State receives $81.7M from feds for new public health lab

PBN Staff

11/16/2021

State of the Union — RHODE ISLAND has been awarded $81.7 million in federal grant funds to build a new State Health Laboratory facility./ AP FILE PHOTO/SUSAN WALSH

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been allocated $81.7 million in federal funds for its plans to build a new State Health Laboratory for the R.I. Department of Health, the state's congressional delegation announced Monday. The grants come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity grant program. In November, the R.I.…