Tag: Brown University School of Public Health
R.I. Life Index value declines in 2022
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Life Index on how Rhode Islanders feel about a host of health and social issues measured at 59, a decrease...
PBN Summit: R.I.’s health care sector struggling to reverse worker shortage
WARWICK – A workforce shortage continues to plague Rhode Island's health care sector as residents find access to primary care limited while practices struggle...
Dr. Megan L. Ranney elected to National Academy of Medicine
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Megan L. Ranney, deputy dean at Brown University’s School of Public Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine...
Brown University student investigates noise pollution impacts on kids’ health
PROVIDENCE – A Brown University School of Public Health Ph.D. candidate is hoping to capture Rhode Island’s soundscape and its potential effects on children’s...
Report: Black homeownership in R.I. below national rate
PROVIDENCE – Even though approximately 3 in 5 Rhode Islanders own a home, the number of Black homeowners within the Ocean State is lower...
Brown initiative tracks risks in local drug supply, public warned of...
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...
PROVIDENCE – This week marks the beginning of the fourth annual RI Life Index, a telephone survey created as a partnership between Blue Cross...
Public health leaders concerned as McKee searches for new RIDOH chief
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...
PROVIDENCE – In an open letter sent Jan. 14, more than two dozen researchers and epidemiologists at Brown University School of Public Health urged...
Providence VA sticks with longer quarantine; not adopting new CDC guidance
PROVIDENCE – While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offered updated guidance this week, dropping its recommended time for asymptomatic people to...
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