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As state health officials monitor a cluster of measles in the Upper Valley, including at least one case in an unvaccinated New Hampshire resident, the state’s top epidemiologist says he wouldn’t be surprised if more cases emerge."Given some of the...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

A federal judge has again given the state more time to end its practice of holding mental health patients in emergency departments for prolonged periods.For over a decade, people held involuntarily for mental health treatment have faced lengthy waits...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office has filed a civil rights complaint against a former police officer who assaulted a Black bank executive in downtown Portsmouth last year.In a civil complaint filed Tuesday in Rockingham County Superior...

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New Hampshire hospitals are taking steps to conserve IV bags, after flooding from Hurricane Helene knocked out a major manufacturing plant in North Carolina.The Baxter International plant produced around 60% of the nation’s supply of intravenous...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

It’s a recent Sunday morning, and Sarah Desaulniers is greeting a small circle of people at a trailhead by a lake in Peterborough. After checking that everyone has water and announcing she’s carrying a shareable quantity of trail mix – it’s good...

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New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a West Virginia law that bars transgender girls from playing girls’ sports, as a similar measure in New Hampshire faces a court challenge.A federal appeals court...

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Riverbend Community Mental Health plans to shut down a counseling program that serves more than 300 people by the end of the summer, citing financial pressures.The Concord-based nonprofit says its outpatient program for adults – known as Riverbend...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

For the last year, New Hampshire has been staring down a deadline for ending a persistent problem: patients languishing in emergency rooms for days or weeks, due to a lack of inpatient mental health care.Last May, a federal judge ruled that had to end...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

People in Littleton can now get the overdose-reversal drug naloxone from a vending machine that’s open 24/7, part of an ongoing campaign to expand access to the life-saving medication.The device is outside the Mt. Eustis Commons office building on...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

State regulators have cleared the way for Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont to become part of the Dartmouth Health system.Dartmouth Health — already New Hampshire’s largest health system — and Valley Regional announced plans to affiliate in...

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Researchers will gather at Dartmouth College on Wednesday to discuss the promise AI holds in health care – as well as the challenges it presents.The symposium, AI in Medicine: Bridging Innovation & Practice, is open to the public as well as...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

New Hampshire abortion providers say the medication at the center of a major legal fight before the U.S. Supreme Court has been key to expanding abortion access locally.Abortions done via medication, rather than an in-clinic procedure, have become...

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Dr. Andrew Spector was in the middle of surgery on Friday when he received an urgent text from an administrator. Strangers were calling his employer, Dartmouth Health, demanding he be fired.He soon learned it was because of a video going viral on...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

New Hampshire’s Supreme Court delivered a win for police-transparency advocates Wednesday, ruling that internal police disciplinary files are subject to disclosure under the state’s public records law.The 4-1 decision is the latest in a series of...

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A third of New Hampshire’s population is expected to be 65 or older by 2030. In a newly released plan, state officials are outlining how they intend to better support older adults in the coming years.The updated State Plan on Aging took effect Oct....

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Catholic Medical Center in Manchester is exploring a possible merger with HCA Healthcare, the large for-profit company that also owns hospitals in Portsmouth, Rochester and Derry.The Manchester hospital announced Wednesday that it signed a non-binding...

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Granite Recovery Centers, one of New Hampshire’s largest addiction treatment providers, is expanding into mental health care with a new 20-bed residential facility outside Concord.At a launch event Wednesday, company leaders said the new facility...

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Officials have shared little about what happened leading up to Jason Rothe’s death at New Hampshire’s Secure Psychiatric Unit on April 29, except that he died after a “physical altercation” with six correctional officers, who remain on leave pending...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Like so many others of its kind, the Circle Program — a summer camp and mentorship program for girls in the greater Concord and Lakes Region area — was closed in 2020.When it partially reopened the following summer, Executive Director Beth Dever...

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Mark Ramirez was driving a tractor-trailer on I-95 one Friday in August 2019 when New Hampshire State Police Trooper Timothy Berky pulled him over. Ramirez, a Latino man who owns a Houston-area moving company, was transporting furniture and other...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

New Hampshire’s practice of temporarily boarding mental health patients in hospital emergency departments is an illegal seizure of the hospitals’ property that disrupts care for other patients in need, a federal judge has ruled.In an order issued Feb....