Children who experience abuse or neglect–or even the stress of poverty—can have serious health problems later in life. That’s one of many challenges for…
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Newport Hospital Opens Chronic Lyme Clinic
Newport Hospital has opened a new center for Lyme disease. Most doctors can treat Lyme with antibiotics, but the new clinic aims to help patients with…
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Can Pharmacies Help Reduce Overdose Deaths?
Can pharmacies play a bigger role to prevent death from drug overdose? That’s the question researchers from Rhode Island and Massachusetts hope to…
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Raimondo Calls For Plan To Fight Overdose Deaths
Governor Gina Raimondo has reinstated a task force charged with preventing drug overdose deaths. And she’s asking them for a plan to within 90 days.
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Feds Approve RI Plan to Coordinate Care For Dual Eligibles
Rhode Island has been given the green light for a pilot program to coordinate health care for people enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. They’re…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: Top RI State Workers Not Overpaid
Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo wants to raise the salaries of some of Rhode Island’s top state employees, a move Republican State Chairman Brandon Bell…
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Montanaro: Eleanor Slater Needs New Leaders, New Facilities
When Maria Montanaro took the reins of the state department of Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals, she inherited an agency…
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Turnaround Plan In The Works For Eleanor Slater Hospital
The head of the state Department of Behavioral Healthcare says changes are underway at Eleanor Slater Hospital. The state-run facility treats patients…
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RI Working Families To Launch Progressive Lobby Group
A new coalition of community and organized labor groups called `Rhode Island Working Families’ is forming in the Ocean State to lobby the General…
