New Hampshire news and information

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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Exeter (N.H.) Hospital is pushing back against New Hampshire investigators, arguing that the state's request for access to hospital medical records in connection with a criminal investigation is a violation of patient privacy laws.
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A New Hampshire hospital says it's notifying about 500 employees and affiliated clinicians the state is recommending they be tested for hepatitis C after an outbreak of the disease linked to a lab worker there.
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St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua, N.H., announced that President and CEO David Ross has left his post and that the hospital had named James Hamill as interim CEO.
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Edgar Barnes was relieved, almost buoyant, on Friday for the first time in many weeks. He had just emerged from a state-sponsored health clinic here where he was tested for hepatitis C. His test came back negative.
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Lebanon, N.H., is the latest provider to join the ever-expanding Mayo Clinic Care Network.
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Hospitals in seven states are scrambling to identify people who might have been infected with hepatitis C by a medical technician who was charged with causing an outbreak in New Hampshire.
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One of the 30 people believed to have contracted hepatitis C from a traveling medical technician in New Hampshire is suing a Nebraska-based health staffing agency.
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