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KIM LYONS OF WARWICK, diagnosed with leukemia, preserved her fertility in advance of radiation therapy because her health care plan covers it. Effective July 5, Rhode Island law requires health care plans to carry the coverage. /COURTESY DR. EDEN CARDOZO

R.I. first state to require fertility-preservation coverage for care that could...

PROVIDENCE – When Kim Lyons of Warwick was diagnosed with leukemia March 1, her doctors told her the best chance for survival was stem...
LAURA NEENAN FOGARTY is the new head of health care banking at Citizens Bank. /COURTESY CITIZENS BANK

Five Questions With: Laura Neenan Fogarty

Laura Neenan Fogarty was hired July 24 by Citizens Commercial Banking to lead its national health care banking group, Citizens Bank announced, bringing 20...
BROWN UNIVERSITY AND THE R.I. Department of Health are testing 38 Rhode Island water sites against the new, lowered health advisory threshold for two types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. /COURTESY WARWICKRI.GOV

Brown, RIDOH testing new PFAS health advisory threshold at 38 R.I....

PROVIDENCE – Since the Environmental Protection Agency has lowered the health advisory threshold for two types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, Brown University and...
LEADERS FROM THE Veterans Benefits Administration's Providence Regional Office and the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center will team up for a joint veterans town hall meeting Aug. 15 at the PVMAC’s office on Chalkstone Avenue in Providence. /COURTESY PROVIDENCE VA MEDICAL CENTER

Providence VBA and PVAMC to host joint veterans town hall meeting

PROVIDENCE – Leaders from the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Providence Regional Office and the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center will team up for a joint...
TANAIRI GARCIA, a community outreach worker with the Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, is pictured with NHPRI President and CEO Peter Marino, accepting the Making a Difference Award, which she recently received from the Association of Community Affiliated Plans. /COURTESY NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN OF RHODE ISLAND

NHPRI’s Garcia wins Making a Difference Award

SMITHFIELD – Tanairi Garcia, a community outreach worker with Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, recently won the Making a Difference Award for her...
THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION of Rhode Island has partnered with Macy's for its first online fundraising effort, in which donations may be traded for a discount coupon usable in any of the company’s stores running Aug. 10-13.

BIARI partners with Macy’s for first online fundraiser

EAST PROVIDENCE – The Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island’s first online fundraising effort with Macy’s is underway, trading donations for a discount coupon...
ROSHNI DARNAL, left, director of senior services at Federal Hill House Association, and Laura Jones, director of health initiatives at the Rhode Island Parent Information Network, partner in demonstrating Own Your Health programs for Older Adults as part of the new Tufts Health Plan Foundation RIPIN grant award. /COURTESY NATHAN D. MARKLEY

Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant enables RIPIN to expand services

CRANSTON – The Rhode Island Parent Information Network will expand its education services to offer chronic disease self-support and balance classes to 360 older...
DR. RAMIN TABADDOR has joined University Orthopedics at its new East Greenwich location as director of sports medicine. /COURTESY UNIVERSITY ORTHOPEDICS

University Orthopedics welcomes sports medicine surgeon Dr. Ramin Tabaddor

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Ramin Tabaddor, a fellowship-trained and CAQ-certified sports medicine orthopedist with a special concentration in hip- and pelvic-related disorders, has joined University...
CLOSING DEALS: Michelle Carney, center, played a pivotal role in the major changes that the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries undertook within the last half a dozen years. Here, she speaks with IGT colleagues Jennifer Sousa, left, and Audrey Pate, at the company’s Providence offices. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Carney works so others can play (with state revenue the winner)

Michelle Carney, vice president of strategic customer initiatives and customer advocate at International Game Technology PLC, has a reputation for hard work and frank...
PURPOSEFUL CONNECTION: Julie Freshman meets with co-workers Christopher Soeller, left, project scientist, and Barrett Smith, R.I. Regional Office manager and senior project manager, in the Ransom Consulting offices in Providence’s Valley District.  / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

By combining passions, Freshman makes environment, business better

Julie Freshman, project manager at Ransom Consulting Inc., balances her interest in business with a passion for environmental science, to the benefit of both...
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