How to cure the primary care crisis? Rhode Island prescribes student loan support
New round of Wavemaker tax credits has $500K carveout for college graduates who work in primary care. This story...
Shark sightings lead to deeper understanding
Population of makos, commonly seen off Rhode Island, in decline NEWPORT — This summer, reports of shark sightings seem...
“I decided I wanted to keep loving Providence”
“My hope with this particular body of work is that people begin to see their environment differently.” By TARA...
CCAP dental programs return to Buttonwoods
“I do have a lot of concern for the people in the Medicaid system, people living in poverty and...
New Bedford pantries get a ton of tuna — literally
A research trip to study the reproductive conditions of tuna ended with a large contribution to the New Bedford...
Two nursing students primed for careers in oncology after graduating from innovative fellowship program at Hasbro Children’s Hospital
“The entire program is incredible and the amount of things that I’ve learned is incredible.” PROVIDENCE – On the...
West Nile Virus detected in Rhode Island for first time in 2025
This story was originally published in Rhode Island Current, a publication partner of Ocean State Stories. PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island’s first...
Incredible journey: Trackers show where some Rhode Island plastic bottles wind up
The same traits that make plastic prized also make it a growing toxic hazard, because it takes thousands of...
Brown University Health commits to keeping Newport Hospital Birthing Center open. For now.
“This is only a one-year plan. There’s more to do on this. The community needs to stay active and...
Essential Work in ‘A Living: Working-Class Americans Talk to Their Doctors,’ a book by Michael Stein, M.D.
“I have learned that there can be no meaningful discourse about health divorced from where people work, how many...
Judge issues temporary relief to housing, domestic violence prevention groups
Trump administration’s new policies for HUD, Health and Human Services grants cause ‘immediate harm,’ lawyer argues This story was...
Salve Regina professor awed by NOAA’s work on the ocean
“Bird populations on the open ocean, the whale populations on the open ocean, are just known by those people...
Summer study sessions keep some lawmakers in school
This year they’re hitting the books to learn about climate change and flooding This story was originally published in EcoRI...