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On Thursday, October 6, 2022, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced 1,671 new positive COVID-19 test results between Thursday, September 29 and Wednesday, October 5.
The Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First) provides an opportunity to transform child welfare systems by supporting critical prevention services to families whose children may be at risk of entering foster care
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has resumed mobile vaccination clinics as well as the Homebased Vaccination Program in an effort to make COVID-19 vaccines and booster doses accessible and convenient to residents who might otherwise be unable to access the vaccines.
For the previous week, DHHS announce 12 additional deaths related to COVID-19. (Last week the state reported 6 new COVID-19 deaths.)
Medicaid reimbursement rate increases for birthing units around the state were approved Wednesday as Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington spoke of the long-term damage being done to maternal health-care since the state’s new abortion ban went into effect.
The NH Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services (DPHS), as newly required by NH House Bill 1608, is providing instructions for residents to withdraw their COVID-19 vaccine information from the NH Immunization Information System (NHIIS), should they choose.
In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 347,209 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
Anyone 12 or older who completed their COVID-19 primary series or received a booster dose at least two months ago, should get the updated booster.
The state moved closer to the construction of a new behavioral health hospital in south-central New Hampshire when the legislative Fiscal Committee voted unanimously Friday to use $15 million in federal funds in a deal with SolutionHealth, a partnership of the Elliot and Southern New Hampshire hospitals.