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LEBANON — Even as the COVID-19 emergency has ended, Dartmouth Health continues to see as many as 700 outpatients a day via telehealth, which became...
LEBANON — A research team at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is recruiting participants for a study of the long-term effects of COVID-19 on...
HANOVER — As of Tuesday, Dartmouth College no longer requires students and employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to have an approved...
LEBANON — Masks are coming off within days at several health care facilities across the Upper Valley.As of Monday, April 10, masks will be optional...
NEWPORT — Three days a week, one of the two operators of Newport’s wastewater treatment system pull samples from the effluent that’s treated there...
LEBANON — The federal government is again offering free COVID-19 test kits at covid.gov/tests. U.S. households can order four test kits by visiting...
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Vermont Department of Health has extended the hours of some of its vaccination clinics this month in order to increase...
HANOVER — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Services has launched a COVID-19 Wastewater...
CANAAN — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic is scheduled to come to Canaan and Cornish this...
CANAAN — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has scheduled two free mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Canaan in the coming...
RANDOLPH — Gifford Medical Center’s chief medical officer is encouraging families to return to normal holiday celebrations now that people have...
LEBANON — Norwich resident Susan White is mourning the loss of her husband, the Rev. Kenneth Cracknell, who died Oct. 26 at age 87 after testing...
PLAINFIELD — New Hampshire’s mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic is coming to Plainfield and Claremont this month, according to the New Hampshire...
WOODSTOCK — The Thompson Senior Center has postponed its annual meeting due to “an uptick in positive COVID cases,” according to a Tuesday message...
ENFIELD — Appointments are full for a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Community Lutheran Church in Enfield from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, according...
ENFIELD — Two COVID-19 vaccination opportunities are scheduled in the Upper Valley on Saturday.The New Hampshire mobile vaccination clinic is...
LEBANON — On Tuesday at 4 p.m., Dartmouth Health will host a free webinar offering information on the bivalent booster vaccines for COVID-19...
Staff ReportCLAREMONT — Through a contract with the Claremont-based On-Site Medical Services, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human...
LEBANON — Dartmouth Health has delayed its COVID-19 booster requirement for employees “until further notice” due to difficulty obtaining enough of...
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — New COVID-19 boosters that target newer variants will be available in the Upper Valley as soon as next week.The new boosters...
WOODSTOCK — Although COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized for use in children younger than 5 since June, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center...
LEBANON — Dartmouth Health is requiring employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster — often referred to as a third shot — by Nov. 4. The mandate in...
HANOVER — Maynard House, an eight-bedroom home-away-from-home for patients and families in Hanover, has temporarily closed due to COVID-19 surges...
NEW LONDON — The New London Barn Playhouse announced in a Friday email that it had canceled the remaining shows of Mamma Mia! due to COVID-19 cases...
HANOVER — Dartmouth College is scheduled to hold a COVID-19 pandemic-delayed commencement for the Class of 2020 on Aug. 6 on the Green, according...
LEBANON — Matt Barnes said he didn’t even sit down when he got his COVID-19 booster at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in December.But in spite...
THETFORD — COVID-19 vaccine clinics are coming up in Thetford and East Corinth.A walk-in clinic is scheduled to take place on Friday in the parking...
NORTH HAVERHILL — Horse Meadow Senior Center is closed through Monday due to a case of COVID-19, according to a message on the center’s Facebook...
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Now that the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have both given a thumbs-up to...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit more than two years ago, gym owners wondered what the future would look like.Get Fit NH owner Meagan Baron was in an...
WEST LEBANON — The level of COVID-19 in all four counties of the Upper Valley is now below the threshold at which the Centers for Disease Control...
ENFIELD — Community Lutheran Church on Main Street is hosting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.The clinic is slated to...
HANOVER — PCR testing and in-person antigen testing will no longer be available at Dartmouth College, according to a Thursday message from the...
WEST LEBANON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommend a booster dose of a COVID-19...
SHARON — The Sharon Academy high school canceled classes on Tuesday and Wednesday, “due to a high number of staff absences at the high school...
WEST LEBANON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to recommend masks indoors in all four counties of the Upper Valley...
LYME — The ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases in the Twin States is affecting schools in the Upper Valley.The Lyme School will be closed four...
WEST LEBANON — While mask requirements largely have lifted across the Upper Valley, they have recently been reinstated in some places as cases and...
LEBANON — The Lebanon Fire Department is scheduled to host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Wednesday, according to the city’s website.Moderna, Pfizer...
HANOVER — Dartmouth College President Phil Hanlon and his wife, Gail Gentes, have tested positive for COVID-19, the college announced on Sunday...
New Hampshire’s number of new births seems to have rebounded from a slump in early 2021, staving off fears of a pandemic-related “baby bust.” In...
WEST LEBANON — COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations are on the rise.Grafton County now has “high” community levels of COVID-19, according to...
LYME — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ mobile vaccine clinic is slated to be in Lyme and Enfield this week, according to...
WEST LEBANON — As of Thursday, Grafton County has “medium” levels of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.That’s...
Joseph Scarpone returned from a 30-day stint at a Massachusetts VA clinic with a handful of pill bottles.His deployment in Afghanistan, where he...
WEST LEBANON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to say that the Upper Valley’s four counties have low levels of COVID-19...
HARTFORD — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention downgraded the community level of COVID-19 in all four Upper Valley counties to “low” on...
WEST LEBANON — Twin State health officials are directing those who are eligible for and who want a fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to pharmacies...
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention once again lists Windsor County among places with “high” community levels of...
Between last year and this one, Enfield is slated to receive two payments of American Rescue Plan Act money totaling $474,349, Town Manager Ed...
CONCORD — A more contagious COVID-19 variant is on the rise in New England, but experts still don’t know whether that’s bad news.When scientists...
LEBANON — The Lebanon City Council will consider rescinding the city mask mandate at its annual organizational meeting Wednesday night.The council...
LEBANON — One person has died in an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak at the Lebanon Center Genesis HealthCare facility, according to the New Hampshire...
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In a vote postponed due to technical difficulties at a meeting last week, the Hartford School Board on Wednesday voted...
HANOVER — Dresden schools and the town of Hanover, along with Dartmouth College, this week are joining the majority of Upper Valley schools and...
CLAREMONT — COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in Claremont are scheduled to close this month, along with others around the state.The testing...
SOUTH ROYALTON — Morgan Haynes has mixed feelings about the end of the White River Valley Elementary School’s mask mandate on Monday.“After wearing...
HANOVER — As COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to trend downward, Dartmouth College will stop requiring masks indoors next...
HARTFORD — The rollback of indoor mask mandates continues in the Upper Valley.Hartford and Thetford no longer have mask mandates in effect after...
WINDSOR — The Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union Board is scheduled to discuss mask protocols in Windsor-area schools on March 14, according to...