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Providence mayor touts new tax agreements with city’s major universities

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Tuesday announced his administration has reached tentative payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deals with the four private higher education institutions based...

Five Questions With: Dr. Jared Fridley and David Borton

In April, Rhode Island-based researchers David Borton and Dr. Jared Fridley presented their work on the Intelligent Spine Interface to members of Congress at...

Heroes Ball raises more than $1.1M for Hasbro Children’s Hospital

PROVIDENCE – More than 600 supporters of Hasbro Children’s Hospital gathered on the grounds of Rocky Hill Country Day School in East Greenwich for...

JWU opens renovated facilities for accelerated nursing program

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University dedicated a newly renovated space that houses the university’s accelerated nursing program on Aug. 31, just as the...
LIFESPAN CORP., which runs Rhode Island Hospital, and Care New England Health System say they finished the quarter ending June 30 in the black. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND

Lifespan, Care New England post financial gains in most-recent quarter

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s two largest hospital systems, Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System, finished the quarter ending June 30 in the...
ROUNDTABLE: Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island CEO and President Peter Marino, center, meets with staff at the health insurer’s Smithfield headquarters.
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‘Turbulent time’ for those up for Medicaid renewal

The staff at Thundermist Health Center has been bracing for a flood of work this year, and that flood has now arrived. The center, a...
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Five Questions With: Richard Lisitano

1. As the new leader of ­Westerly Hospital and Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in Connecticut, what are your top priorities, specifically as it pertains...

Report: Wait times for R.I. Medicaid recipients longest in New England

PROVIDENCE – Wait times for Rhode Island Medicaid recipients to speak with state officials is the worst in New England, according to a WPRI-TV...

Sturdy, Tufts Medicine agree to clinical partnership

ATTLEBORO – Sturdy Health and Tufts Medicine Inc. have entered into a new clinical partnership to expand access to comprehensive specialty care with an...

Five Questions With: Christopher Reid

Christopher Reid is a professor of biological and biomedical sciences at Bryant University and is working on innovative solutions for bacterial and fungal infections....
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