Lifespan is looking for 300 to 400 adults for a clinical trial that it has applied for approval to begin at The Miriam Hospital in Providence.
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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She ran the nursing home. Then she ran out of staff to care for the residents.
The Eastgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in East Providence was so short-handed that its top administrator, Anna Zambrano, 41, and five of other support staff took turns feeding, bathing and providing other care for residents. One of the residents was Zambrano’s father.
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Not just numbers: Cutting through the noise about R.I. nursing homes
The pandemic has intensified chronic staffing shortages at Rhode Island nursing homes, which are bracing for more coronavirus outbreaks this fall.
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Lifespan and Care New England restart merger talks as pandemic-related losses mount
Lifespan and Care New England have announced plans for a merger that would include creating a nonprofit academic medical center with Brown University.
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URI testing thousands of students for the coronavirus, but not commuters
Just under one-quarter of the university’s roughly 17,000 students arriving on campus will be tested for the coronavirus. URI focused on students living on campus and in group housing who are considered at higher risk.
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A 911 Emergency
The way Rhode Island handles medical emergencies puts people in harm’s way.
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RI attorney general adds hate crimes to sentencing of Barrington man charged with assaulting neighbor
If convicted of assaulting his neighbor, a Barrington man could face harsher punishment under the state’s Hate Crimes Sentencing Act.
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Fauci on the pitfalls and promises of the fight against COVID-19
The nation’s top infectious disease expert talks about how the country can avoid a potentially catastrophic rise in infection rates this fall, the progress toward developing a vaccine and what the country needs to do to prepare for the next pandemic.
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Nursing home workers suspend strike plans after Gov. Raimondo pledges support
Workers at five Rhode Island nursing homes suspend plans to strike next week after the governor promises to work to resolve staffing issues.
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Roger Williams Medical Center placed on probation by an accrediting group
The hospital’s probationary accreditation was triggered by the accreditation council’s decision to close the dermatology program after learning that its residents were no longer training at Roger Williams.
