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  2. Jul 2, 2024
RIPTA Refuses to Let the Public Know “Brown and Rhode Island Hospital Think You’re a Pig”; Doctors Sue

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is shielding two of the state’s most powerful institutions from public criticism, according to a national medical ethics group, which filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the agency in federal court today. Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital have for years come under scrutiny for using live animals to train emergency medicine doctors, a practice replaced by 97% of medical centers.