Health & Mental Health
Moody’s Downgrades Catholic Medical Center’s Credit Rating
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Catholic Medical Center’s credit rating has been downgraded by Moody’s, which noted the 330-bed acute care hospital’s heavy reliance on contract labor.
Health & Mental Health
State Breaks Ground on $42M Adult Forensic Facility at New Hampshire Hospital in Concord
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After working for more than two decades on a bipartisan effort to see forensic patients moved out of the state prison into their own therapeutic hospital, state Rep. Peter B. Schmidt, D-Dover came to Concord Thursday to see the groundbreaking of a $42 million New Hampshire Forensic Hospital.
Environment & Science
State Rep: Saint-Gobain Leaves, But Health Impacts of PFAS Are Here to Stay
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On May 19, 2022, at 10 a.m., Wendy Thomas received a phone call from her doctor. “Are you sitting down?” Thomas recalls her doctor asking. Her heart sank. She had just been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Health & Mental Health
Advocates and State Reps Bid Farewell Outside of Saint-Gobain’s Merrimack Facility
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On Wednesday morning, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics announced the closure of its Merrimack facility following steady criticism and outcries against PFAS pollution from the plant in southern New Hampshire.
Environment & Science
Saint-Gobain Closing Merrimack Plant Amid PFAS Criticism
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Today, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics announced that it will restructure its Composite Solutions business in the United States and will close its facility in Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Business & Economy
AG Announces New Resources to Combat Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation
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The Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation Unit will add three new positions: an additional prosecutor, a sworn law enforcement investigator, and an investigative paralegal.
Business & Economy
Saint-Gobain’s Controversial Air Permit Approved by NHDES
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The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services approved a new air permit on Wednesday for the manufacturing company Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, whose facility is in Merrimack.
Health & Mental Health
Federal Court of Appeals Issues Decision To Severely Restrict Medication Abortion
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Today, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al, the baseless case challenging the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, a safe and effective drug used in over half of all U.S. abortions.
Health & Mental Health
YDC Abuse Lawsuits Survive State’s Attempt To Dismiss
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Hundreds of abuse victims will get their days in court now that Rockingham Superior Court Judge Andrew Schulman has denied the state’s motions to dismiss all of the Sununu Youth Detention Center lawsuits.