New bill supports housing for people with mental illness
Jessica Renda didn’t realize that things were about to get difficult when her eldest daughter was discharged last summer from New Hampshire Hospital, a state-run psychiatric facility.
Health
New medical center at Pease would be three stories with multiple tenants
A plan to build a new three-story, multiple-tenant medical office building at Pease International Tradeport received a key approval recently.
Life sciences trade group announces founding member companies
New Hampshire Life Sciences (NHLS), a newly formed trade group that supports the Granite State’s life sciences industry, has signed two companies that employ hundreds of workers as its inaugural founding members. Novocure operates its North American flagship location in Portsmouth, where it employs between 300 and 400 workers. Novo Nordisk employs 350 people in West Lebanon.
New bill aims to change ‘culture of silence’ in NH's recovery community
A bipartisan group of lawmakers and behavioral health advocates want more oversight of substance use disorder treatment programs in New Hampshire. Advocates say a new bill, sponsored by Sen. Sharon Carson, was drafted in direct response to NHPR’s investigation into…
Border states come together to address health care shortage
The Northern Border Regional Commission announced the launch of its J-1 Visa Waiver Program in collaboration with Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont
New England College and hospitals aim to tackle nursing vacancies
As the pandemic led people to leave health care jobs, hospitals had to rely on more expensive contract labor.
Grief in the workplace
How countless organizations are missing the mark when supporting grieving employees
Almost a year in, NH paid family and medical leave doesn’t have many participants
A year after New Hampshire rolled out a voluntary paid family and medical leave insurance program, relatively few businesses and workers have signed up.
NH lawmakers will consider proposals to protect, restrict abortion rights in 2024
New Hampshire lawmakers will again consider competing proposals to either protect or restrict abortion rights next year. This will be the second legislative session since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, ending protections for abortion under the…
Veterans’ health care coverage expanded by Biden administration
Ahead of Veterans Day, Biden administration officials on Nov, 10 said the Department of Veterans Affairs will expand health care coverage for certain groups of veterans and their families and create new programs meant to make care more accessible.
