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Coverage of the healthcare and mental healthcare industries.
More than 200 scientists and public health advocates are urging regulators to take a closer look at the potential dangers of antimicrobial chemicals including triclosan, an additive that has been banned from hand soaps but remains an active ingredient in products ranging from building materials to Colgate’s Total toothpaste.
Prevention for STDs includes abstinence, getting tested before beginning a relationship with a new partner, limiting the number of sex partners, and using condoms every time. Treating infections with appropriate antibiotics is also important for stopping the spread of STDs.
Gov. Chris Sununu: “I’m pleased today to be here today to sign House Bill 400. It represents progress on two major pieces of my legislative agenda: beginning to address New Hampshire’s mental health crisis and reforming DCYF.”
Each year, roughly three dozen children die of heatstroke in unattended vehicles. Today three congressmen and a coalition of safety groups announced plans to do something about it, through legislation to require alerts in cars as a reminder that there may still be a child in the back.
DISTANT DOME: Holding open a proposed biennial operating budget as long as possible is always a good idea.
MANCHESTER, NH – We are a city at war. Over the past three years we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the need for reinforcements to attend to our dead and wounded.
In the four months since President Trump took office, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued four news releases announcing penalties for job safety violations. By the end of May last year, it had issued 199.
The research shows that a trailer side guard manufactured by a Canadian firm allows cars traveling 35 miles per hour to bounce off its metal skirting –a serious crash but one occupants could survive.
Our first maternal health story started with unusual sources, an ask and lots of collaboration. We’re just getting started.