A new report has provided the first national count of Americans who rely on health care sharing plans — arrangements through which people agree to pay one another’s medical bills — and the number is higher than previously realized.
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Lawmakers Clear Way for Families Who Take in Unrelated Kids to Get TANF
A Littleton couple who took in their son’s girlfriend’s niece and two nephews, giving them a safer, more stable, and cleaner home, cannot get state assistance for food and groceries because the children are not relatives.
The Ugly Side of Beauty: Chemicals in Cosmetics Threaten College-Age Women’s Reproductive Health
Walk through the personal care aisles of your local store and you’ll see dozens of products that promise to soften your skin, make you smell better, extend your lashes, decrease wrinkling, tame your curly hair, or even semi-permanently change the color of your lips, hair or skin.
Wildfire Smoke Can Harm Human Health, Even When the Fire Is Hundreds of Miles Away – A Toxicologist Explains Why
Smoke from more than 100 wildfires burning across Canada has been rolling into North American cities far from the flames. New York City and Detroit were both listed among the five most polluted cities in the world because of the fires on June 7, 2023. The smoke has triggered air quality alerts in several states in recent weeks.
NH Moms, Children Among Participants in Study Linking PFAS Exposure to Obesity Risk
A new National Institutes of Health study suggests prenatal exposure to PFAS is linked to slightly higher body mass index and obesity risk in children. Some of the data used came from New Hampshire.
Forensic Hospital on Track, With a Higher Price Tag
The Department of Health and Human Services was before the Executive Council Wednesday with a second request to repurpose unspent federal money to cover higher-than-expected construction costs for a new forensic hospital.
NH Ranks Second in Nation for Senior Healthy Living
New Hampshire ranks second in the nation for healthy senior living, according to a new report.
Bill to Allow Minors to Seek Therapy Without Parental Permission Faces Hurdles
A bill to allow teenagers 16 and older to access mental health services without parental permission is drawing debate in Concord, and could be killed by the Senate Thursday.
The Public Health Emergency Has Ended. Here’s What Is Changing for Granite Staters and Hospitals.
Some of the government’s biggest pandemic protections ended months or longer ago. Those include the December 2021 termination of temporary changes to the child tax credit and February’s end of increased food stamp assistance, protections that experts said led to a drop in child poverty.
Bill Would Add Telehealth Services for Inmates
When inmates need specialized treatment for complex mental health needs like gender dysphoria and delusional disorders or forensic risk evaluations, the choices are often limited and expensive: transport an inmate out of state to a specialist or bring the specialist to New Hampshire.