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COVID-19 booster shots are now available in the Upper Valley and beyond, but the Twin States have taken different approaches to rolling them out.Vermont health officials announced last week that eligible people could sign up for COVID-19 boosters...
Vaccination rates vary widely across New Hampshire "> Modified: 7/1/2021 10:00:38 PM WEST LEBANON — New Hampshire town-by-town COVID-19 vaccination rates from the Department of Health and Human Services illustrate local differences in the state’s vaccination rollout that track with broader health disparities, according to a Dartmouth College researcher. In several of the Upper Valley’s working-class communities, such as Claremont and Newport, the number of residents who have gotten at least one vaccination is below 50%, while the more affluent communities of Hanover and Lebanon, home t...
NH Business Review ‘We’ve done great,’ but potential surge is still possible April 18, 2021 Residents of the Twin States continue to get vaccinated at relatively high rates and mask mandates in New Hampshire are easing, but Covid-19 cases and hospitalization rates also remain high. When ranked nationally, New Hampshire comes in second and Vermont fourth in terms of Covid-19 vaccine administration per 100,000 people, according to the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation’s weekly Covid-19 modeling report. As of April 15, 181,500 Vermonters, 29% of the state’s population, and 36...
New Hampshire and Vermont are excelling in COVID-19 vaccination, but there’s plenty more to do Phil Greene, a Lebanon firefighter and paramedic, left, gives Steve Heath, of Andover, N.H., right, a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a clinic at the former JC Penney in West Lebanon, N.H., Thursday, April 15, 2021. As of April 2, New Hampshire residents over the age 16 or older became eligible to receive the vaccine. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. The line for COVID-19 vaccin...
Forum, March 17: Columns gave two views of divisiveness Published: 3/16/2021 10:00:14 PM Modified: 3/16/2021 10:00:12 PM Columns gave two views of divisiveness The Valley News’ op-ed content on Saturday contained two takes on political divisiveness that illuminate the issue in striking fashion. The column by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Keith Burris (“We need two parties, we’ve got two cults”) extols Sen. Barry Goldwater as “one of the finest, most independent, and most unabsorbable of human beings in (American political) history.” The same Goldwater who averred that “ext...