News Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to build a stronger health care workforce and ensure patients have access to the medical care they need, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) have teamed up to introduce the Building a Health Care... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today joined eight other Senators in introducing the Tobacco to 21 Act (S. 2100), legislation that would prohibit the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21. ... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to save lives and address the growing number of overdose deaths in the state, Governor Gina M. Raimondo together with U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced that Rhode Island has been... Read More

NARRAGANSETT, RI – Seeking to spread the word on skin cancer prevention and detection, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is teaming up with the Rhode Island Department of Health, The Partnership to Reduce Cancer in Rhode Island, and other medical... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, U.S. Senator Jack Reed celebrated the law that has ensured access to high-quality health care for seniors and our most vulnerable citizens. On July 30, 1965,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help thousands of children who undergo cancer treatment each year, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today introduced the Childhood Cancer STAR Act.  This bipartisan legislation... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Rhode Island’s congressional delegation and Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $250,000 to the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Sometimes the meals children receive at school are the only guaranteed meals they get each day.  And with schools on summer vacation, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, Governor Gina M. Raimondo and First Gentleman Andy Moffit, the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the case of King v. Burwell to once again uphold the law, beating back a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that would have forced over 6.4 million people in 34 states who bought... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to prevent drug tragedies and combat a nationwide surge of lethal drug overdoses, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced the Overdose Prevention Act.  This legislation would... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced $229,489 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funding for the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) project... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help thousands of children who undergo cancer treatment each year, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is getting set to introduce the Childhood Cancer STAR Act.  This legislation will advance pediatric cancer... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – As health experts predict an increase in Lyme disease cases this summer, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling for a national strategy to combat the disease and expand federal research efforts to increase surveillance and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Seeking to improve mental health services for young people and prevent the tragedy of youth suicide, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today led a bipartisan group of 20 Senators in introducing the Garrett Lee... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – With alarming reports that youth e-cigarette use has tripled over the last year, ten U.S. Senators today called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen and finalize regulations for e-cigarettes,... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and U.S. Senator Jack Reed were joined today by Merrill Thomas, CEO of the Providence Community Health Centers, and Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Executive Director of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, to discuss the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to promptly reject... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help reduce new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections, increase access to care, and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced over $3.4... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) welcomed today’s announcement of a new targeted initiative through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address the heroin epidemic.  In... Read More

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – During a press conference today at Bradley Hospital in East Providence, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed announced that the hospital will receive $168,354 from the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical... Read More