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WOODSTOCK — The Thompson Center in Woodstock is scheduled to hold a free walk-in vaccine clinic on Monday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.The clinic is the first The Thompson is holding after the National Council on Aging awarded it a grant for the...
LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is one of 100 pilot sites for a national Anti-Stigma Initiative focused on improving care for people struggling with addiction, according to a Thursday news release.The effort aims to reduce addiction...
By NORA DOYLE-BURR
LEBANON — Dartmouth Health continues to see a financial loss on operations, but the red ink has subsided substantially since last year, according to filings with bondholders last week.For the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, which ended Sept. 30, DH...
By NORA DOYLE-BURR
LYME — In December, on the second anniversary of the day that Kate Harrison donated a kidney to a fellow Lyme resident, she will be starting to climb one of three Guatemalan volcanoes she plans to ascend with a nonprofit organization called Kidney...
By NORA DOYLE-BURR
CHELSEA — The sole physician at the Chelsea Health Center is departing next month, and both the doctor and her patients said they are concerned about what that might mean for the quality of health care in the community.Will Gilman, the 67-year-old...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
The suspect and one victim are dead following a shooting Friday afternoon at New Hampshire Hospital, the state psychiatric facility on Clinton Street in Concord, authorities said.An emergency call about an active shooter came in at 3:38 p.m.,...
HANOVER — Dartmouth College is scheduled to host a first annual international vaccine conference next month. The conference on Dec. 6 is to focus on vaccines for COVID-19, tuberculosis, respiratory syncytial virus, HIV, polio and herpes.Organized by...
By NORA DOYLE-BURR
HANOVER — Consumers should avoid eating Wilcox Ice Cream with certain best by dates, according to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. The ice cream is sold at New Hampshire retailers including the Hanover and Lebanon Co-op Food...
By NORA DOYLE-BURR
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford is considering hiring a community nurse in hopes of reducing demand for emergency services.Amid increasing calls for aid in recent years, the town is seeking to better address people’s health issues before they become...
LEBANON — A Lebanon resident has been named executive director of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System.Dr. Becky Rhoads was named to the post on Oct. 8. In her new role, Rhoads, an audiologist who had served as associate director of the White River...
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Vermont nonprofit is offering vaccines at home for people of all ages who cannot otherwise access them. The Vermont Center of Independent Living announced the launch of the program in a Monday news release. The program is...
By NORA DOYLE-BURR
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — On her first visit to the White River Junction VA Medical Center since becoming Vermont’s sole representative in the U.S. House earlier this year, Becca Balint, a Democrat, pledged to do her part to support the VA.“These people...
LEBANON — Vaccines to prevent serious illness from COVID-19 are available at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.Appointments are required and can be scheduled online through myDH.org or by calling 603-650-1818, according to the DH...
By NORA DOYLE-BURR
HANOVER — Dartmouth College released a new strategic plan for mental health and well-being this week.The plan’s release follows President Sian Leah Beilock’s inaugural address last month in which she pledged to prioritize the issue.It outlines steps...
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Green Mountain Care Board is conducting a virtual listening tour to hear from Vermonters about their experiences with the state’s health care system.The meetings — required under Act 167 of 2022 — to be held this month and...
HANOVER — The annual CHaD Hero fundraiser for Dartmouth Health Children's held on Sunday raised nearly $700,000 and drew 3,100 participants to Hanover. The money raised by the 18th annual event goes to support child and family support services at the...
LEBANON — West Central Behavioral Health has hired an interim chief executive, according to a Monday news release.Alexander J. Horvath will serve as interim president and CEO while the Lebanon-based community based mental health center conducts a...
WEST LEBANON — Opportunities to get flu shots are cropping up across the Upper Valley.Walk-in clinics hosted by the Public Health Council, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Geisel School of Medicine for people ages 10 and older are scheduled to take place in the...
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Vermont Department of Health is holding a series of meetings on regional emergency medical services this month, including one in Hartford on Oct. 27 at 6 p.m.The meetings are intended to give community members, EMS and...
By NORA DOYLE-BURR
CANAAN — Over the past seven years, the Mascoma Community Health Center has relied on donations to help support its operations.About $2.7 million from individuals, charities and foundations has gone to help balance the difference between the revenue...
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