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R.I. state budget extends pilot program offering fruit and veggie discounts...

More than 140,000 Rhode Islanders will have another year of access to fresh produce discounts at select grocery stores thanks to funding in the...
PLAY AREA: State Rep. David J. Place, R-Burrillville, would like to create a “regulatory sandbox” for biotech firms in the state where a waiver of certain regulations could be approved for activities such as testing, but the proposal has faced pushback from some state agencies. Place stands outside the CCI building in Providence, where some life science firms are located. 
PBN PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

Biotech ‘sandbox’ bill raises oversight concerns

With Rhode Island making a push for the state to become a burgeoning hub for life sciences and biotechnology firms by building lab space...

McKee’s proposed FY2027 budget drops GLP-1 drugs for weight loss from...

Are GLP-1 drugs prescribed for weight loss becoming too outsized a line item for continued coverage through the state Medicaid program? That’s what Gov....

Rhode Islanders are slow to get the COVID-19 shot this year....

Nurse practitioner Michaela Maynard braced for a barrage of questions and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine. But most patients at Open Door Health in Providence,...
WORKING TOGETHER: Dr. Christopher Ottiano, middle, medical director of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, explains that health care stakeholders should join forces to improve the system. Panelists participating in the PBN Health Care Summit on April 6 included Dr. Amy Nunn, left, executive director of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, and Dr. Robert MacArthur, right, Commonwealth Care Allicance chief medical officer.  / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Panel: ARPA funds can help mend health safety net

Lindsay Lang sees trouble coming in maintaining health insurance for some Rhode Islanders, and she wants state lawmakers to act before it’s too late. Lang,...

Sugary beverage tax stirs up debate

New tax legislation could make buying sugary soft drinks costlier in Rhode Island, and it’s stirring up a debate over the measure’s potential positive...
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