PROVIDENCE – HealthSource RI, the state’s health benefits exchange, will open a temporary satellite Contact Center at 250A Centerville Road in Warwick. The temporary location will open Monday, March 10, and will remain open until the end of April. HealthSource RI will open the satellite center to provide a convenient alternative walk-in location to Rhode […]readmore
Malaria affects millions of people every year. A group of British scientists and U.S. researchers warned that climate change could bring a significant increase in cases of malaria around the world, as well as the spread of the disease to mountainous areas of Africa and South America. The study, published in the journal Science, says […]readmore
In the world there is a very small group of people who is immune to the HIV virus that causes AIDS . For years, scientists have attempted to replicate this natural resistance. Now researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, in the United States, managed to genetically engineer the immune cells of 12 patients with HIV […]readmore
The Rhode Island Department of Health is reporting that both Rhode Island Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center are working to notify patients who may have been exposed to measles. On February 25, a man was treated at Roger Williams Medical Center for a sore throat and fever. He was then seen on the 28th at […]readmore
A wide variety of diseases and psychological disorders in school-age children are linked to the fact that they are children of older men. So says an extensive joint investigation by Indiana University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden where 2.6 million people were studied. The researchers noted that these diseases are caused by mutations in […]readmore
Within the last eighteen months, a small group of children have been admitted to hospitals in California with polio-like symptoms, but without the disease. Cases have occurred in a diameter of 100 miles, so the research team does not believe the virus outbreak represents a single or group. However, the possibility remains that many more […]readmore
Rhode Island – Rhode Island Health officials say 7 more people died from drug overdose in 5 days, bringing the total deaths so far this year to 45. Dr. Michael Fine, Director of the Department of Health of Rhode Island, announced the deaths on Wednesday during a community meeting on the prevention of overdose held […]readmore
CENTRAL FALLS, RI (February18, 2014) – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) announced today that it has awarded The Learning Community, a K-8 public charter school serving Central Falls, Providence and Pawtucket, a $75,000 grant to fund Not Just Gym, a nutrition and physical activity program to engage students and their families […]readmore
Washington, DC – The Department of Health and Human Services announced that nearly 1.1 million people selected health insurance plans using the Affordable Care Act marketplaces in January alone, bringing total marketplace enrollment to nearly 3.3 million. This news follows an announcement yesterday that more than 50,000 Rhode Islanders have obtained health insurance coverage since […]readmore
Hasbro Children’s Hospital pediatrician Angela Anderson, MD, has received the 2013 Annual Milton Hamolsky Outstanding Physician Award from the Rhode Island Hospital medical staff. Anderson was honored for her leadership, outstanding clinical skills and her commitment to medical education. The award is the highest honor the medical staff bestows on one of its own. Anderson […]readmore