by Tom Warcup | Feb 17, 2022 | BIHS News, COVID
The data would suggest that our region is coming out of the Delta/Omicron surge that began in December. As Town Council considers mask mandate deliberations, please be mindful that there will still be various mandates for healthcare facilities, the ferry (governed by...
by Paige Linda | Jan 7, 2022 | BIHS News, COVID
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by Paige Linda | Dec 14, 2021 | BIHS News, COVID, Healthy Living
Block Island Medical Center Update 12.14.2021 Over the past ten days, we have seen a small surge of COVID cases here on the Island. Fortunately, no one has required hospitalization. Rhode Island continues to have a surge of new cases per 100K patients. Up to 620/100K....
by Paige Linda | Dec 14, 2021 | Articles, BIHS News, COVID, Healthy Living
Myocarditis, COVID, and Vaccines Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle. Myocarditis can occur when the body’s immune system causes inflammation in response to an infection or some other trigger. Myocarditis can result in hospitalization, heart failure,...
by Paige Linda | Dec 8, 2021 | Articles, BIHS News, COVID
How Well Masks Protect A detailed study shows the maximum risks of being infected by the coronavirus for different scenarios with and without masks Prof. Dr. Eberhard Bodenschatz Dr. Manuel Maidorn Original publication Gholamhossein Bagheri, Birte Thiede,...
by Paige Linda | Dec 6, 2021 | BIHS News, COVID
New Shoreham Covid Update December 6, 2021 From Dr. Warcup The Delta variant is RI’s most dominant viral strain. RIDOH sequences variants and reports weekly October 13th- 5,708 samples tested with 1,790 positive Delta Variants November 10th- 6,455 samples...
