Dartmouth launches COVID long-hauler clinic
Update: Wednesday, April 21, 10:19 a.m.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has started a post COVID-19 program for people feeling shortness of breath, fatigue and body aches, rapid heartbeat, memory issues and other symptoms more than three months after they became infected.
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The center said in a news release Tuesday the program for so-called long-haulers is the first in northern New England.
An infectious disease specialist with a 10-member team of specialists is heading the program. Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome accounts for about 10% to 30% of those who get the virus.
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Update: Tuesday, April 20, 5:40 p.m.
Published: 4/20/2021 3:57:04 PM
When Gov. Chris Sununu announced New Hampshire’s mask mandate last November, he cited hospital capacity and staffing strain as key factors in his decision. As that same mandate is now lifted, federal hospital data paints a mixed portrait of the pandemic’s effects on the state’s hospitals: On some fronts things have improved, but on others they’ve actually worsened or stagnated.
Asked how the current hospitalization outlook squares with his prior stance on the state’s mask mandate, Sununu told NHPR that the state is in “such a different position” than we were in November. He pointed to the widespread availability of coronavirus vaccines and declining fatality rates as justification for rolling back mask rules.
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CONCORD, NH – On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, DHHS announced 285 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 2.9%. Today’s results include 165 people who tested positive by PCR test and 120 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 3,159 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire.
Several cases are still under investigation. Additional information from ongoing investigations will be incorporated into future COVID-19 updates. Of those with complete information, there are 59 individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 47% being female and 53% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (51), Rockingham (50), Strafford (40), Merrimack (21), Grafton (16), Belknap (15), Carroll (15), Cheshire (9), Coos (8), and Sullivan (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (31) and Nashua (9). The county of residence is bei
Update: Tuesday, April 20, 9:59 a.m.
Dartmouth College plans to host vaccination clinics on campus now that the state has lifted its residency requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine.
As of Monday, anyone age 16 or older is eligible for the vaccine in New Hampshire regardless of where they live.
In a recent message to students, faculty and staff, Dartmouth officials said they plan to partner with the state to open vaccination clinics starting the week of May 3.
The college also is planning to increase access to campus facilities and ease travel restrictions on a rolling basis through the summer and into the fall.
N.H. announces 1 additional COVID-19 death
Update: Tuesday, April 20, 5:40 p.m.
State health officials announced one additional COVID-19 death on Tuesday. A woman from Coos County, who was older than 60, died from complications with the virus.
The state also reported 285 new cases and 3,159 active infections statewide.
There are currently 129 residents hospitalized due to coronavirus. Of the new cases announced, 59 are people under age 18.
- NHPR Staff
Update: Tuesday, April 20, 10:48 a.m.
Some New Hampshire schools have started their first full week of in-person instruction in more than a year, though waivers allowed eight districts to maintain at least partially remote schedules.