New Hampshire Public Health Association

09/16/2025

Hospitals, Mental Health Care & Housing Providers Blast Medicaid Cuts
Union Leader — https://www.unionleader.com/news/health/hospitals-mental-health-care-and-housing-providers-blast-medicaid-cuts/article_8cc2de88-ad8e-45c4-a696-4e03d9db469b.html

09/15/2025

Health Costs Expected to Spike in 2026
Money Magazine —

Employees face soaring health plan costs as drug prices rise and ACA subsidies expire.

09/12/2025

Hunger Organizations Warn SNAP Cuts Could Hurt New Hampshire Families
Concord Monitor —

Federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could cost New Hampshire an additional $14 million over the course of the next two years. President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation bill shifted the responsibility to fund of a portion of SNAP, also known food stamps, to individ...

09/11/2025

FDA Restricts COVID Vaccines Amid Shifting Guidance
NPR —

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.

09/10/2025

Walk through any farmers market in New Hampshire—whether in Concord, Keene, or Littleton—and you’ll find more than just beautiful local produce. You’ll also find neighbors talking to neighbors, kids sampling fresh apples, and farmers proudly sharing their hand-picked tomatoes or homemade jams. And people walking their dogs. It’s a scene that feels healthy, vibrant, and deeply rooted in the values we hold dear here in the Granite State.

And in many ways, it’s the antidote to a public health crisis we don’t talk about enough. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in New Hampshire. Obesity, too, is on the rise, especially among children and families in rural parts of our state. At the center of these challenges is something deceptively simple: the food we eat.

https://www.nhpha.org/blog/a-heartfelt-case-for-eating-better-in-the-granite-state

09/09/2025

Overdose Fatalities Continue to Decline in New Hampshire — But Will It Last?

Concord Monitor —

Recent threats to government-funded healthcare programs could jeopardize a years-long reduction in New Hampshire overdose deaths.  While the number of opioid-related fatalities in the state showed consistent decline through May of 2025, recovery advocates note that funding cuts and changing require...

09/09/2025

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09/08/2025

Dartmouth Report Identifies Rural Health Care Challenges
New Hampshire Bulletin —

Dartmouth Health identifies challenges facing rural health care

09/06/2025

Some East Coast states are looking to coordinate vaccine recommendations because of changing guidance from federal health officials, but New Hampshire is the only New England state that's not participating.

https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-vaccines-health-alliance-9525/65996893?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwdGRleAMpZD9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHj0fgleEYGRYH1KWlqEz1--lj2ElXkSKbabJonvWK0zRN9FZ7nm4S6fH-iiU_aem_r4vhaiFjV2ZV8XAhVvo7qA

Some East Coast states are looking to coordinate vaccine recommendations because of changing guidance from federal health officials, but New Hampshire is the only New England state that's not participating.

09/05/2025

Responding to the federal government’s shifting guidance on vaccines and turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health officials in California, Oregon, and Washington state have formed a new West Coast Health Alliance.

The alliance's goal is to "ensure residents remain protected by science, not politics," according to a joint announcement on Sept. 3 from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, and Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson.

The three Democratic governors said the alliance will provide recommendations to residents on immunizations and ensure the public gets credible information on vaccine safety and efficacy. The governors called the partnership a unified response to what they called the Trump administration’s "destruction" of the CDC, the federal agency responsible for vaccine guidance.

California, Oregon and Washington formed a new West Coast Health Alliance in response to turmoil and shifting vaccine guidance at the CDC.

09/05/2025

UNH Program Prepares Future Healthcare Workers
The University of New Hampshire is investing in health education programs that aim to train the next generation of healthcare professionals.
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Building the region’s future healthcare workforce is a team effort, and a partnership between the UNH College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) and the Southern New Hampshire Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is helping lead the way by investing in the next generation before they even graduate...

09/04/2025

Why We Should Fear Trump Silencing Science – and What We Can Do About It

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-31/trump-public-health-fda-cdc