CONCORD New Hampshire residents collecting unemployment benefits will again be required to prove they are looking for work starting May 23.
Gov. Chris Sununu announced the return to the pre-COVID-19 pandemic policy, which had been waived in 2020 so people could be safe, he said.
Sununu noted New Hampshire now has a 3% unemployment rate, calling it one of the lowest in the country. He said there are tens of thousands of high-paying jobs available today in the state. Anecdotally, he said, a recent job fair at the Seacoast United indoor sports facility had about 100 employers with 3,000 jobs available and only 104 people took part.
One more N.H. death, outbreak at Berlin prison accounts for 100 new infections
Update: Thursday, April 22, 3:20 p.m.
State health officials reported one new COVID-19 death Thursday, bringing the state s total deaths to 1,274 since the start of the pandemic. 515 newly-identified infections were announced.
According to state epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan, 100 of the new infections are connected to an outbreak at the federal prison in Berlin, one of two active institutional outbreaks in the state. The other outbreak is at the Coos County Nursing Home.
The daily average of new cases has stood at about 350 in the past week, which Chan says is part of a declining trend. The state is currently tracking 3.233 active cases of the coronavirus.
Capital Connections: Delivering connection, learning and hope
Guest Speakers Angie Lane and Emmett Soldati discussed business and community leadership with CASL students in March. Courtesy
Some members of Leadership Greater Concord Class of 2021 connecting safely through technology. Courtesy
Published: 4/21/2021 5:36:07 PM
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce offers two leadership programs annually: Capital Area Student Leadership and Leadership Greater Concord.
CASL provides capital area high school sophomores with the opportunity to learn from state and city leaders outside of a traditional classroom environment. It also gives young people the confidence and opportunity to explore what qualities make someone a leader and how ideas become actions in their school or community.
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.
Health officials struggle to contain Boston HIV outbreak
By Felice J. Freyer Globe Staff,Updated April 20, 2021, 2:56 p.m.
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AHOPE Sharps team walks through Clifford Playground looking for discarded needles in Boston in 2019. Public health officials are struggling to contain an outbreak of HIV among homeless drug users in Boston. And the virus, which is deadly when untreated, is thought to be spreading undetected among people who inject drugs and lack stable housing.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
Public health officials are struggling to contain an outbreak of HIV among homeless drug users in Boston that has persisted since early 2019 and likely worsened as the pandemic limited access to services such as testing.