The Newport Community is watching a tragedy unfold in slow motion. As Newport Hospital Foundation Board chair I’m closely connected to this issue. While I speak in my personal capacity, my opinion is ...

Rep. Carson proposes legislation to protect Newport Hospital’s Birthing Center and strengthen maternal health oversight ...

Nancy Lavin, Rhode Island Current January 26, 2026 Aquidneck Island residents breathed a sigh of relief when Brown University Health committed to keeping the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center at ...

Rep. Lauren H. Carson has made protecting maternal health care her top legislative priority this session, introducing two bills aimed at safeguarding birthing centers across Rhode Island amid ongoing ...

Newport Hospital’s Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center, Gateway Healthcare and Samuels Sinclair Dental Center will remain open. Brown Health, facing financial pressures, had considered closing the ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Brown Health officials will keep the birthing center open at Newport Hospital, Target 12 has learned, but other cuts are being made across the health system as executives ...

The eight-bed unit will arrive as the state faces a need for mental health services for children and adolescents PROVIDENCE — Newport Hospital is moving forward with constructing an adolescent ...

(WJAR) — Brown University Health officials said Tuesday that the Newport Hospital birthing center will remain open. According to an internal memo, the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center is not ...