Fund to encourage doctors to choose primary care
When James Purcell, CEO of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, visited his primary care physician he asked how the state’s largest...
Nonprofit hospice expands its care
The best place to die, the staff at Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island will tell you, is where you’re most at peace...
FDA gives OK to Covidien surgery sealant
MANSFIELD – Covidien plc said yesterday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of its tissue sealant product DuraSeal for use...
CVS settles with FTC; sells $1.5B in bonds
WOONSOCKET – The Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday that CVS Caremark Corp. has agreed to pay $2.78 million to settle charges that the pharmacy...
Bristol Co. told to boil water due to E. coli
Update, Sept. 11: Bristol County lifts boil water advisory
BRISTOL – The R.I. Department of Health is advising Bristol County Water Authority customers to boil...
Slater invests $250K in biotech startup
PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technology Fund announced today it has invested $250,000 in Sentient Bioscience, a biotechnology startup developing technology for embolization therapy and...
Expanded NICU at W&I seen as model
Mary Kay Talbot has twice lived through the anguish of having a child in the neonatal intensive care unit. Her firstborn, Lucas, spent the...
PBN announces 2009 Innovation Awards
(Updated, Sept. 11, 10:30 a.m.)
PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News today announced the winners of the fourth annual Innovation Awards competition, sponsored by PBN in...
EMA Council to receive swine flu briefing
CRANSTON – The R.I. Emergency Management Advisory Council, which is headed by Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts, will get a special briefing on Tuesday,...
St. Joseph offering dental services in Johnston
St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island, which runs the largest pediatric dental program in the state, serving more than 20,000 patients a year...