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R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 178 last week, with 4 new...

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 178 from April 23-29, with four new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said on...

Should R.I. change the way it tries to collect from tax...

The amount of money owed by the state’s top income tax delinquents has grown 50% in the last five years to $65.2 million, which...

R.I. weekly COVID-19 cases increase by 192, with 5 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 192 from April 16-22, with five new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said on...

R.I. weekly COVID-19 cases increase by 239, with 3 new deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 239 from April 9-15, with three new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said on...
EASING OUTLOOK: Panelists discuss the official end to the COVID-19 national emergency at PBN’s Spring 2023 Health Care Summit on April 6. On the panel, from left, are Kristine Campagna of the R.I. Department of Health; Jane Hayward of the Rhode Island Foundation’s Long-Term Health Planning Committee; Corey McCarty of CCA Health Rhode Island; and Dr. G. Dean Roye of Rhode Island Hospital.  
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PBN health summit: A ‘welcome milestone’ in pandemic

Dr. G. Dean Roye is a self-declared pessimist, always concerned about everything. But when thinking about the next few months and the state of...

A maskless step toward normalcy

As hospitals across the state make masks optional for patients and staff for the first time in three years, health care leaders feel confident...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 294 last week, with 7 deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 294 from April 2-8, with seven new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said on...

Home-based workers became younger, more diverse in pandemic 

People working from home became younger, more diverse, better educated and more likely to move during the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic, according...
CASES OF COVID-19 increased last week by 326, with four new deaths. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 326 last week, with 4 new...

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 326 from March 26 through April 1, with four new deaths, the R.I....
PREPPING FOR CHANGE: Lindsay Lang, director of HealthSource RI, says the organization is taking steps to ease the change in health care coverage for the hundreds of people who will no longer be eligible for Medicare. 
PBN PHOTO/­­CLAUDIA CHIAPPA

Medicaid renewals put state leaders on alert

Lindsay Lang feels a certain amount of pride that the rate of Rhode Islanders with health insurance coverage is among the highest in the...
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