Open Door Health is helping Rhode Island get to Zero new HIV Infections with Innovative and Novel Screening Practices At a 3,000 square foot clinic on the upper south side of Providence, some of the state’s most novel and innovative clinical HIV prevention methods are standard practice and part of everyday care of patients. Open …
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Geneva, 28 November 2022: Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out. When the outbreak of monkeypox expanded earlier this year, racist and stigmatizing language online, in …
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The Gala PVD will be held on Friday, November 11, 2022 at The Graduate Providence. Hosted by The Stable as a benefit for RIPHI’s Open Door Health, this creative black tie event is shaping up to be the event of the year. Purchase Tickets Donate Presented by Platinum Sponsors Silver Sponsors Supporters The Allen Company Inc. Blue …
RIPHI Executive Director Dr. Amy Nunn and LaDiva Jonz join Mario Hilario on NBC 10 WJAR to discuss the 2nd annual The Gala PVD, presented by The Stable. For more information on The Gala PVD, visit www.thegalapvd.org.
As of August 19, 2022 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported 14,115 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States, 37 in Rhode Island and 243 in neighboring Massachusetts and 73 in Connecticut. We continue to see cases of monkeypox being diagnosed in the state of Rhode Island, with the majority …
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Open Door Health currently accepting vaccination appointments request on first-come, first-served basis; creating waiting list to more efficiently distribute future vaccine allotments PROVIDENCE, R.I. (August 3, 2022) – As Rhode Island expands its monkeypox vaccination efforts upon receiving additional supply of vaccine, Open Door Health, a Rhode Island Public Health Institute initiative and Rhode Island’s leading …
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Monkeypox was first identified in the United States on May 18 in an individual from Massachusetts. Since then, more than 6,326 cases have been reported in the United States, with 24 here in Rhode Island and 134 in Massachusetts. Although it can spread to anybody regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation, the monkeypox virus …
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Protect Yourself Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends you take the following steps to prevent getting monkeypox: Avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with people who have a rash that looks like monkeypox. Do not touch the rash or scabs of a person with monkeypox. Do not kiss, hug, cuddle or have sex with someone …
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as variola virus, the virus that causes smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder, and monkeypox is rarely fatal. Monkeypox is not related to chickenpox. Monkeypox was discovered in 1958 …
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder; and monkeypox is rarely fatal. Monkeypox is not related to chickenpox. Symptoms of monkeypox can include: Fever Headache Muscle aches and backache Swollen …
