New Hampshire news and information

A traveling hospital technician accused of infecting dozens of patients with hepatitis C through needles tainted with his own blood reached an agreement with prosecutors that would give him a sentence of as little as 30 years instead of the nearly 100 he could have faced if convicted in a trial.
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When Dr. John Gorman visited his son in Los Angeles, he was shocked by what he found nestled among the ice cream and souvenir shops along Venice Beach: a medical marijuana office. Gorman, a Nashua-based rheumatologist, doubts New Hampshire will see these kinds of shops in the near future, but he...
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A New Hampshire woman has filed a lawsuit claiming she was wrongfully fired from a hospice after making allegations about fraudulent billing.
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Gov. Maggie Hassan says she's open to considering alternatives to enrolling an estimated 58,000 poor adults into the state's existing Medicaid program if a different way to expand the program is better for New Hampshire.
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The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a jury verdict awarding $21 million to a woman who was nearly blinded and had much of her skin burned off by a generic drug that did not warn of those risks—warnings that were absent because of rules enforced by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Opposition to the healthcare reform Medicaid expansion may be stiffening in one of the least likely regions of the country—New England.
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Iowa hospitals were key players in a last-minute “hybrid” deal to expand Medicaid, the second such legislatively approved deal in the country.
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Consumer and small business advocates in New Hampshire are disappointed but not surprised that only one company plans to sell insurance through the new online marketplaces required under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul.
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People's lives today are full of choices. They know what they like. They know what matters to them. They trust their judgment and check with their gut. But when it comes to choices related to their health, they could use a little help.
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Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine named Dr. Elliott Fisher to succeed Dr. James Weinstein as director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, effective immediately.
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