Articles about health and policy in New Hampshire.
February 17, 2025
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. —In 2023, families with two children in child care were paying an average of $32,000 a year. Acce…
January 23, 2025
By the time she heard the news, Ann Marie O’Rourke had been living in her Hampton apartment for 18 years. It was h…
January 14, 2025
A lack of affordable, quality child care is one of New Hampshire’s major challenges. The price of child care has…
January 10, 2025
The U.S. Surgeon General’s call for cancer warnings on alcohol is being welcomed by some substance-misuse preventi…
December 3, 2024
It’s no secret that New Hampshire’s headed toward leaner times. Outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu hoped to get ahea…
November 1, 2024
No matter who’s in control of the State House or governor’s office after Nov. 5, child care advocates who wo…
October 7, 2024
When Maranda and Mike Donnelly of Pembroke sought childcare for their two kids, they struggled to find available spots n…
October 3, 2024
The five-year journey Ed Mezzanotte and his wife, Lorraine, traveled before she lost her life to Alzheimer’s disea…
September 27, 2024
States that passed anti-transgender laws aimed at minors saw suicide attempts by transgender and gender nonconforming te…
September 9, 2024
August 29, 2024
On a single day in early June, 79 much-needed hospital beds were occupied by people who were ready for discharge to a lo…
August 28, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced $26 million in funding, including $210,000 allotted for New Hamps…
August 7, 2024
With the Hunger Free New Hampshire Act, Becky Whitley wanted a buffet of solutions to eliminate food insecurity. In the…
August 6, 2024
New Hampshire has been named the healthiest state in the country two years running by the United Health Foundation, larg…
July 29, 2024
New Hampshire’s pregnancy-associated deaths are relatively low, yet a majority of these cases are linked to substa…
July 19, 2024
June 11, 2024
Two years ago, the House speaker appointed a special committee to solve or at least mitigate the child care crisis in Ne…
June 10, 2024
For the second consecutive year, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has ranked New Hampshire as the top state in the nation…
June 6, 2024
State lawmakers want to wait another year before taking on legislation that would provide more oversight of substance us…
May 21, 2024
When the New Hampshire Senate began its lengthy deliberations over marijuana legalization Thursday, sunlight spilled thr…
May 14, 2024
CONCORD — Two fathers of transgender children who described themselves as conservative made a final plea Tuesday…
