COVID Mobile Vaccination Clinics, Home Visits Resume in NH New Hampshire has resumed COVID-19 mobile vaccination clinics and a homebased vaccination program. “As we move into the fall and winter, we want to make sure everyone has access to the updated COVID-19 booster doses that better protect against the most recently circulating COVID-19 variants,” Patricia Tilley, the state’s director of Public Health Services, said in a statement Tuesday. Three… Marc Fortier NBC Boston

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Little planning for Monkeypox by NH colleges as students resume classes

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Higher education plans for dealing with monkeypox appear opaque or nonexistent. Schools have begun sending students information about monkeypox through websites and newsletters, but large public colleges contacted by States Newsroom were unable to explain how they’ll help students isolate or keep up with their classes during the two to four weeks they’ll be contagious if they contract monkeypox.

In New Hampshire, few colleges and universities have posted public information about monkeypox. The University of New Hampshire currently has no guidance on its website for students that contract the virus, though a spokeswoman for the university said that information is coming soon.

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COVID-19: Delays slow shots for kids under 5 at Vermont hospital

WOODSTOCK — Although COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized for use in children younger than 5 since June, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center’s practices in Woodstock and Windsor only began administering to that age group earlier this month.

“Each time a new vaccine is distributed or an age range changes, we are required to take the important step of updating our electronic medical record to properly and safely document the administration of vaccines,” said Dr. Joseph Perras, CEO of Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, which includes the Ottauquechee Health Center in Woodstock as well as the Windsor hospital. “This is a complex and time-consuming process — yet a necessary one.”

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N.H. is looking for more communities to help track COVID through wastewater

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services is looking for more wastewater treatment plants to participate in a COVID data tracking project.

People infected with COVID can shed the virus in their feces. That means even if someone doesn't have symptoms, the virus can be detected in the wastewater — allowing public health officials to monitor its spread even when traditional testing is less reliable.

While wastewater data doesn’t show how many people in a given community have the virus, it illustrates changes in levels of COVID-19.

So far, 12 wastewater plants are participating in the state's tracking program. They include more densely populated areas like Manchester, and more rural areas of the state.

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