Jacquelyn Voghel
State health insurance enrollment slips 10% year over year as average...
PROVIDENCE – Following the expiration of the Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits, enrollment in the state health insurance plans decreased 10% year-over-year as...
Brown study finds telehealth access alone isn’t enough to improve rural access to...
PROVIDENCE – An increase in telehealth availability hasn’t translated to improved access to mental health services in rural communities, a new study by Brown University researchers...
Care New England highlights March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
PROVIDENCE – With early detection, colorectal cancer is one of the most treatable and preventable types of cancer. But for people younger than 50, it remains the leading...
URI Counseling Center adds new facility dog
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island’s latest addition to its counseling services brings a new type of support for students.
Winsome, or “Winnie,” a two-year-old...
Housing advocates encouraged by E.P.’s new live-work tax break to spur...
As more communities develop mixed-use residential developments, housing advocates say that live-work tax breaks, such as a tax exemption recently implemented for owner-occupied business...
Brown University Health names new chief of cardiac surgery, expands cardiovascular surgical team
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health has added six doctors to its cardiology institute, including a new chief of cardiac surgery.
Dr. Mark J. Cunningham will...
Report: R.I. offers 54 affordable units for every 100 extremely low-income...
PROVIDENCE – For every 100 extremely low-income households, Rhode Island provides just 54 affordable and available units, according to a new report by the...
Irish medtech company to establish U.S. headquarters in Providence
PROVIDENCE — Drawing from a $1.25 million nondilutive award from the Rhode Island Life Science Hub, Ireland-based SymPhysis Medical will establish its first U.S....
Newport Mental Health names new medical director
NEWPORT – Newport Mental Health has named Dr. Joshua C. Brown as its new medical director, the certified community behavioral health clinic announced last...
Proposed legislation would require schools to print mental health hotline numbers...
PROVIDENCE – Two state legislators have proposed a bill that would spotlight mental health resources through a new medium: student ID cards.
The legislation, introduced...
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