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A man holding up a fish in the water.

Jul 9 2022

Know your Puffers!

Know Your Puffers! DEM, RI Saltwater Anglers Association Warn of Toxins from Catching Smooth Puffer Fish The Department of Environmental ...
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Jul 5 2022

CODAC buys new building for its headquarters – Richard Asinof

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: The new agency headquarters for CODAC at 45 Royal Little Drive in Providence. ...
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Jul 2 2022

Burn with Kearns: Buffed on a Budget – Kevin Kearns

by Kevin Kearns, contributing writer on exercise and fitness Ok, coach, I really don’t have a lot of cash to ...
RINewsToday

Jul 1 2022

More swim lessons for youth of color just one benefit from BankRI awards

A swim program that provides free lessons to Rhode Island children of color is among the grant recipients of Bank ...
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Jun 28 2022

Updated Q&A: The new Lifespan and Commonwealth Care Alliance partnership – Richard Asinof

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI Photo: Corey McCarty, far right, with check marking a $25,000 donation by Commonwealth Care Alliance to ...
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Jun 25 2022

Burn with Kearns: 7 elements of fitness – Kevin Kearns

The 7 elements of fitness and why you need them in your daily programming and how they can affect your ...
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Jun 24 2022

State shifting COVID resources – all of Rhode Island now “low risk”

National COVID assessment of each state and its level of risk - low, medium, or high - has now designated ...
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Jun 24 2022

New Interim Director named for RI Dept. of Health

Photo: ABC6 website Governor Dan McKee today announced the appointment of Utpala Bandy, MD, MPH as Interim Director of the ...
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Jun 21 2022

Roger Williams Cancer Center offers first advanced therapies for blood cancers

The Roger Williams Cancer Center has achieved final approval as a treatment center for the Novartis Pharmaceutical’s CAR-T therapy Kymriah. ...
RINewsToday

Jun 18 2022

Moderna and Pfizer COVID vaccine for children 6 months+ gets FDA approval

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine ...