020, a period that included the spring surge and a partial reopening of the economy during the summer. Seventy percent of those tested self-reported as being Hispanic/Latino and two-thirds were women. Of the Hispanic/Latino patients, 25.5% were positive, the study found, compared to 15.7% of “Non-Hispanic (NH) Blacks.” Just over 14% of Non-Hispanic “others” were positive, with 6.6% of “NH Whites.” “This is among the first studies to evaluate changes in rates of SARS-CoV-2 among Hispanic/L...

Monday, January 18, 2021   View Larger + Monday's GoLocal vaccination update provides the most up-to-date information and data on the Rhode Island vaccination program as well as emerging national and global developments.   Approximately a third or more of nursing home workers are refusing to be vaccinated. Rhode Island's nursing homes are being hit time and time again by the coronavirus. More than 1,200 Rhode Island nursing home residents have died. Twenty-eight of Rhode Island’s nursing homes have had 20 or more deaths. According to Dr. Michael Fine, the disease is often carried into th...

Her State’s in a COVID Death Spiral. Biden Just Hired Her. Julia Rock © Provided by The Daily Beast Jim Watson/Getty President-elect Joe Biden confirmed on Friday that he would nominate Rhode IslandGov. Gina Raimondo for Commerce Secretary. “She’s one of the most effective, forward-thinking governors in the United States of America,” Biden said in a speech unveiling the pick. Raimondo had reportedly impressed Biden during the vetting process for vice president, and she was previously floated to run the departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services. But the R...

The reasons for the outbreak are layered, says Michael Fine, the city’s health policy advisor: Central Falls is one of the poorest cities in the state; between 15 and 25 percent of its residents are undocumented immigrants; many of them work in factories and meat-packing plants that have been deemed essential during the various waves of business shutdowns. Now that Covid-19 vaccines are becoming available, the state has had to figure out how to get them to its most vulnerable residents. In Central Falls, it turned to the public housing authority. In the last week of December, as The Provid...

EXPLAINER: Why Rhode Island, the smallest state, has a big virus challenge A passenger gets swabbed for COVID-19 at a testing site at the convention center in Providence, R.I, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. For a few days in December, the nation's smallest state of Rhode Island was one of the worst places on the planet when it came to new cases of COVID-19 per capita. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) In this Dec. 9, 2020, file photo, a health care worker carries a COVID-19 specimen from a motorist at a drive-thru testing site outside McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I. For a few days in December, the nati...