Report: Family suing Rhode Island Hospital, funeral home for burial of...
PROVIDENCE – The family of a woman who died in a fire on Christmas Day is suing Rhode Island Hospital and a funeral home for...
Brown Health opens primary care practice in Middletown
MIDDLETOWN – A new Brown University Health primary care practice recently opened to merge two former offices into one location.
Brown Health leaders and clinicians held a ribbon-cutting...
PBN summit: Skills gaps, demographics challenges linger for R.I. workforce
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s labor market is stable by the numbers, with unemployment below 5% for more than four years, yet for many employers,...
URI board of trustees supports public medical school
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island board of trustees voted unanimously, with one abstention, on Feb. 13 in support of a state...
Miriam Hospital treats patients in 2 new prostate cancer trials
PROVIDENCE – The Miriam Hospital says it has treated the first patients in the world in two new clinical trials testing therapies for prostate...
Rhode Island Hospital’s coronary unit garners excellence award for 2nd time
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has earned a silver Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for its coronary care...
R.I. Department of Health, DEM recall animal rabies vaccines
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health and the R.I. Department of Environmental Management have issued a recall on animal rabies vaccines after discovering that some vials...
RIDOH sanctions two doctors for syringe negligence, prescribing complaints
PROVIDENCE — The R.I. Department of Health has issued disciplinary actions against two doctors for complaints related to syringe safety and prescriptions.
In a Feb....
Brown University Health researchers identify new target for glioblastoma treatment
PROVIDENCE – Glioblastoma, one of the most common and aggressive forms of adult brain cancer, has long been considered particularly difficult to treat due to...
McKee signs into law $18M infusion to save Roger Williams and...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Wednesday signed legislation establishing an $18 million fund to assist The Centurion Foundation in finalizing the acquisition...


















