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Ninth annual R.I. Trans Health Conference to take place May 30

PROVIDENCE – Queer RI, a collaborative hub of LGBTQ+ resources in Rhode Island and beyond, will present the ninth annual Rhode Island Trans Health...

URI honors pharmacy dean emeritus with ethics, excellence award

PROVIDENCE – The University of Rhode Island earlier this month recognized Dean Emeritus Paul Larrat with its Norman A. Campbell Award for Excellence and Ethics in Health Care. The award...

CharterCARE to pay Providence $3.7M under tax agreement

PROVIDENCE – CharterCARE Health of Rhode Island, the parent company of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, will pay the...
TALKING HEALTH CARE: John Marchant, center left, leads a recent meeting of the Scituate Health Alliance, along with alliance treasurer Wendy Marchant, center right; secretary Courtney Cheng, foreground left; and Jared R. Neirinckx. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Could Scituate primary care safety net be an answer for R.I.?

Dr. Michael Fine says he walked into the emergency department at The Miriam Hospital in Providence and saw “people spilling into the halls all...
OPTIMISTIC: Daniela Fairchild, second from right, chief strategy officer at the R.I. Commerce Corp., talks about the potential of the Ocean Tech Hub partnership between Rhode Island and Massachusetts during one of the panel discussions at Providence Business News’ 2026 Emerging Industries Summit on March 11. Joining her on the panel are, from left, Ted Williams, president of Senesco Marine LLC; Ben Sorkin, CEO of Flux Marine Ltd.; Jason Noel, operations executive at Juice Robotics LLC; and Linda Larsen, maritime and industry engagement manager at Polaris Tech Bridge. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing, moderates.
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Panelists: Skills gaps, limited worker pool posing challenges in R.I.’s blue...

When the average person hears the phrase, “the Bay Area,” their thoughts typically turn to San Francisco Bay. Ben Sorkin, CEO of Flux Marine Ltd.,...
NEW HOME: Loren M. Spears is executive director of the Tomaquag Museum in Exeter, which has spent years fundraising and clearing regulatory hurdles to establish a larger, more accessible home for the museum at the University of Rhode Island campus in South Kingstown. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Tomaquag Museum hopes to break ground on new larger facility at...

The 800-square-foot building that houses the Tomaquag Museum, Rhode Island’s only Indigenous museum, is a tight squeeze for its 12,000 cultural belongings, well over...
Michael Sroczynski / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Five Questions With: Michael Sroczynski

Michael Sroczynski | President, Hospital Association of Rhode Island 1. What do you see as the greatest challenge facing Rhode Island’s health care system?...
TECH TALK: Panelists listen as Peter Ricci III, center, CEO and president of Trace Sensing Technologies Inc., speaks during a panel discussion about biotechnology and life sciences at Providence Business News’ 2026 Emerging Industries Summit on March 11. Joining him on the panel are, from left, Nishita Roy-Pope, founder and CEO of Courage Builder; Glenn Robertelli, CEO of R.I. Bio; Lilia Holt, interim president of the R.I. Life Science Hub; and Mike Cavacas, senior manager at Amgen Rhode Island. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Panelists: R.I. should build on life sciences momentum, foster interest in...

Between rapidly shifting tariffs, freezes to federal grant funding and changing U.S. Food and Drug Administration policies, R.I. Bio Director Glenn Robertelli acknowledges that...

Where are bike lanes headed in Providence?

Providence is preparing to move forward this summer on a long-promised plan to relocate the controversial bike lanes on South Water Street, and urbanist...

Southcoast Health announces 4 new providers

FALL RIVER – Southcoast Health has added four new providers to its team, the health system recently announced. The new providers bring specializations in family medicine, internal medicine,...
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