Claudia Chiappa
Commonwealth Care Alliance opens Rhode Island headquarters
PROVIDENCE - Commonwealth Care Alliance officially opened its Health Rhode Island headquarters on Thursday morning, the organization’s first office in the state, located in...
Providence City Plan Commission approves 44-unit affordable housing proposal
PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Plan Commission approved the preliminary plan for a five-story building of 44 affordable apartments in Upper South Providence on...
Care New England reports quarterly $26.5M net loss
PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System reported a $26.5 million net loss in the third quarter ending on June 30, as the hospital...
Blue Cross certifies 21 new health care sites as LGBTQ Safe...
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has designated 21 new health care sites as LGBTQ Safe Zones, a certification that...
CVS Health appoints VUMC CEO to serve on board of directors
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. has appointed Dr. Jeffrey R. Balser, CEO and president of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, to its board of directors.
A...
Report: Providence ranks 58th most-challenging city for people with asthma
PROVIDENCE – The city was ranked the 58th most-challenging city to live in the United States if you suffer from asthma, according to a...
Rhode Island to start administering updated COVID-19 booster shot
PROVIDENCE – A new and more comprehensive booster shot for COVID-19 is now available to Rhode Islanders, the R.I. Department of Health recently announced.
The...
THE CAMPAIGN ECONOMY: Election season provides stimulus for many businesses
Forget summer vacation, Gary Wallace hasn’t even had a day off in the last six weeks.
That’s what happens when you own a print shop...
Pediatrics pain point may be soothed by design solution
When Dr. Ravi D’Cruz asked his former mentor Dr. Brian Alverson if he could think of any problems in health care that could be...
On some campuses, Chinese students are fewer
When Yifei “Jerry” Hu arrived at Brown University last year, he knew he wasn’t going to return home – at least not for a...



















