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ONE OF A KIND: This overdose prevention center on Willard Avenue in Providence will be the first state-regulated facility of its kind in the country when it opens later this year. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence to host nation’s first state-regulated overdose prevention center

The first-ever state-regulated overdose prevention center in the country is on track to open later this year at 45 Willard Ave. in Providence. An overdose...
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Dr. Beata Nelken

PBN Health Care Heroes 2024 Physician: DR. BEATA NELKEN Jenks Park Pediatrics CEO and president What led you to choose health care as your profession? My...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 163 last week, with 3 deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 163, with three deaths, from March 31-April 6, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday.  Typically,...
THE 57-BED Elderwood at Riverside nursing home in East Providence closed in 2022, one of several homes that have shuttered since the COVID-19 pandemic began. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Nursing home law remains in limbo amid uncertainty about fixes

A law enacted three years ago intended to ensure quality care at Rhode Island nursing homes has yet to be enforced, and no one...

Upcoming Providence lab space hits construction milestone

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island took a step toward improving its lacking supply of life sciences facilities late last month when state and industry leaders...

RIDOH issues compliance order against Women & Infants over delays in...

PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital must make improvements to its pharmacy after the R.I. Department of Health issued a compliance order against the...

Employees at odds over sale of 2 R.I. hospitals during second...

PROVIDENCE – Disagreements among employees at Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital on The Centurion Foundation’s proposal to purchase the...

After 8 years of searching, why can’t R.I. hire a permanent...

Dr. Lance Truong fell in love with Rhode Island after the pathology program at Brown University brought him here four years ago. Back then,...

Office of Child Advocate faults St. Mary’s Home for Children for...

“I like not getting into restraints every second. I like being able to go on the computer. Also I like my teacher.”   That’s one of...
CONFIRMED CASES of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 198, with two deaths, from March 10-16, the R.I. Department of Health says. 

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 198 last week, with 2 deaths

PROVIDENCE – New confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 198, with two deaths, from March 10-16, the R.I. Department of Health said...
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