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By MARION UMPLEBY

WEST LEBANON — Rite Aid pharmacies in Bethel, Randolph and Newport have joined the list of stores poised to shutter across the country following the company’s May 5 bankruptcy filing.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

LEBANON — Signaling that the future of government support for health care is murky, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and its associated clinics said they are instituting a “hiring pause” in the face of industry “headwinds,” including potential cuts to Medicaid and research funding.

By JIM KENYON

When a small group of the 1,400 registered nurses at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center embarked on a grassroots unionization drive in early 2024, they expected backlash from the hospital’s administration. Hostile bosses, they could handle. Petty moves by management, such as requiring pro-union fliers be on laminated paper, were minor inconveniences.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is creating a new section for geriatric medicine that focuses on providing holistic medical care for older patients.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

LEBANON — A nonprofit that reviews hospitals across the nation based on safety has given Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center a grade of C, but hospital leaders said the grade is not reflective of the care patients are currently receiving.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — After years of planning, an Upper Valley nonprofit is approaching the construction stage for a residential substance use treatment center for mothers and their children near Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

UNITY — Over the past two months, dozens of residents at the Sullivan County nursing home have moved from the home’s older wing, known as the Stearns building, to a new addition.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

BURLINGTON — When it comes to a doctor’s wrongful termination lawsuit against Dartmouth Health, legal fees could end up costing the state’s largest health system more than the financial judgment itself.

By TOM MURPHY

Rite Aid customers can expect their local store to close or change ownership in the next few months, as the struggling drugstore chain goes through another bankruptcy filing.

By LIORA ENGEL

Last summer, around the time Cheshire Medical Center nurse Steven Finnell allegedly began taking painkillers meant for patients, officials from the Keene hospital asked state regulators to lift sanctions put in place to prevent drug diversion, regulatory documents show. The state Board of Pharmacy agreed.

By TODD BOOKMAN

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office says Dartmouth Health is cooperating with a review of its vaccination policies that may violate state law.

By ETHAN DEWITT

A week after President Donald Trump issued an executive order eliminating federal support for gender-affirming care for minors under 19, New Hampshire hospitals are taking a “wait-and-see” approach before changing any policies.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A man from Salem, N.H., said he’s never felt whole since he was circumcised as a baby and has spent his adult life trying to reverse the procedure.

By PAUL-CUNO BOOTH

Dartmouth Health will no longer require someone to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before receiving a kidney transplant, after the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office intervened on behalf of a patient.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — An Upper Valley nonprofit is renewing its efforts to build a residential substance use treatment center for mothers and their children in a new location near Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, though it may still have a long way to go.

By JIM KENYON

In early January 1986 — four years after the first “test-tube” baby was born in the U.S. — news broke in the Upper Valley that Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center was starting its own in vitro fertilization program.

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

State officials have cleared the way for HCA Healthcare to buy Catholic Medical Center, the latest in a series of hospital mergers and acquisitions reshaping New Hampshire’s medical landscape.The Manchester hospital says it’s struggling financially,...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — A former Claremont doctor has been been sentenced up to a year in county jail after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a female patient during an office visit two years ago.Under a plea bargain with Sullivan County prosecutors, Thomas...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health is giving health care providers dental training to help address a coverage gap. The DH Center for Rural Health Equity earned $8,000 from the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation to expand a program that trains health providers...

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health and partners across the state are working to address New Hampshire’s shortage of behavioral health care workers — which is especially acute in rural areas — by increasing training opportunities for students.DH is using $1.29...

By PETER D’AURIA

Last month, the University of Vermont Health Network announced a slate of wide-ranging cuts to its Vermont facilities. Those cuts — which drew a swift and furious outcry — included closing an inpatient psychiatric unit at Central Vermont Medical...