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UnitedHealth Group CEO steps down as company withdraws financial outlook 

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty is stepping down for personal reasons and the nation's largest health insurer suspended its full-year financial outlook due to higher-than-expected...

Nursing assistant training program gets probationary license after state violations uncovered

PROVIDENCE – A nursing assistant training program’s application for an ownership change is on probation after the R.I. Department of Health found several violations...

Trump signs executive order aimed to lower prescription drug costs

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the...

OHIC: hospital, drug costs drove jump in health care spending

CRANSTON – Hospital and drug costs were the main drivers of a 7.8% rise in health care spending in 2023, according to a report...

CCRI partners with RIC to launch online RN to BSN program

PROVIDENCE – The Community College of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College recently announced a fully online Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in...

Five Questions With: Dr. Zobeida Diaz

May is recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health is considered one of the main complications of pregnancy and the postpartum period. Dr. Zobeida...

Women & Infants Hospital gala raises more than $410,000

PROVIDENCE – The Women & Infants Hospital 2025 Gala, which was held May 2, raised more than $410,000 for the hospital. Hundreds of community leaders,...

Sturdy Health’s Natalie Cook named to Becker’s 2025 list of ‘Top...

ATTLEBORO – Sturdy Health recently announced that Natalie Cook, vice president and chief human resources officer, was named to one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s...
DEEP THERAPY: Float Rhode Island co-owners Lindy Fregeolle and Scott Mitchell with one of their float therapy pods, in which a person floats in a heated mixture of water and Epsom salts, which reduces or eliminates the senses so the mind and body can slow down and relax. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Warwick wellness studio specializes in float therapy

After just 15 minutes into his first session of float therapy, Scott Mitchell fell into a deep meditation. Mitchell, who was looking for a way...

Does primary care plan have a shot at solving crisis?

Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s new multipronged plan to shore up the state’s sinking primary care system has some in the industry questioning whether it...
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