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Lynn Arditi

Lynn Arditi

Author at The Public's Radio at WNPN-FM

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    Recent Articles

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    In R.I., a spike in opioid overdose deaths among older adults

    Nearly three-quarters of the country reported declines in fatal opioid overdoses in the second half of last year, but in Rhode Island they increased 7 percent, according to a new report by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation.  The reason: More people 65 and older in Rhode Island died of opioid overdoses.  Rhode Island is among […]
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    Brown votes against divestment from companies with ties to Israel

    Brown University will not divest from 10 companies that student activists said facilitated “the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.” The Corporation of Brown University, the university’s governing body, voted Tuesday to support the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on University Resources Management (ACURM) against divestment, according to a press release issued on Wednesday.  ACURM found […]
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    Why not a tetanus shot? Navigating COVID misinformation in Providence

    At a noisy summer block party in Providence one recent afternoon, community health worker Rosa Roman tried to interest a middle-aged handyman in a free tetanus shot. But he was scared. The man, who gave only his first name, Armando, is a 42-year-old immigrant from Puerto Rico. He said he spent the last 20 years […]
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    A community health center in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood i...

    Lynn joined The Public’s Radio as health reporter in 2017 after more than three decades as a journalist, including 28 years at The Providence Journal. Her series “A 911 Emergency,” a project of the 2019 ProPublica Local Reporting Network, won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award in the radio/podcast category in 2020. A native of New York City, she graduated from Oberlin College and landed her first journalism job at The Center for Investigative Reporting (now known as Reveal) in Washingt…
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    Stimulant users caught up in fatal ‘fourth wave’ of opioid epidemic

    Hundreds of Americans continue to die every day from overdoses. More of those deaths now involve stimulants like cocaine and meth mixed with fentanyl. Men of color have been hit particularly hard.
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    The Centurion Foundation’s purchase of Roger Williams and Fatima ho...

    Lynn joined The Public’s Radio as health reporter in 2017 after more than three decades as a journalist, including 28 years at The Providence Journal. Her series “A 911 Emergency,” a project of the 2019 ProPublica Local Reporting Network, won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award in the radio/podcast category in 2020. A native of New York City, she graduated from Oberlin College and landed her first journalism job at The Center for Investigative Reporting (now known as Reveal) in Washingt…
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    Kent Hospital To Spend $1.7 M On Improvements After Medical Errors

    State health officials have ordered Kent Hospital in Warwick to invest at least $1.7 million to “improve patient quality and safety” following a series...
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    Homeless Rhode Islanders facing frigid cold and shortage of shelter...

    A dangerously cold air mass is forecast for Rhode Island and parts of Massachusetts starting Friday night and early Saturday morning
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    Chasing the Fix: Addiction treatment on wheels - The Public's Radio

    We aren’t just Public Radio, we are The Public’s Radio. Hear us on WNPN 89.3FM across Rhode Island and the Southcoast of Massachusetts.
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    Blackstone River cleanup raising alarms about displacing people exp...

    Zap 50 expects thousands of volunteers to clean up areas along the river in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.