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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a federal advisory panel changed its recommendation on the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for newborns on Friday, Dec. 5, the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A person in their 60s from Providence County has tested positive for West Nile virus, marking the state’s first probable human case of the mosquito-borne disease this year.

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) — A week after the state of Rhode Island announced its first probable human case of West Nile virus, the mosquito-borne disease was detected again in East Providence. A ...

Rhode Island's Department of Health launched a campaign, "You Good, Man?", to address men's mental health. A lawsuit challenges the legality of a Brown Medicine doctor's deportation without a hearing ...

Rhode Island’s Department of Health has confirmed its recommendations for childhood vaccinations remain unchanged after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently downgraded its own. “In ...

The Rhode Island Medical Spas Safety Act (RI MSSA) was signed into law by Governor Daniel McKee on June 30, 2025, and is the latest example of the increasing regulation of medical spas. Despite their ...