Pawtucket, RI – Can aspirin prolong a healthy life? Researchers at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island are recruiting trying to find out. The Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) study aims to assess whether aspirin can not only prolong life, but a life free of physical disability and/ or dementia for healthy older […]readmore
Assessment results that the R.I. Department of Education (RIDE) released today (January 31) show that 73 percent of the current high-school seniors have met the graduation requirement in mathematics and are eligible to earn a diploma this spring. Among the high-school seniors who retook the NECAP mathematics assessment last October because they scored «substantially below […]readmore
NASA will pay will tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency’s Day of Remembrance on Friday, Jan. 31. NASA’s Day of Remembrance honors members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery. […]readmore
An appeals court in Florence on Thursday upheld the guilty verdict against U.S. student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend for the 2007 murder of her British roommate. Knox was sentenced to 28 1/2 years in prison, raising the specter of a long legal battle over her extradition if the conviction is upheld.readmore
Families and friends are welcomed to join CW28, The Rhode Island Community Food Bank and Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island for a free skating event at the The Providence Rink at the Bank of America City Center. Bring a non-perishable food item on Friday, February 21, 2014, School Vacation Week, from 12pm to 2pm […]readmore
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall Summary Name of Product: B-Agile, B-Agile Double and BOB Motion strollers Hazard: The hinge on the stroller’s folding mechanism can partially amputate consumers’ fingertips, break their fingers or cause […]readmore
Pawtucket, RI – Ewa Dzwierzynski, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP, pharmacy site manager at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, was installed as the President of the Rhode Island Society of Health-System Pharmacists (RISHP) on Saturday, January 25th at the 45th RISHP Annual Installation Dinner held at the Renaissance Providence Hotel. Presiding over the event was Gerry Meyer, […]readmore
BOSTON – Thursday, January 30, 2014 – Governor Deval Patrick today released the following statement: «One way or another, based on the evidence, Tsarnaev will die in prison. In each milestone of this case — today’s announcement, the trial and every other significant step in the justice process — the people hurt by the Marathon […]readmore
Speaker Fox, President Paiva Weed, members of the General Assembly, Governor Chafee, Board Chair Mancuso and members of the Board of Education, school leaders, teachers, students, and all friends of education: I am honored to stand before you once again to report to you on the state of public education in Rhode Island. Good […]readmore
The Providence School Department and the community will be holding a Memorial Service for Dr. Jorge Alvarez at the Assumption Church on 791 Potters Ave, Providence, RI 02907. The mass will be held at 5:00pm. Afterwards everyone is invited to the Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School located on 375 Adelaide Ave, Providence, RI 02907. This will give the […]readmore