Rhode Island Hospital announced Thursday it has been awarded an $11.8 million federal grant to establish a research center on opioids and overdose.
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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Partners HealthCare, Care New England Seek Fast-Track Review
PROVIDENCE – Massachusetts-based Partners HealthCare and Care New England are asking Rhode Island health officials to conduct a fast-track regulatory…
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FarmFreshRI Expanding Incentives For Healthy Eating
The nonprofit FarmFresh Rhode Island will use a $4.6 million federal grant to help low-income New Englanders buy more fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Jobs Program For People Recovering From Addiction
A $4 million federal labor department grant will be used to create a new job training program for Rhode Islanders in recovery from opioid addiction.
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Brown University To Retain R.I. Affilation, Mass-Based Partners HealthCare Agrees
Brown University will continue its affiliation with Care New England even if Rhode Island’s second-largest health system is taken over by Massachusetts…
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RI Department Of Health Officials Continue To Monitor Hospitals After Nurses Strike
Officials at the Rhode Island Department of Health this past weekend continued to monitor Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital as…
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Rhode Island Hospital Ramps Up Services As Strike Continues
Rhode Island Hospital is easing some service restrictions as nurses and other union employees continue their strike.
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Nurses Union Strike At RI Hospital, Hasbro; Some ER Patients Diverted
Striking nurses and other employees of Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital are expected to be back on the picket line Tuesday.
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Providence Hospital Emergency Rooms Stretched To Capacity
If you’ve visited an emergency room in Providence recently, you may have noticed it seemed busier than usual.
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Central Falls High School Works To Reduce High Teen Pregnancy Rate
As the Trump administration proposes new restrictions on the federal family planning program known as Title X , we’re exploring how the landmark federal…
