Hospitals in at least four states have reinstated mask mandates amid a rise in cases of COVID, seasonal flu and other respiratory illness.
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Monday, November 20, 2023
People 65 and older constituted nearly 63 percent of U.S. hospitalizations for covid-19, with the rate increasing with age, through the first eight months of 2023, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
WASHINGTON — The federal government on Monday started taking orders for another round of free COVID-19 tests for delivery across the country, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesperson said.
Saturday, November 11, 2023
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Wednesday, November 01, 2023
MANCHESTER — Democratic presidential candidate and Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips said he’s running because President Joe Biden will lose to former President Donald Trump in a rematch of 2020.
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Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis promised that if elected there would be a “reckoning” for medical “elites” who were “wrong or lied” to justify the country’s lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
LONDONDERRY — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential run makes it even more likely Donald Trump would lose to President Joe Biden in 2024.
CONCORD — Attorney General John Formella said Tuesday that New Hampshire has launched its own lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, accusing the social media giant of using marketing methods that mentally and physically harm young children.
Saturday, October 14, 2023
On Sept. 29, Lori McIntire, administrator of Hanover Hill Health Care Center, ordered 110 doses of the latest COVID-19 vaccine from her usual pharmacy. She figured that would cover all the residents at her Manchester facility who want the shots.
Thursday, October 12, 2023
More than 7 million Americans had rolled up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 vaccines as of Wednesday, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, despite reports that some people are still finding it difficult to book vaccination appointments or find the shots at no cost.
Monday, October 02, 2023
STOCKHOLM - Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making mRNA molecule discoveries together that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines, won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday.
Monday, September 18, 2023
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified risk factors that can cause adult COVID-19 patients to suffer symptoms that linger for months or years. The condition is often referred to as long-haul COVID. The findings are reported in the Journal of Investigative Medicine.
Wednesday, September 06, 2023
Moderna on Wednesday said clinical trial data showed its updated COVID-19 vaccine will likely be effective against the highly-mutated BA.2.86 subvariant of the coronavirus that has raised fears of a resurgence of infections.
Tuesday, September 05, 2023
First lady Jill Biden tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday, at the end of a three-day weekend she had spent alongside President Biden, the White House said.
Friday, September 01, 2023
CONCORD — House Speaker Pro Tem Laurie Sanborn, R-Bedford, resigned Friday as chairman of a high-powered commission on charity casinos a day after state regulators sought to indefinitely suspend the gambling business license held by her husband, former state Sen. Andy Sanborn, over allegatio…
Thursday, August 31, 2023
CONCORD — State regulators said the Concord Casino and former state Sen. Andy Sanborn of Bedford should have their charity gaming licenses suspended indefinitely for fraudulently spending a COVID-19 relief loan on three sports cars, including an $80,000 Ferrari F430 that Sanborn allegedly ga…
CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu and top state officials broke ground Thursday on a landmark project — building a more humane residence for the mentally ill considered too dangerous to stay at New Hampshire Hospital (NHH) in Concord.
Saturday, August 19, 2023
The fall vaccination season is just around the corner, and officials are set to roll out another updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as new tools to protect against RSV.
Health officials are unveiling a new arsenal of vaccines to protect vulnerable Americans and exhausted health-care workers from an expected wave of COVID, flu and RSV as the fall respiratory virus season begins.
Monday, August 07, 2023
The United States is experiencing a bump in coronavirus transmission for the first time since the public health emergency ended in May, exposing the challenges of avoiding the virus when free testing is no longer widely accessible.
Monday, July 24, 2023
The political maelstrom swirling around coronavirus vaccines may be to blame for a higher rate of excess deaths among registered Republicans in Ohio and Florida during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study published Monday.
Thursday, July 06, 2023
Canada-based Revive Therapeutics said on Thursday its experimental COVID-19 treatment did not meet the main goal of a late-stage study.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
On the eve of trial, prosecutors dropped a 20-month-old case against vaccine mandate opponent Terese Bastarache of Loudon, who was accused of disrupting an Executive Council meeting in 2021.
Monday, June 26, 2023
Gov. Chris Sununu will not have to testify at the trial of an anti-vaccine activist charged with disrupting a contentious 2021 Executive Council meeting.
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Gov. Chris Sununu has been subpoenaed to testify in next week’s Concord District Court trial of a vaccine-mandate opponent charged with disrupting a contentious Executive Council meeting in 2021.
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday unanimously recommended that updated COVID-19 shots being developed for a fall vaccination campaign target one of the currently dominant XBB coronavirus variants
Friday, May 12, 2023
A New Hampshire-based hotel company that lost millions during the 2020 COVID-19 shutdown cannot collect under the business interruption protection clause of its insurance policy, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
CONCORD — It will be up to the closely divided House of Representatives to decide whether to make an expansion of Medicaid coverage to low-income adults permanent after a House committee deadlocked on the issue Wednesday.
Tuesday, May 09, 2023
CONCORD — On the eve of what could be a pivotal vote, advocates for business, seniors and health care providers urged a House panel to support Medicaid expansion on a permanent basis.
Monday, May 08, 2023
CONCORD — A proposal to help hospitals deal with violent threats against their employees unanimously cleared a key House committee last week.
Saturday, May 06, 2023
CONCORD — Mark Boyden said his dream is to bring his North Haverhill meat packing operation out on the other side of a devastating COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain woes to become the second largest slaughterhouse in New England.
Monday, April 24, 2023
CONCORD — An epidemic of violence against New Hampshire hospital workers has sparked a contentious debate among lawmakers over how to respond.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
CONCORD — Even though they were forced to shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Hampshire hotels were not “damaged” in the sense that they should be exempt from property taxes, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Monday, April 17, 2023
It’s New Hampshire’s largest COVID relief-related fraud case — so far.
Millions of Americans gathered maskless in homes and houses of worship this month for Passover, Easter and Ramadan — the latest evidence that coronavirus has retreated from public view as the pandemic winds down.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
CONCORD — A pair of abortion rights bills are headed for showdown votes Thursday after a key Senate committee along party lines recommended killing both of them.
CONCORD — Community mental health center leaders urged the state Senate and Gov. Chris Sununu to approve Medicaid rate increases even higher than those contained in the two-year state budget the House of Representatives approved last week.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is spending over $5 billion on an effort to speed up the development of new COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesperson and a Biden administration official said on Monday.
Tuesday, April 04, 2023
CONCORD — Health care advocates packed a committee room Tuesday to endorse the permanent expansion of Medicaid coverage for low-income adults.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
CONCORD — Attorney General John Formella said Tuesday that New Hampshire has launched its own lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, accusing the social media giant of using marketing methods that mentally and physically harm young children.
Saturday, October 14, 2023
On Sept. 29, Lori McIntire, administrator of Hanover Hill Health Care Center, ordered 110 doses of the latest COVID-19 vaccine from her usual pharmacy. She figured that would cover all the residents at her Manchester facility who want the shots.
Thursday, October 12, 2023
More than 7 million Americans had rolled up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 vaccines as of Wednesday, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, despite reports that some people are still finding it difficult to book vaccination appointments or find the shots at no cost.
Monday, October 02, 2023
STOCKHOLM - Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making mRNA molecule discoveries together that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines, won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday.
Monday, September 18, 2023
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified risk factors that can cause adult COVID-19 patients to suffer symptoms that linger for months or years. The condition is often referred to as long-haul COVID. The findings are reported in the Journal of Investigative Medicine.
Wednesday, September 06, 2023
Moderna on Wednesday said clinical trial data showed its updated COVID-19 vaccine will likely be effective against the highly-mutated BA.2.86 subvariant of the coronavirus that has raised fears of a resurgence of infections.
Tuesday, September 05, 2023
First lady Jill Biden tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday, at the end of a three-day weekend she had spent alongside President Biden, the White House said.