More New Hampshire Health Headlines
N.H. woman reported missing, dies after being found in woods near home, officials say
The woman was last seen leaving her home in Richmond, N.H., on Thursday afternoon and was reported missing on Saturday, officials said.
Proposal to ban some consumer products containing toxic PFAS chemicals clears N.H. House
The bill’s prime sponsor called the vote “a major step forward to reducing the impacts of PFAS in our state and protecting our environment, natural resources, and public health.”
Governor Chris Sununu: Alabama judge ‘overstepped his bounds’ in IVF opinion
Sununu said that invoking “the wrath of a holy God” in a legal opinion wasn’t appropriate. “If you based everything on religion, your own personal religion behind the bench, it would be chaos everywhere,” he said.
Hiker describes 11-hour ordeal after falling on Mount Washington, admits he was ‘underprepared’
In ferocious winds and freezing temperatures, hiker Cole Matthes slid hundreds of feet down a ravine on Mount Washington, sparking a rescue mission that would last 11 hours, utilize the mountain’s famed Cog Railway, and prompt harsh criticism from rescuers.
Somerville woman rescued on Welch Mountain trail after serious leg injury, officials say
“It was pretty steep and icy,” said Conservation Officer Jonathan Demler of New Hampshire Fish and Game. “She had a footing issue and fell. It wasn’t a long fall, but enough to cause an issue.”
N.H. hiker rescued amid 90-m.p.h. wind, sub-zero temperatures on Mount Washington
Cole Matthes, 22, of Portsmouth, N.H., was hiking in the Ammonusuc Ravine on the western slope of Mount Washington when he fell and called 911 for help about 11:50 a.m., beginning a nearly 12-hour ordeal for himself and 11 rescuers, officials said.
North Brookfield, Mass. woman dies after N.H. snowmobile crash
Shawnee Hollis, 39, died after she crashed into a tree in Milan, N.H.
FOOD INSECURITY
Funding questions remain for $4.5m child hunger program in N.H.
After the state barely met the deadline to qualify for federal funding this week, the program still requires passage of a bill that's pending in the State House.