CONCORD Lawmakers would be able to rescind emergency orders issued by the state’s top health official under a bill inspired by the coronavirus pandemic.
While the governor’s powers during a state of emergency have come under scrutiny, state law also grants authority to the commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services to issue emergency orders. In April, Commissioner Lori Shibinette issued an order prohibiting the prescribing of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine two drugs promoted by former President Donald Trump to prevent COVID-19.
That prompted a bill sponsored by Rep. William Marsh, R-Brookfield, a retired physician, who argues the commissioner should be allowed to limit the amount of drugs prescribed during a shortage but should not be able to prohibit such prescriptions altogether. His bill also would allow a legislative oversight committee to rescind such orders by a two-thirds majority vote.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: AT Thru-hikers told to stand down this season
Update: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 10:01 a.m.
Hikers are being advised to postpone plans to hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail this year due to COVID-19.
The Asheville Citizen Times reports the Appalachian Trail Conservancy made the suggestion because it feels the pandemic makes long-distance hikes unsafe. Morgan Sommerville, regional director for the conservancy, says that as long as the pandemic continues, while vaccines aren t widely available and there s been no all-clear signs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the conservancy is recommending against long-distance hikes on the trail.
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LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Six more New Hampshire residents die of COVID-19
Update: Sunday, Jan. 24, 5:30 p.m.
State health officials announced six more coronavirus deaths Sunday, bringing New Hampshire s death toll since the start of the pandemic to 987. The patients who died were all over 60, according to the state, and resided in Belknap, Coos, Rockingham, and Sullivan counties.
The Department of Health and Human Services also reported 808 new COVID-19 cases, including 98 positive test results for individuals younger than 18. There are currently more than six thousand active coronavirus cases in New Hampshire, and 239 residents are hospitalized with the virus.
NH reports 10 more COVID-19 deaths; hospitalizations decrease
Current hospitalizations drop by 20 Share Updated: 7:11 PM EST Jan 23, 2021
NH reports 10 more COVID-19 deaths; hospitalizations decrease
Current hospitalizations drop by 20 Share Updated: 7:11 PM EST Jan 23, 2021
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Show Transcript AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, 170,000 PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED, MOST HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SCHEDULE THEIR APPOINTMENTS. 300,000 PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE IN THIS PHASE. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHERE THE NUMBERS STAND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE RIGHT NOW, AS THOSE VACCINATIONS GET UNDERWAY. THERE ARE 636 NEW POSITIVE TESTS TONIGHT. SOME OF THOSE TESTS DATE BACK TO THURSD
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE
Current hospitalizations drop by 20