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Providence City Plan Commission approves 2 mixed-use developments

PROVIDENCE – The City Plan Commission approved two major land development projects on Tuesday afternoon, one located in Upper South Providence and one in Wayland...

R.I. Life Index value declines in 2022

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Life Index on how Rhode Islanders feel about a host of health and social issues measured at 59, a decrease...

UNAP holds informational picket to demand fair contract for Prospect CharterCARE...

PROVIDENCE – The United Nurses and Allied Professionals held an informational picket at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital on Nov. 3 to demand a...

Butler workers hold informational picket asking hospital to address mental health...

PROVIDENCE – Unionized caregivers at Butler Hospital gathered for an informational picket on Nov. 10 to ask the hospital management to address the state’s...

Therapeutic murals bring comfort to patients at Newport Hospital

NEWPORT – Newport Hospital became the first hospital in the United States to have therapeutic murals painted by the Anouk Foundation, a Switzerland-based nonprofit...
SPECIAL ­EXPERTISE: ­Steven Monacelli, an accountant with expertise in cannabis at Withum Smith+Brown PC in Providence, with Brittany Crosi, marketing ­coordinator.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

New cannabis firms warned about financial hurdles

New cannabis-related businesses are opening throughout the state ahead of Rhode Island’s official legalization of recreational marijuana sales, but specialized accountants are warning enthusiastic...
COVID CONVERSATION: Dr. Claire Levesque, second from right, chief medical officer for commercial products at Point 32Health, the parent company of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, speaks during one of two panel discussions at PBN’s Fall Health Care Summit on Oct. 27. Also on the panel are, from left, Dr. Kirsten Anderson, medical director at CVS Health Corp./Aetna Inc.; Dr. Louanne Giangreco, senior medical director at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; Dr. Peter Hollmann, chief medical officer at Brown Medicine; Dr. Alexis Kearney, consultant medical director for Project Firstline RI, Center for Acute Infectious Disease Epidemiology, R.I. Department of Health; and Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health. 
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PBN summit panel: ‘This virus is here to stay’

Fewer people are wearing masks these days, and the COVID-19 vaccination rates have plummeted. Even President Joe Biden has declared the pandemic over. But health...
CHALLENGES REMAIN: Melissa Husband, second from left, chief of staff at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, discusses some of the difficulties the health care industry is experiencing. Also on the panel at the Providence Business News Fall 2022 Health Care Summit on Oct. 27 are, from left, Dr. Sri Adusumalli, senior medical director for Enterprise Virtual Care for CVS Health Corp.; Corey McCarty, senior vice president and general manager of Commonwealth Care Alliance Rhode Island; and Dr. Thomas Meehan, program director of the physician assistant studies program at Johnson & Wales University. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN health care panel: Plenty of obstacles to getting access to...

Socioeconomic barriers and workforce shortages are preventing many Rhode Islanders from accessing health care, creating obstacles that particularly affect communities of color. Panelists at the...

RIDOH invites Rhode Islanders to take prevention measures against increase of...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health is encouraging Rhode Islanders to take preventive measures to protect themselves against several respiratory viruses circulating in...

R.I. receives $63.8M allocation for new home energy rebate programs

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving a $63.8 million allocation to help implement new home energy rebate programs set up under the Inflation Reduction...
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