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PARK CONCERNS: Sharon Steele, president of the Jewelry District Association, stands in front of the proposed site for the Dyer Street bus hub. She’s an opponent of the Providence Multi-Hub Bus System, in part because she believes that people waiting for buses at the Dyer Street hub would spill into the nearby waterfront park, diminishing the park’s intended use. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A routing interest: Planned downtown busing overhaul pits riders, other groups...

Cover Story 10/23/2020

The ghosts of past public-transit plans have found their final resting place in a cardboard box in the office of Rhode Island Public Transit...

Providence VA Medical Center study finds telehealth may be effective treatment...

Health Services 10/18/2020

PROVIDENCE – A Providence VA Medical Center study has found that video telehealth visits may be an effective treatment for nonepileptic seizures. Researchers measured the...

CLOSE WATCH: Registered nurse Jessica Pace, left, who works in the Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital Emergency Department, checks the intravenous line of Dolce Contreras, 32, of Central Falls, who is receiving convalescent plasma therapy as part of a clinical trial on its effectiveness against COVID-19. / COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP./WILLIAM MURPHY

Clinical trial on plasma makes headway in R.I.

Coronavirus 10/16/2020

Rhode Island Hospital is one of 30 medical facilities nationwide testing whether a plasma-based treatment for COVID-19 that has been approved for emergency use...

Murphy receives Superior Civilian Service Award from U.S. Navy

In Their Own Words 10/16/2020

ROBERT MURPHY, a Portsmouth resident, was awarded the Department of the Navy’s Superior Civilian Service Award. The second-highest honorary civilian award bestowed by the...

Rhode Island Hospital nominates 5 trial participants for national Alzheimer’s awards

Health Services 10/15/2020

PROVIDENCE – Five people who have racked up years of participation in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease treatments at Rhode Island Hospital are in...

Five Questions With: Cynthia Danner

Health Services 10/11/2020

Cynthia Danner was named Rhode Island Hospital’s new senior vice president and chief nursing officer in early September. Danner, a longtime nurse, has held nursing...

Compass IT Compliance

Business Services 10/01/2020

PBN Best Places to Work 2020 SMALL COMPANIES 15. Compass IT Compliance LLC Employees in R.I.: 17 Managing Partners William DePalma and Jerry Hughes Questions answered by: Jerry...

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

Health Services 09/20/2020

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

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...

Coronavirus 09/18/2020

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...