Pandemic adds obstacles to fight against cancer
Paul Adam didn’t think cancer would strike so close to home again. Because of his work as vice state lead ambassador of the American Cancer...
Hospital workers getting own brand of aid
Music performed by the group Healing Through Harmony, made up of students from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, plays softly in...
Pandemic raises workload for mental health agencies
During the first week of March at the BH Link call center in East Providence, about 3.5% of the roughly 40 calls that came...
New Alzheimer’s drug trial at R.I. Hospital a source of comfort...
Brightly colored images of a patient’s brain, taken with a specialized scan, glow on Dr. Jonathan Drake’s computer screen as he points out deposits...
Don’t ignore chance to avoid an outbreak in R.I.
The effects on daily life of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to limit its spread locally will only grow in the coming weeks, but...
Coronavirus raises workplace issues
Fears of a coronavirus pandemic are growing by the day, but employers looking to limit the chances of an outbreak in their workplaces could...
EpiVax devises ‘recipe’ for coronavirus vaccine
Staying current on the frantic pace of the coronavirus outbreak means following reports by major news outlets for most people, but analysts at EpiVax...
R.I. researchers test nanoparticles in fight against rare bone cancer
For the past 26 years, Dr. Richard Terek has been treating bone cancer patients at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. Some forms of the disease...
Anxious R.I. families await decision on special medical coverage
Like most kids, Zach Quinn and Corinna Calise lived at home with their families for their entire lives. But the two, both of whom...
Some ambulance rides can end with surprising bill
Emergencies that lead to ambulance rides are nerve-racking enough, but sometimes the bill that follows can be almost as stressful. Although ambulance and rescue-vehicle services...
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