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Law enforcement bills related to drugs and drinking and driving were heard before the Senate Judiciary Committee with the governor weighing in.
Three abortion bills, including one that would be the most restrictive in the nation by limiting access after 15 days of pregnancy – were heard before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday.
Some hospitals have begun to implement changes to their infection prevention measures such as asking patients and visitors to wear a mask when in certain patient care areas.
NextEra’s proposed changes to the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant’s 40-year-old emergency plan has the attention of Safety Commissioner Robert Quinn and his director of Homeland Security.
“We have to stop using products with PFAS,” Karen Ebel said.
Originally formed in 2018, the Coalition has worked for years to increase state investments in the health care workforce to meet the health needs of Granite State residents. This year, the group is urging the Legislature to pass SB 403 to help strengthen pipeline development to help train and prepare enough health care workers to meet the needs of New Hampshire patients.
A new federal court ruling has granted class action status to part of the ongoing lawsuit against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, whose Merrimack facility polluted residents’ water supply with toxic PFAS.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is advising consumers that Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition has voluntarily recalled select Enfamil Nutramigen Hypoallergenic powder infant formula products due to potential Cronobacter sakazakii contamination.
The issue of abortion is square in the face of lawmakers in Concord now as Democrats introduced a suite of bills and a Constitutional Amendment Thursday that would ask voters to enshrine reproductive freedom in the New Hampshire Constitution.