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By ETHAN DEWITT
A week after President Donald Trump issued an executive order eliminating federal support for gender-affirming care for minors under 19, New Hampshire hospitals are taking a “wait-and-see” approach before changing any policies.
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Psychiatrist John Hinck was on duty at New Hampshire Hospital on November 17, 2023, when gunfire shattered the routine of the state’s largest psychiatric facility. He recalled sheltering in place with the staff and patients, only to find later security officer Bradley Haas killed in the lobby.
By TODD BOOKMAN
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office says Dartmouth Health is cooperating with a review of its vaccination policies that may violate state law.
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
At age 75, Rep Bob Lynn says he loves life. But he knows he’s no “spring chicken” and his days are finite.
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
A man from Salem, N.H., said he’s never felt whole since he was circumcised as a baby and has spent his adult life trying to reverse the procedure.
By EMMA ROTH-WELLS
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The issue of medical debt is personal to Hartford native state Sen. Becca White, D-Windsor.
By PAUL-CUNO BOOTH
Dartmouth Health will no longer require someone to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before receiving a kidney transplant, after the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office intervened on behalf of a patient.
By CLARE SHANAHAN
LEBANON — An Upper Valley nonprofit is renewing its efforts to build a residential substance use treatment center for mothers and their children in a new location near Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, though it may still have a long way to go.
By JIM KENYON
In early January 1986 — four years after the first “test-tube” baby was born in the U.S. — news broke in the Upper Valley that Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center was starting its own in vitro fertilization program.
By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH
State officials have cleared the way for HCA Healthcare to buy Catholic Medical Center, the latest in a series of hospital mergers and acquisitions reshaping New Hampshire’s medical landscape.The Manchester hospital says it’s struggling financially,...
By JOHN LIPPMAN
NEWPORT — A former Claremont doctor has been been sentenced up to a year in county jail after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a female patient during an office visit two years ago.Under a plea bargain with Sullivan County prosecutors, Thomas...
By RACHEL WACHMAN
When Carrie Becker received abnormal results back from her yearly mammogram, she underwent a series of tests. Three biopsies, three ultrasounds, three mammograms and one MRI later, she learned what the tests had confirmed: she had breast cancer.While...
LEBANON — Dartmouth Health is giving health care providers dental training to help address a coverage gap. The DH Center for Rural Health Equity earned $8,000 from the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation to expand a program that trains health providers...
By CLARE SHANAHAN
LEBANON — Dartmouth Health and partners across the state are working to address New Hampshire’s shortage of behavioral health care workers — which is especially acute in rural areas — by increasing training opportunities for students.DH is using $1.29...
By PETER D’AURIA
Last month, the University of Vermont Health Network announced a slate of wide-ranging cuts to its Vermont facilities. Those cuts — which drew a swift and furious outcry — included closing an inpatient psychiatric unit at Central Vermont Medical...
By CLARE SHANAHAN
WEST LEBANON — Two pneumonia-causing bacteria have been at especially high levels in Vermont and New Hampshire in recent weeks, leading to increased levels of illness.At Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 97 patients with pneumonia went to the...
By ETHAN DEWITT
After two weeks of delay amid concerns over accountability, the Executive Council approved a partnership Wednesday between New Hampshire and Dartmouth Health to take over and operate the state’s mental health hospital in Hampstead.In a 4-1 vote, the...
By RICK GREEN
Proposed state legislation could end public school vaccination requirements, prohibit public water systems from fluoridating water and add work requirements for Medicaid recipients.Some health policy leaders are concerned about such measures...
By PETER D’AURIA
For the second year in a row, University of Vermont Health Network hospitals reported bringing in more money than they were supposed to.During hospitals’ 2024 fiscal year, which ended September 30, the University of Vermont Medical Center and Central...
By PETER D’AURIA
Earlier this year, a consultant issued a report recommending sweeping changes to the state’s health care system — proposals that ranged from building more housing to cutting certain services at specific hospitals. At a meeting of lawmakers and state...
HARTFORD — Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southwestern Vermont, or HRCS, will now provide drug test strips as well as overdose reversal medication at its Hartford regional office.The strips — which can be used to test for the presence of...
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