Jurors have awarded more than $25 million dollars to a Rhode Island couple for medical malpractice at Rhode Island Hospital. It’s one of the largest…
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Nepalese Scholar At Brown Coordinates Relief Efforts
A Nepalese scholar at Brown University is using his international development expertise and personal knowledge of the country to help guide relief…
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Public Health Officials Update Opioid Overdose Numbers, Cite Strategies To Combat Trend
Accidental drug overdose deaths continue to increase in Rhode Island. That’s some of the discouraging news public health experts delivered at a Rhode…
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Singer Darlene Love To Deliver PC Commencement Address
Love, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and star in the Academy-Award winning documentary, 20 feet from stardom, will deliver the commencement address…
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No Easy Task: “Reinventing” Medicaid To Improve Health, Contain Costs
Today is the due date for a plan to cut nearly $180 million dollars from Medicaid. Half of that is state funding, the other matching federal dollars. To…
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Brown To Confer Six Honorary Degrees
Brown University has announced its list of honorary doctorate recipients, and the majority are women. One recipient, Kathryn Sullivan, was the first…
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Brown University To Host Medical Marijuana Forum
Brown University hosts a forum Tuesday on legalizing marijuana. The event will feature doctors and researchers with perspective on the health effects of…
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Legalize Marijuana? Brown Asks Medical, Legal Experts To Weigh In
Brown University hosts a forum Tuesday on legalizing marijuana. The event will feature doctors and researchers with perspective on the health effects of…
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Heather Abbott Takes Stand In Tsarnaev Trial
It was not until the sentencing phase that Newport resident and Boston Marathon bombing survivor Heather Abbott took the stand in the trial of now…