UNAP nurses checked the blood pressures of more than 200 festival-goers at the Rhode Island Labor & Ethnic Heritage Festival on Sunday, August 30 at the Slater Mill Historic Site in Pawtucket, RI.  The festival pays tribute to the many ways in which working people, unions, and immigrants have contributed, and continue to contribute, to our State's vibrant cultural, political, and economic life. Festival organizer and lead singer of Pendragon, Mary Lee Partington, read a stirring poetic tribute to unions from the Festival's main stage. Slater Mill Tribute for Labor Day Gathered by the river nowAre sons and daughters of the plow,Sons and daughters of the loomLong banished from the factory room. We stand here on a summer dayAnd stop the fiddler set to playA tune or some old melody From Slater’s time and memory.

The Institute of Medicine has released a report highlighting the special precautions that healthcare workers should take to avoid the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus (aka, "swine flu").  Click here to read the report.