Feds unveil plan to get coronavirus shots to nursing homes
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal health officials on Friday unveiled a plan to get yet-to-be-approved coronavirus vaccines to nursing home residents free of charge, enlisting...
COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise by 198, with 3 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 198 on Thursday, with thee additional deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday.
Cases...
Report: Affordable housing continues to be out of reach for many
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island may have seen economic gains in 2019, but 2020 revealed the stark disparities in housing and economic security for safe...
Are you satisfied with Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s ongoing response to...
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and other elected officials received strong support from PBN readers back in March for the job they had done up...
Changes brought on by COVID-19 easing foreign trade efforts for R.I....
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March, Susan Mocarski had to act fast before the crisis unraveled the hard work she had invested in...
Amid hospital mergers, some still going it alone
Our Lady of Fatima Hospital. Landmark Medical Center. Westerly Hospital. Memorial Hospital.
Over the last decade, mergers, acquisitions, affiliations and closures have consumed all but...
Pandemic pushes some R.I. companies into foreign markets
When one market dries up, smart businesspeople look for another. For some local manufacturers, that’s meant more aggressively looking overseas during the pandemic.
While the...
Don’t ignore threat of ransomware
As if businesses don’t have enough to worry about in a pandemic, add a growing number of ransomware attacks to the list.
Tom Doyle, an...
Clinical trial on plasma makes headway in R.I.
Rhode Island Hospital is one of 30 medical facilities nationwide testing whether a plasma-based treatment for COVID-19 that has been approved for emergency use...
Coverage safety net has plenty of holes
COVID-19 can do more than torment patients physically. It also clobbers some financially.
Even though many insurers and the U.S. government have offered to pick...
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