STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode … more

Discover the shocking truth about added sugars at a Healthy Habits cooking demonstration and food tasting at Warwick Public Library on Friday, October 27 at 10 a.m. We expect to find sugar in … more

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, an entity within the World Health Organization) recently announced that aspartame, a sugar substitute used in about 6,000 products worldwide, is … more

By ARDEN BASTIA The Rhode Island Public Health Institute has launched an initiative to nourish Rhode Island through a tax on sugary drinks. For local businesses however, the proposed sugar drink tax would do more harm than good. Bills, H-5715 and more

By ARDEN BASTIA A tax on sweet drinks may help feed hungry Rhode Islanders, if a pending bill becomes law. According to Dr. Amy Nunn, executive director of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, the state is in a crisis "on par" with the Great more