Health Check Reporter at NBC 10
Barbara Morse Silva joined NBC 10 in June 1995 as a health reporter.
Prior to that, Barbara was the weekend general assignment reporter at WISH-TV in Indianapolis, a television news anchor/reporter at WLVI-TV in Boston, a general assignment reporter for WLNE-TV in Providence, a news reporter at WAND in Decatur, Ill., and at KOLD-TV in Tucson, Ariz.
Barbara was nominated for Emmy Awards in 1993, 1999 and 2001. She was a recipient of the American Heart Association's First Annual Media Awards for her series of reports on the "Chain of Survival" for heart attack victims.
More recently, Barbara was honored by the Rhode Island Black Nurses' Association, Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island, and the Visiting Nurse Service of Greater Rhode Island. She is very active in the community and with a number of nonprofit health organizations in our area.
Barbara is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. She was also co-host of the 1993 WLVI-TV special, "Beyond the Hate," as well as the co-host of the Easter Seals Telethon in 1993.
Barbara graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Arts in speech communications.
Barbara enjoys spending time with her husband and children and many mornings she can be seen pounding the pavement in her neighborhood.
One step in the direction of preventing autism is a new ...
The test has been used as part of research in Rhode Island for several years …
Dentists from around Rhode Island are getting together to hold a free …
A North Providence woman with a serious medical condition says her children ...
What used to be considered medical waste has become a lifesaver.
The top three winners in this anti-smoking poster contest were ...
A man is prompted to begin a support group after his cousin …
In celebration National Nurses Week and Mother's Day, we meet some mother-daughter nurses from Rhode Island Hospital.
A special needs student inspires his class to turn to NBC 10.
A new live-saving heart procedure is being done at Rhode Island Hospital.
Dr. Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie is named a Top Doc from Rhode Island Monthly magazine.
Dr. Phil Lucas is named a Top Doc from Rhode Island Monthly magazine.
Dr. Robert Griffith is named a Top Doc from Rhode Island Monthly magazine.
A Pawtucket art studio creates a positive symbol for mental illness.
A local veteran receives a kidney from a total stranger. NBC 10's Barbara Morse Silva reports.
A new study looks at how a virus during pregnancy could affect early birth.
Lenore Montanaro, a three-time cancer survivor, is awarded the Citizens Bank TruFit Good Citizen Scholarship for her works of extraordinary volunteerism.
A local teenager is giving back to an organization that helped her and her family through some dark days.
Michaela Terry, a visiting nurse suffering from kidney failure, does her own hemodialysis at home.
Doctors say they are seeing more and more younger people with colorectal cancer. Kelly Brooks was 34 years old when she was diagnosed.
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