Health Director To Speak On State Of Health In Rhode Island
Rhode Island’s department of health director doctor Michael Fine plans to brief state lawmakers Wednesday on the state of the state’s health. Fine will...» E-Mail This
View ArticleParsing Out Rhode Island's Overdose Epidemic
In the first 9 weeks of this year, 55 Rhode Islanders have died from apparent drug overdoses. Overdose has been the number one cause of accidental death...» E-Mail This
View ArticleSurge In Children Removed From Homes Due To Neglect Or Abuse In Rhode Island
A reported surge in the number of children removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect is raising concern across the state. Addiction is a...» E-Mail This
View ArticlePainkiller Rxs Rising, But So Are Deaths From Heroin
The state health department has just published some striking data on numbers of prescription painkillers, stimulants, and other controlled substances...» E-Mail This
View ArticleAt The Crossroads, Part 2: Finding Hep C Infections Before It's Too Late
Hepatitis C infects an estimated five million Americans, nearly 20-thousand Rhode Islanders among them. And most of them don’t know it. But many are...» E-Mail This
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