Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo said she is preparing to announce more restrictions next week, including limits on visiting nursing homes and hospitals and rules for religious gatherings.
Lynn Arditi
Lynn joined The Public's Radio as health reporter in 2017 after more than three decades as a journalist, including 28 years at The Providence Journal. Her series "A 911 Emergency," a project of the 2019 ProPublica Local Reporting Network, won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award in the radio/podcast category in 2020.
A native of New York City, she graduated from Oberlin College and landed her first journalism job at The Center for Investigative Reporting (now known as Reveal) in Washington, D.C., where she did story development for 60 Minutes. When the T.V. market imploded in 1987, the D.C. office of CIR closed and within a year she moved to Massachusetts to take a reporting job at the former Holyoke Transcript-Telegram, a small daily newspaper.
A year later, she moved to Providence, R.I. to work at The Providence Journal. There, she worked for several years as a bureau reporter covering schools and local issues, before she began covering statewide beats including higher education, the economy, housing and health care. During those years, she also honed her skills in narrative journalism, and served as chairwoman of the newspaper’s writing committee. Her work has been recognized by New England Associated Press News Executives Association and the Society of American Business Editors & Writers.
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Doctor with a criminal past named chief of medical services for Rhode Island’s state psychiatric hospital.
Dr. Andrew C. Stone pleaded guilty in 2006 to four felony counts of open and gross lewdness and was sentenced to four months at the Bristol County House of Corrections in Massachusetts.
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RI facing a second wave of the coronavirus
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo urges residents to restrict their social interactions and wear masks anytime they are around people outside of their household to curb this second wave of the virus.
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As R.I. faces a surge in coronavirus cases, public health officials consider new restrictions
Rhode Island’s high population density and its aggressive testing help explain the recent surge in coronavirus cases
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Gov. Raimondo issues a ‘wake up call’ to Rhode Islanders, saying the coronavirus is on the rise again
Rhode Island is experiencing a resurgence of the coronavirus, and Gov. Gina Raimondo said she plans to announce new restrictions to curb the spread.
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Workers at Providence nursing home return to their jobs after three-day strike.
The union representing about 100 nursing assistants, maintenance workers and other staff at Bannister Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Providence began a three-day strike on Friday over demands for mandatory minimum staffing levels and pay increases.
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Masking up for Halloween: Rhode Island’s rules for trick-or-treating this year
Trick-or-treaters should travel in small groups, with people they know. And Halloween masks do not count as protection from the virus. Anyone trick-or-treating also must wear a surgical mask or a cloth face covering. And no Halloween parties.
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The vaccine Rhode Island residents don’t have to wait to get
R.I. health officials are urging residents to get their flu shots to head off more hospitalizations and deaths and limit strain on the state’s health care system during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Vaccine trials: Who Lifespan is hoping to recruit for a coronavirus trial and why
Dr. Karen Tashima, the infectious disease physician who will lead the vaccine trial at The Miriam Hospital, talks about the critical search for volunteers.
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URI instructs students in 2 Greek life houses to self-quarantine after several test positive for COVID-19
The University of Rhode Island has instructed 58 students in two on-campus Greek houses to self-quarantine or return home after three students tested positive for COVID-19.
