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By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — The crowd outside Hanover High School this past Saturday morning for the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s was in high spirits despite the gloomy weather. The walk was one of more than 600 taking place throughout the country this fall....

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — Mental health is personal.When U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy asked the 1,000 people gathered in Dartmouth College’s Leede Arena on Thursday afternoon for a conversation on the “Future of Mental Health and Wellness” how many know someone...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health, the Geisel School of Medicine and the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth are scheduled to host a roundtable on the future of health care with five visiting former U.S. surgeons general on Friday morning. The roundtable...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — A primary care practice that serves hundreds of Dartmouth College employees and their families is now operated by a company owned by Amazon.Dartmouth announced the change earlier this year in a message to employees that outlined the...

WEST LEBANON — As of Monday, U.S. households can order another round of four free rapid COVID-19 tests from the federal government.Orders can be placed online at covid.gov/tests. The new COVID-19 booster shot also is now available at pharmacies in the...

CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Hospital is hosting a drive-up flu vaccination clinic on Saturday.The clinic, slated to run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., is for people ages 18 and older. It will take 20 minutes or less to participate. It is scheduled to take...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — Students who are seniors now at Dartmouth College began their matriculation in the fall of 2020, amid strict COVID-19 protocols.Few of the college’s typical welcome traditions took place. Fall First-Year Trips were canceled, gatherings were...

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Springfield Hospital CEO Bob Adcock is scheduled to speak at a “Community Conversation” at the Springfield Library later this month. Adcock, who has led the hospital since April 2021, is to appear at the event on Wednesday, Sept....

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

NORTH HAVERHILL — Administrators of Upper Valley nursing homes are balking at proposed changes to federal staffing requirements, which they say would be difficult for them to meet and could put beds offline, reducing the availability of long-term care...

LEBANON — As two top leaders at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center retire this fall, leadership responsibilities will be shifting.Jeff O’Brien, DHMC’s chief operating officer, is scheduled to retire Oct. 5, and Sue Reeves, DHMC’s executive vice...

RANDOLPH — Gifford Health Care is scheduled to hold listening sessions in four communities in its service area this month.The listening tour is being held in collaboration with Capstone Community Action, Clara Martin Center and Tri-Valley Transit, and...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has launched a new telehealth clinic to support young adults with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.The program, Teaching Health Resilience in IBD Through Virtual...

HANOVER — The National Institute on Aging has granted $16.2 million to a team of researchers led by Dr. Amber Barnato, of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, for a study of inequity in Alzheimer’s care.The five-year grant seeks to build on the...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Flu clinics are scheduled to start later this month at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, ahead of the winter respiratory virus season. Community-based clinics are to take place next month.To reduce the risk of disease and potentially...

LEBANON — The New Hampshire Oral Health Coalition is scheduled to host a meeting on Wednesday in Lebanon as part of a statewide series of meetings to gather input from the community on school-based dental programs in the state.The Lebanon meeting is...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Vermont Workers’ Center is scheduled to hold a “speakout” and exhibit at Junction Arts & Media in White River Junction on Friday at 5 p.m., according to a news release.The event comes as thousands of Vermonters and Granite...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CHELSEA — Amid a dearth of oral health care options in many communities, a dentist is setting up a temporary office in Chelsea for the first time.Dr. Colleen Anderson, who until recently was working as dental director for the Boston Health Care for...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Despite ongoing challenges, Dartmouth Health’s finances continued to show improvement through the end of the last fiscal year, according to a Wednesday filing with bondholders.In the fourth quarter of the 12 months that ended June 30, the...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital began requiring employees to wear masks again earlier this month, amid an increase in COVID-19 infections.“Patients and visitors will see the implementation of universal masking (masking at all times except...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Charitable Trusts Unit issued a report last month that green lights a path forward for the Mascoma Community Health Center to stabilize the center’s finances.Under the plan, the clinic on Roberts Road near...