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Five Questions With: Dr. Michael Koster

Dr. Michael Koster, a pediatric infectious-diseases specialist and a hospitalist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, is an assistant professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School...

Lupica honored by Blue Cross peers for community service

PROVIDENCE – Greg Lupica, director of information technology system support at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, has been honored by his...

Van Hemelrijck joins Thundermist Health Center of South County

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Dr. Chris Van Hemelrijck has joined Thundermist Health Center of South County as a primary care provider at the company’s Health Center at...

Southcoast Health recognizes Volunteer of the Year winners

NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Health has recognized three individuals and The Concordia Choir as its 2018 Volunteer of the Year recipients. The three individual volunteers...
CVS HEALTH CORP.'s plan to make quarterly reports certifying its proactive actions to separate its assets from Aetna will remain in place during a court review of the acquisition. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

Judge OKs quarterly reports certifying CVS, Aetna remain separate during court...

WOONSOCKET — Should a federal court review of the CVS Health Corp.-Aetna Inc. merger last several months, the judge and pharmacy-health care company have...
INCREASED ENROLLMENT: Aaliyah Perez is a customer service representative at HealthSource RI’s Walk-in Center in East Providence. The state’s health exchange had enrolled 31,771 people for health care insurance as of Dec. 10, 11 percent higher than on the same date in 2017.
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Partnerships, high-profile merger plan lead the way in health care

2018 began with health risks, routine and unforeseen, and proposed partnerships, and ended with uncertainty over the fate of the $78 billion merger of...
RUBIUS THERAPEUTICS has secured a $75M loan from Solar Capital Partners to advance its Red Cell Therapeutics line. The company does not yet generate revenue.

Rubius: $75M loan will fund research, operations through 2021

PROVIDENCE – Cambridge, Mass.-headquartered biotechnology firm Rubius Therapeutics Inc. has secured a $75 million loan from Solar Capital Partners to advance its Red Cell...
DRUGMAKERS ARE PREPARING to raise prices Jan. 1 following promises that they wouldn’t raise their prices in 2018. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/KIYOSHI OTA

CDC: R.I. opioid death rate drops to 11th in U.S.

PROVIDENCE – Friday’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opioid overdose report showed a decrease in overall deaths from 326 in 2016 to 320...

Ranney wins 2018 Bruce M. Selya Award for Excellence in Research

PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. recently announced that Dr. Megan L. Ranney, an emergency medicine physician and injury-prevention researcher, is the winner of the 2018...

Five Questions With: Jennifer Mammen

Asthma patients are bringing their condition under control, increasing their lung function and decreasing the frequency of asthma attacks without doctor visits, thanks to...
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