The pediatrician told Melissa Zajacz of Medina, Ohio, that her 13-year-old son, Spencer, would be back to school in two weeks after he was diagnosed with COVID-19. Then came more trips to the … Read more
LEBANON — Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has launched a post-COVID-19 program for people who continue to have symptoms more than 12 weeks after their initial infection, according to a news… Read more
City councilors put off action on Keene’s mask ordinance Wednesday, saying they need more local COVID-19 data to determine the mandate’s end date. Read more
In January, a 12-year-old in New Jersey was taken to a hospital after eating a large quantity of what appeared to be Skittles candies but turned out to contain THC, the active ingredient in ma… Read more
Yesterday I told myself I was going to make a cheesecake, something which petrifies me. I love to cook, but baking is another thing — I do not feel that is my strength in life. Read more
The Keene Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved Cheshire Medical Center’s plan to create a primary care residency program at the former Peerless Insurance building on Maple Avenue. Read more
For the first time, Cheshire County’s air quality earned the highest marks in this year’s report from the American Lung Association. Read more
City councilors will discuss the future of Keene’s mask requirement Wednesday, after Gov. Chris Sununu lifted the statewide mandate last week. Read more
New Hampshire’s county jails are rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations to inmates, after a year in which numerous outbreaks have struck correctional facilities here and across the U.S. Read more
New Hampshire is adding new COVID-19 cases at roughly the same rate as a week ago, averaging 425 positives per day over the past week. Read more
BRATTLEBORO — All people living at the Quality Inn in Brattleboro have been asked to quarantine until April 30 after two guests tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks. Read more
A man took his adult children to receive COVID-19 vaccinations over the weekend, knowing it was important for them to be immunized against the disease. But he didn’t feel concerned about his own risk of catching the virus, despite the fact that older people and men are more likely to die from COVID-19, Barbara Ferrer, L.A. County’s public health director, said this week. He had not made plans ... Read more
Q: My kids really love playing sports and are worried about more COVID-19 cancellations. How can I help them cope? A: The pandemic continues to affect children and teens. It has interrupted their normal school, social and athletic activities. Many kids are feeling more anxious, depressed and stressed. It is understandable that kids are disappointed if they can't play their favorite sports with ... Read more
ORLANDO, Fla. – One month after the peak of Florida’s spring break, the number of residents infected with more infectious mutated strains of COVID-19 has exploded, rising six-fold since mid-Ma… Read more
Communities across the U.S. are suddenly revamping their vaccination campaigns to adjust to an indefinite halt in Johnson & Johnson’s doses, which has required officials to reschedule tens… Read more
CHICAGO – Industry-connected political appointees in the Trump administration blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from investigating ethylene oxide polluters and prevented career … Read more
The number of new coronavirus cases around the globe has almost doubled over the past two months, an alarming increase that the World Health Organization said Friday was nearing the pandemic’s… Read more
The COVID-19 outbreak at Keene’s Alpine Healthcare Center has ended, N.H. Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette announced Thursday. Read more
The coronavirus pandemic in America has turned into a patchwork of regional hotspots, with some states hammered by a surge of infections and hospitalizations even as others have seen the crisi… Read more
Keene’s COVID-19 vaccination site will be closed today because of the snow forecast in the region, according to its director. Read more
WASHINGTON — A federal vaccine advisory committee said Wednesday it wanted more data before deciding whether to resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine, leaving in place a pa… Read more
Keene’s first medical marijuana dispensary will open its doors Saturday, more than a year after it initially hoped to launch, the company announced Wednesday. Read more
WASHINGTON — The pause in distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week threatens to create a significant hurdle to President Joe Biden’s campaign to combat “vaccine hesitancy,” … Read more
Many people trying to gather their health-care data may be all too familiar with calling medical records departments, driving to a clinic to sign a release, and paying a fee for a pile of pape… Read more
If we all want to create a brighter future we need to move into our heart center and live life from that area. Read more
About 14.1 million Americans who are 50 and older (equivalent to nearly 13 percent of that age group) have osteoporosis, meaning their bones have become weak and brittle and more prone to break. Read more
Days after more than 10,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine were doled out at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the state will temporarily stop administering the shots to comply wit… Read more
Federal health officials on Tuesday called for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, saying they are reviewing reports of six U.S. cases of a rare and severe typ… Read more
Monadnock Peer Support has found a new location to expand its services, after Keene’s Zoning Board of Adjustment denied approval for a different property in November. Read more
JAFFREY — A few COVID-19 cases over the past week, and some staff members reporting vaccine side effects, have led to temporary changes within the Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District. Read more
Health care workers are used to dealing with worst-case scenarios — blunt traumas, drug overdoses, heart attacks. Read more
WASHINGTON — Racism is a public health threat that “affects the health of our entire nation,” the director of America’s top public health agency said Friday. Read more
VALRICO, Fla. — At first, the symptoms just seemed like hemorrhoids. Stephanie Luke was a healthy 38-year-old, so she chalked up the blood in her stools to rectal inflammation. But after a month, at the end of November, she underwent a colonoscopy and was diagnosed with stage II colorectal cancer — a progression of the disease into nearby tissues. The Valrico woman went into planning mode, ... Read more
There’s no question that COVID-19 has changed the way we live and date. The only socializing we’re used to is social media and social distancing, and when someone is talking about a shot, they… Read more
As Granite Staters continue to sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine, many may be wondering what safety precautions they can relax after receiving their full dose. Read more
Editor’s note: The Sentinel is switching from daily updates on COVID-19 statistics in New Hampshire to weekly updates examining trends in the data, with the aim of providing a clearer picture … Read more
The requests were strange: Customers flocking to a Nevada feed store were asking for an animal deworming drug that they said worked for COVID-19. “‘No, that’s not for you’,” Makenna LaFond, wh… Read more
WASHINGTON — Variants of the coronavirus are increasingly defining the next phase of the pandemic in the United States, taking hold in ever-greater numbers and eliciting pleas for a change in … Read more
With the state’s seven-day positivity rate now hovering at 5 percent, New Hampshire health officials on Thursday announced another COVID-19-related death, along with 515 more positive tests fo… Read more
Anyone 16 or older will soon be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine in New Hampshire, regardless of residency, Gov. Chris Sununu announced Thursday afternoon. Read more
BERLIN — Medical regulators in Britain and the European Union on Wednesday said it was “plausible” that the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine is linked to rare but sometimes deadly bloo… Read more
WASHINGTON — The coronavirus variant known as B.1.1.7, first identified in the United Kingdom last year, is now the most common lineage circulating in the United States, Centers for Disease Co… Read more
New Hampshire health officials Wednesday announced another COVID-19-related death, along with 434 more positive tests for the virus. Read more
I have been working at a school for autistic kids for just over a year now. I drove quite a while to get there, and two times a week I was teaching mindfulness and yoga to all the kids. When I… Read more
In June, as the on-call cardiology fellow, I treated a man who was having a heart attack in the emergency department. He had "a sudden pang of what felt like terrible indigestion," he said. Th… Read more
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he wants all American adults to be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by April 19, citing a target date all but two states are already set to meet. Read more
New Hampshire health officials Tuesday announced 402 more positive tests for COVID-19, but no additional deaths related to the virus. Read more
The workers at 22 assisted-living communities run by a company called Silverado help people with receding memory — dementia or other waning. Even before coronavirus vaccines were available, co… Read more
New Hampshire health officials Monday announced 289 more positive tests for COVID-19 but no additional deaths related to the virus. Read more
A few months after the first COVID-19 shots arrived in Cheshire County, nearly 20 percent of its residents have been fully vaccinated, according to data recently released by the Centers for Di… Read more
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