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By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford is considering hiring a community nurse in hopes of reducing demand for emergency services.Amid increasing calls for aid in recent years, the town is seeking to better address people’s health issues before they become...

LEBANON — A Lebanon resident has been named executive director of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System.Dr. Becky Rhoads was named to the post on Oct. 8. In her new role, Rhoads, an audiologist who had served as associate director of the White River...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Vermont nonprofit is offering vaccines at home for people of all ages who cannot otherwise access them. The Vermont Center of Independent Living announced the launch of the program in a Monday news release. The program is...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — On her first visit to the White River Junction VA Medical Center since becoming Vermont’s sole representative in the U.S. House earlier this year, Becca Balint, a Democrat, pledged to do her part to support the VA.“These people...

LEBANON — Vaccines to prevent serious illness from COVID-19 are available at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.Appointments are required and can be scheduled online through myDH.org or by calling 603-650-1818, according to the DH...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Green Mountain Care Board is conducting a virtual listening tour to hear from Vermonters about their experiences with the state’s health care system.The meetings — required under Act 167 of 2022 — to be held this month and...

HANOVER — The annual CHaD Hero fundraiser for Dartmouth Health Children's held on Sunday raised nearly $700,000 and drew 3,100 participants to Hanover. The money raised by the 18th annual event goes to support child and family support services at the...

LEBANON — West Central Behavioral Health has hired an interim chief executive, according to a Monday news release.Alexander J. Horvath will serve as interim president and CEO while the Lebanon-based community based mental health center conducts a...

WEST LEBANON — Opportunities to get flu shots are cropping up across the Upper Valley.Walk-in clinics hosted by the Public Health Council, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Geisel School of Medicine for people ages 10 and older are scheduled to take place in the...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — Over the past seven years, the Mascoma Community Health Center has relied on donations to help support its operations.About $2.7 million from individuals, charities and foundations has gone to help balance the difference between the revenue...

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HANOVER — The crowd outside Hanover High School this past Saturday morning for the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s was in high spirits despite the gloomy weather. The walk was one of more than 600 taking place throughout the country this fall....

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — Mental health is personal.When U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy asked the 1,000 people gathered in Dartmouth College’s Leede Arena on Thursday afternoon for a conversation on the “Future of Mental Health and Wellness” how many know someone...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health, the Geisel School of Medicine and the C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth are scheduled to host a roundtable on the future of health care with five visiting former U.S. surgeons general on Friday morning. The roundtable...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — A primary care practice that serves hundreds of Dartmouth College employees and their families is now operated by a company owned by Amazon.Dartmouth announced the change earlier this year in a message to employees that outlined the...

WEST LEBANON — As of Monday, U.S. households can order another round of four free rapid COVID-19 tests from the federal government.Orders can be placed online at covid.gov/tests. The new COVID-19 booster shot also is now available at pharmacies in the...

CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Hospital is hosting a drive-up flu vaccination clinic on Saturday.The clinic, slated to run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., is for people ages 18 and older. It will take 20 minutes or less to participate. It is scheduled to take...

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Springfield Hospital CEO Bob Adcock is scheduled to speak at a “Community Conversation” at the Springfield Library later this month. Adcock, who has led the hospital since April 2021, is to appear at the event on Wednesday, Sept....

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

NORTH HAVERHILL — Administrators of Upper Valley nursing homes are balking at proposed changes to federal staffing requirements, which they say would be difficult for them to meet and could put beds offline, reducing the availability of long-term care...

LEBANON — As two top leaders at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center retire this fall, leadership responsibilities will be shifting.Jeff O’Brien, DHMC’s chief operating officer, is scheduled to retire Oct. 5, and Sue Reeves, DHMC’s executive vice...

RANDOLPH — Gifford Health Care is scheduled to hold listening sessions in four communities in its service area this month.The listening tour is being held in collaboration with Capstone Community Action, Clara Martin Center and Tri-Valley Transit, and...