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Brown initiative tracks risks in local drug supply, public warned of...

Health Services 06/09/2022

PROVIDENCE – The two drug samples, sold on the streets of Providence and Warwick as methamphetamine, may have seemed indistinguishable at a glance. But...

Blue Cross, Brown School of Public Health kick off 4th annual...

Education 04/24/2022

PROVIDENCE – This week marks the beginning of the fourth annual RI Life Index, a telephone survey created as a partnership between Blue Cross...

SOME PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS say they're concerned with the loss of Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott as the longtime director of the R.I. Department of Health amid a politically charged pandemic, and they're keeping a close eye on the search for a replacement. / COURTESY WPRI

Public health leaders concerned as McKee searches for new RIDOH chief

Government 01/25/2022

PROVIDENCE – In the wake of the resignation of the R.I. Department of Health’s widely respected director, Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, the office of Gov....

Brown School of Public Health staff urges vaccine mandate for Providence...

Coronavirus 01/16/2022

PROVIDENCE – In an open letter sent Jan. 14, more than two dozen researchers and epidemiologists at Brown University School of Public Health urged...

THE PROVIDENCE VA MEDICAL CENTER is sticking with its current quarantine policies, calling the new guidance for a five-day quarantine "risky" and "somewhat controversial." / COURTESY PROVIDENCE VA MEDICAL CENTER

Providence VA sticks with longer quarantine; not adopting new CDC guidance

Health Services 12/28/2021

PROVIDENCE – While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offered updated guidance this week, dropping its recommended time for asymptomatic people to...

Brown’s Jha among group honored for leading U.S. pandemic response

Health Services 11/26/2021

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, is among a group of health care leaders honored...

Brown School of Public Health earns Council on Education for Public...

Education 09/26/2021

PROVIDENCE – The Brown University School of Public Health has earned accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health for the next seven...

Online RIDOH hub offers detailed drug overdose data

Health Services 08/22/2021

PROVIDENCE – A new online portal launched by the R.I. Department of Health gives users access to wide-ranging information related to drug overdose deaths...

THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION, with the support of the Economic Progress Institute and the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, is launching a new initiative to develop recommendations on how the state can spend the federal stimulus it is expected to receive from the American Rescue Plan Act. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation launches initiative to develop recommendations for state on stimulus...

Coronavirus 04/07/2021

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Wednesday that, with the support of the Economic Progress Institute and the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council,...