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A Black Lives Matter protest more accessible to those in the disabled community is being organized for next Friday in Portsmouth.

Portsmouth Activists Plan Accessible Black Lives Matter Protest

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NH Nursing Homes to Gain COVID Testing Flexibility; Price at Issue

NH Nursing Homes to Gain COVID Testing Flexibility; Price at Issue

New Hampshire officials plan to give nursing home owners and operators more control of a program that searches for signs of COVID-19 among 10,000 employees in the state’s high-level care facilities.

But some of the people running the 75 nursing homes in the state are worried about uncertain test costs and the threat of large deficits.

At-Home STI Testing Launched In New Hampshire

At-Home STI Testing Launched In New Hampshire

While coronavirus is the public health issue that’s most concerning for many New Hampshire residents, the state is quietly experiencing an outbreak of other viruses, including the sexually-transmitted infections syphilis and gonorrhea. To help combat that and overcome the fact that fewer people are coming to health clinics for STI testing during the pandemic, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England has started offering at-home STI testing.

Granite Geek: If there weren’t enough obstacles, COVID-19 testing faces math paradox

Let’s say we test 1 million New Hampshire residents for COVID-19 – roughly everybody over age 18. And let’s say 4% of people have the disease, which is the percentage of tests which have been turning up positive so far in New Hampshire. We use a test that is 95% accurate, which is a very good test.