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Advocates hope NH court ruling helps mental health patients waiting in ERs Modified: 5/20/2021 11:00:11 PM WEST LEBANON — Mental health advocates, lawmakers and providers say they’re hopeful that changes underway to address the persistent problem of long wait times in hospital emergency departments for patients in need of inpatient mental health treatment will make a difference. “For patients, they hopefully will pretty quickly see a decrease in wait times and rapid admission to inpatient care when needed,” said Ken Norton, the director of the New Hampshire chapter of the nonprofit Na...

With one resident left to transfer, the secure facility that houses the state’s sex offenders and others found mentally incompetent to stand trial will be closed after a private contractor is found to take on that role.No decision has been made on...

21 percent of new COVID-19 cases Tuesday are under age 18 By DHHS - | May 5, 2021 This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19. According to research released in 2021, evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time. (Hannah A. Bullock, Azaibi Tamin/CDC via AP) Editor’s Note: There have b...

CONCORD — The state’s epidemiologist Dr. Ben Chan said he still advocates for residents to wear a face mask in public when they can’t socially distance, but another public health expert disagrees with Gov. Chris Sununu’s decision to end the statewide mask mandate this soon. Before leaving last week for vacation, Chan and other state health officials consulted with Sununu about his decision to drop the statewide mask mandate, officials said. In an email to InDepthNH.org Monday, Chan said, “The lifting of the mandate does not diminish the importance of wearing a face mask....

CONCORD — The state has identified 52 vaccine breakthrough cases with additional suspected cases under investigation, said Jake Leon, spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services.