The pandemic served as a boot camp for Rhode Island public health officials and infectious diseases doctors, preparing them ...

In many ways, COVID-19 served as a boot camp, preparing health officials and infectious diseases doctors for future health crises. Were there a bird flu outbreak, the state is better positioned to ...

It was supposed to be a temporary pause. The World Health Organization had declared a pandemic just two days earlier. Two Brown University Health doctors were in on the planning for months before.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Bird flu, or the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), is widely present in Rhode Island’s wild waterfowl, according to the Department of Environmental Management ...