Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts championed the positive results of the Affordable Care Act during a recent visit with local seniors. more

New recipes for a vaccine to combat the H7N9 flu went into production this weekend, in a collaboration between EpiVax and Aldevron in Fargo, N.D., and a researcher at Fort Detrick, Md., the home of the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, according to Dr. Anne S. De Groot. more

PROVIDENCE – The Warren Alpert Medical School hosted the 17th annual New England regional meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine on April 3. more

PAWTUCKET – Farm Fresh Rhode Island, a nonprofit that supports new models for the local food system in the state, has received a $25,000 grant to fund its market-based, nutrition-education program. more

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – South County Hospital is now offering an online childbirth-education course, the only hospital in Rhode Island to do so. more

PROVIDENCE – In a public effort to reimagine the way that state keeps its residents healthy, Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts recently kicked off “Healthy Rhode Island.” The new initiative seeks to develop a plan for Rhode Island’s health care system of the future. more

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Dayle Joseph, former dean of the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing, was inducted into the Rhode Island Nursing Hall of Fame on April 5, as part of the annual Nightingale Gala held each year by the Rhode Island State Nurses Association. more

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has expanded its emergency services, adding a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit, the first hospital in New England to do so. more

In its annual Insights report, released Thursday, CVS Caremark Corp. said its increased availability of generics and its high generic dispensing rate helped reduce spending on traditional medications by 3.6 percent for the company’s commercial clients. more

The U.S. health care industry is in the midst of unprecedented transition. Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is poised to significantly alter the country’s health care delivery system. Add to that an aging population, a growing incidence of chronic diseases and a shortage of primary care physicians, and it becomes clear that we’re in for an industrywide shift. more