Health

Water cascades over the Neponset River Waterfall at Lower Mills in Dorchester.

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Climate & Environment

Climate & Environment

Program That Monitors New England Waterways, Drinking Water Threatened by Trump Cuts

March 10, 2025

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Liany Santos has been dealing with long COVID symptoms since being hospitalized with COVID-19 in April of 2021.

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Health

Health

Long COVID Keeps Some Rhode Islanders From Returning to Normalcy

‘I want to get better physically, but it’s just so tough’

March 10, 2025

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Michelle San Miguel

The Blue Cross & Blue Shield of R.I. headquarters seen at right in Providence.

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The Public’s Radio

The Public’s Radio

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Reports Job Cuts and Operating Losses

The nonprofit insurer says it lost $115 million in 2024 due to rising health care costs

March 7, 2025

Rhode Island General Treasurer James J. Diossa has announced the forgiveness of $7 million in medical debt since a new program launched last fall. ‘I hope to wipe out even more debt soon,’ Diossa said Monday, March 3, 2025.

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Health

Health

Rhode Island Medical Debt Relief Program has Forgiven $7 Million Since October

March 5, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Gregory Strong, a former business owner now living at the Bannister Center in Providence, told reporters about the impact federal Medicaid cuts could have on nursing facility residents like himself after a press conference held by U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner on Feb. 28, 2025. “We’re able to stand up, most of us. But even the people that are bedridden wanna fight,” Strong said.

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Health

Health

Rhode Island’s Nursing Home Residents Would Suffer if Congress Cuts Medicaid, Magaziner Says

March 3, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Shamus Durac, co-chair of the Protect Our Healthcare Coalition.

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The Public’s Radio

The Public’s Radio

Rhode Island Healthcare Advocates Want to Preempt a Jump in Obamacare Premiums

Rhode Island healthcare advocates are urging state lawmakers to act quickly to keep health insurance affordable for tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders

February 26, 2025

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Darin Tripoli, right, owner of Sunshine Vape LLC, testifies in support of a bill that would partially reverse the state’s ban on flavored vape sales during a State House hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.

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Health

Health

Rhode Island Banned Flavored Vapes on Jan. 1. Some Lawmakers Want to Reverse Course

Familiar arguments over smoking cessation versus teenage tobacco use return to the State House

February 26, 2025

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Rhode Island’s congressional delegation — U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and U.S. Reps. Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo — advocated against indirect reimbursement caps on federally-funded scientific research in a letter released Tuesday.

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Politics

Politics

Rhode Island Congressional Delegation Wants Answers From NIH

February 26, 2025

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Alexander Castro

U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner tours Wood River Health Services in Hope Valley with Wood River CEO Alison L. Croke.

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Health

Health

Rhode Island Health Centers Raise Alarm Over Proposed Medicaid Cuts

U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner vowed to push back on Republican plans during a visit to a South County health center

February 25, 2025

Shown here is Spravato, the branded version of the chemical known as esketamine. First approved in 2019 as an add-on treatment for depression, esketamine received expanded federal approval last month for standalone use.

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Health

Health

FDA Approves Ketamine Derivative as Potential ‘Wonder Drug'; Insurers Lag Behind

Brown researcher participated in clinical study evaluating nasal spray to treat adults with serious depression

February 24, 2025

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Alexander Castro