The campaign includes an ad featuring local talent It is being funded by a $190,000 grant from the CDC Note: This story contains mentions of suicide and self-harm. PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s ...

Rhode Island has a lengthy legislative history with the substance and was one of a few states to ban it in 2017.

Kratom is legal in Rhode Island as of Wednesday and will be available to people 21 and over at licensed retailers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — As students return to school in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, they’re required by state law to ...

A statewide spike in suspected, non-fatal drug overdoses last week — 55 in all — triggered the threshold for a public alert ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health supports the current hepatitis B vaccine schedule for newborns. A federal advisory committee, overhauled by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., may vote to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — In an effort to address childhood obesity, some Rhode Island lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require restaurants offering children’s meals to have at least two ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health is advising consumers that certain bags of Great Value Fully Cooked Dino Shaped Chicken Breast Nuggets should be discarded because they may ...

The Fall River Police Department said a pedestrian was struck around 6 p.m. on Friday. Fire in Providence sends 3 to hospital for smoke inhalation The Providence Fire Department said that one adult ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — As students return to school in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, they’re required by state law to have received a number of vaccines. Even though Rhode Island has some of ...