New Hampshire news and information

Four more states were given tentative approval to operate health insurance exchanges in partnership with the federal government on Thursday.
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Dr. C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died at age 96.
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Some hospitals may have to tighten employment and oversight standards for medical technicians as lawmakers push stricter rules after a hepatitis C outbreak traced to a hospital worker.
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A traveling hospital worker accused of stealing drugs and infecting patients with hepatitis C through contaminated syringes faces new federal charges in New Hampshire.
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A New Hampshire judge says a hospital tied to a hepatitis C outbreak must grant public health officials broad access to patient records.
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New Hampshire health officials hoping to learn from the kind of drug diversion debacle facing Exeter Hospital got some detailed advice Thursday from out-of-state hospitals.
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Exeter (N.H.) Hospital said it will correct serious problems discovered after a hepatitis C outbreak last spring in time to stop federal officials from cutting off its Medicare funding. The hospital has been trying to correct deficiencies identified in July by the CMS. Among them are efforts to...
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Jane Doe, 36, received a shot of pain medication in the emergency room at Exeter Hospital last November - a follow-up appointment after a car accident, she told reporters Friday.
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Sitting in a power scooter less than four months after a partial amputation of his left leg, diabetes patient Don Willikens is already talking about the prosthesis he'll be getting and walking again.
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Dr. Leslie Hall has been named interim dean of the medical school at the University of Missouri, Columbia, as Dr. Robert Churchill prepares to retire from the post Oct. 31. Hall, 56, has worked as chief medical officer of University of Missouri Health Care and as senior associate...
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