NewsDesk @bactiman63 Rhode Island state health officials announced Friday the first human case of West Nile Virus in 2022. West Nile Virus is spread to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. The...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is announcing the state’s first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in 2021. West Nile Virus is spread to humans...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is reporting a confirmed case of the tick-borne Powassan virus disease (Powassan) detected in a Rhode Island resident....

In a follow-up on the COVID-19 situation in the United States, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH)’s State Health Laboratories have identified a second presumptive positive case of coronavirus...

              Rhode Island health officials confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Rhode Island in 2017. The 66-year-old individual from Providence...