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Rhode Island Hospital part of national trial weighing benefits of COVID-19...

PROVIDENCE – A clinical trial aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of treating COVID-19 patients with antibodies from others who have had or been exposed...

$5K from AAA Northeast to help Thrive Behavioral Health support patients...

WARWICK - A $5,000 donation from AAA Northeast will help Thrive Behavioral Health Inc. better serve Rhode Island residents, as the COVID-19 public health...

Lifespan recruits volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trial via new digital campaign

PROVIDENCE – As part of Lifespan Corp.’s effort to support a federal push toward developing a COVID-19 vaccine, the health system has launched a...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 124 on Thursday, the highest daily case total since Aug. 26. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 124; 3 more deaths

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 124 on Thursday, according to the R.I. Department of Health Friday.  Cases in the state totaled 23,620, an...

More tax revenue, fewer expenses lessen FY 20 strain on state...

PROVIDENCE – The hit COVID-19 took on state coffers in fiscal year 2020 was not as bad as expected, thanks to a combination of...
UNDER PRESSURE: Dr. Raymond Powrie, Care New England’s chief of medicine, acknowledges that financially “hard decisions have been made” during the pandemic.  / PBN PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

Lifespan, CNE move toward merger, leaving many to wonder about side...

For decades, Rhode Island’s two largest hospital systems have been rivals, each enduring similar financial pressures on their own in a small but competitive...
Mark Preble in July was named acting chancellor and chief operating officer of 
the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He previously served as the university’s vice chancellor for human resources. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Help employees engage, grow

Mark Preble | Acting chancellor and chief operating officer, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth I recently attended a meeting where a team was discussing a very...
INCREASING INTEREST: Ted Shallcross, Amica Life Insurance Co. senior vice president and general manager, says the number of applications for life insurance has surged during the ­COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Interest in life insurance boosted by pandemic

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a dreary cloud on daily life, Americans are thinking more about their own mortality, according to life...
LONG WAIT: State Democratic leaders plan to wait until after the election in November to approve a budget for the current fiscal year, which began July 1.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/ NICOLE DOTZENROD

Delaying tough budget decisions until November is self-serving

No elected official wants to make decisions that could cost people their jobs, or funding needed to carry out valued community services. Such responsibility...

A strength test for gym contracts

The COVID-19 pandemic is fraying relations between fitness clubs, many of which are suffering financially, and some members who are enduring struggles of their...
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