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InsureMyTrip of Warwick acquired by Pennsylvania firm

WARWICK – InsureMyTrip, a travel insurance firm, has been acquired by Ignyte Insurance, an international specialty insurance platform based in Pennsylvania.   Under the terms...

CODAC brings medical van to Wood River Health to treat opioid...

HOPKINTON – In an effort to expand access to substance use disorder treatment in Washington County, CODAC Behavioral Healthcare has opened its second mobile medical...

Five Questions With: Dr. Joseph A. Gil

In August, Dr. Joseph A. Gil became the first surgeon in Rhode Island to perform a thumb joint replacement using a TOUCH CMC 1 ball-and-socket prosthesis....

Rhode Island receives nearly $3M for child mental health services

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Children, Youth & Families has secured $2.9 million in federal funding to support mental health services for children and youths living with...

SEC filing of the week: Beeline acquisition target TYTL Corp. lists...

PROVIDENCE – TYTL Corp., a Delaware-based real estate technology firm set to be acquired by Beeline Holdings Inc., is offering up to $1 billion...
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TRACY JENKINS

Foulkes: R.I. needs new leader to make an abrupt course correction

Helena Buonanno Foulkes says she’s used the last four years wisely. Foulkes came within 3,500 votes of unseating incumbent Gov. Daniel J. McKee in the...
TEST BED: ­Abdullah al Rumon, left, and Dr. Kunal Mankodiya, director of the Wearable Biosensing Lab at the University of Rhode Island, are part of a team developing a smart strap that can monitor the health condition of premature babies.
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URI team developing smart wearable to monitor health of premature babies

Since the late 2010s, smartwatches and rings have exploded in popularity. Estimates claim nearly half of the U.S. population uses the likes of Apple...
PERSONAL TOUCH: After growing up in the jewelry making business, Rachel Ajaj, owner and designer of Air and Anchor, launched the Cranston-based jewelry manufacturer with her husband in 2020. 
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Ajaj keeps family tradition alive with Air and Anchor jewelry design

(Editor’s note: This is the 48th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s ­unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
JUST THE FACTS: ­Attorney Lawrence J. Signore says dashboard cameras can be helpful in insurance claims, but sometimes it can work against the claimant. 
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Dash cams can offer evidence, not certainty

While debate over the use of automated license plate readers has crowded headlines in recent months, another type of surveillance is constantly capturing Americans...
5Q: Julie Abilheira
President, Morton Hospital and Saint Anne’s Hospital / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH

Five Questions With: Julie Abilheira

Julie Abilheira | President, Morton Hospital and Saint Anne’s Hospital 1. What skills and experience from your most recent role as Brown University Health’s...
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