Last October, the Rhode Island Model Rocketry Association (RIMRA) partnered with the VA to offer a rocket-building workshop at the Providence VA Medical Center for veterans and their families. In ...
Nationally, trust in VA care is up 6%, from 85.6% in 2018, to 91.8% in the last quarter of 2023. In Rhode Island, the "trust" factor is even higher, at 93.65%, up nearly two percent from 91.7% in 2018 ...
The Rhode Island Quality Institute — which operates CurrentCare, the state's health information exchange — partnered with Providence (R.I.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center on May 5, according to ...
All of us would probably agree that people who do not get enough to eat are generally less healthy than those of us who are well fed. Dr. Alicia Cohen is a family physician and health-services ...
(WJAR) — New landmark research is looking at how effective cholesterol-lowering drugs are in patients 75 and older --it's called the PREVENTABLE clinical trial. "Our aim is to enroll 15,000 ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Friday is Veterans Day and the VA has a message for veterans who may be struggling with respiratory issues or cancer. The Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins (PACT) Act ...
I was intrigued when John Cianci told me about the February luncheon at the Tiverton VFW Post. The special guests were … horses! Yep, full-size, honest-to-God horses walked into the VFW, led by Carol ...
When the 2025 budget submissions came out in early in March, the VA announced it was cutting 10,000 jobs nationwide – while at the same time going to great pains to assure everyone that these cuts ...