Americans are drinking more now than when Prohibition was enacted. What’s more, it’s been rising for two decades, and it’s not clear when it will fall again. That’s the picture painted by federal health statistics, which show a rise in per-person consumption and increases in emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths tied to drinking. The stats aren’t all bad....

The Trump administration is shutting down one of the largest U.S. facilities for child migrants that had come under intense criticism from advocates and lawmakers.

An adult from Laconia has tested positive for a mosquito-borne virus, New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services says. The adult tested positive for the Jamestown Canyon virus, which is transmitted by infected mosquitoes, the department said Wednesday.

After living without her mother for two months while in immigration custody last year, an eight-year-old girl from Guatemala can barely sleep at night unless her mother holds her tight. Another Guatemalan girl has recurring nightmares and often screams out for protection from people who might again separate her from her mother. The girl, 6, was taken away from her...

A batch of mosquitoes in Manchester, New Hampshire, has tested positive for West Nile Virus for the first time this year. The Department of Health and Human Services said the batch of mosquitoes was collected Aug. 21. The department is working with the city’s health department to notify residents of Manchester and those in surrounding towns.

The state of New Hampshire has put the kibosh a farm stand’s ice cream made from raw milk. Jill Fudala said her ice cream made from goat milk and sold in cherry walnut, black raspberry and other flavors was a hit — until the state stepped in.

New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services says an adult from Kingston has tested positive for mosquito- and tick-borne viruses. The department said Thursday the adult tested positive for the Jamestown Canyon virus, transmitted by infected mosquitoes, and Powassan virus, transmitted by infected ticks. It’s the first time they’ve been identified in the state this year.

The Trump administration is giving taxpayer-funded family planning clinics more time to comply with its new rule that says they no longer can refer women for abortions. But the clinics reacted warily to the administration’s enforcement pause, and the widening rift could eventually affect basic health services for many low-income women. A notice sent Saturday night to representatives of the...

The Trump administration has told federally funded family planning clinics it is considering a delay in enforcing a controversial rule that bars them from referring women for abortions. That comes after clinics had vowed defiance. Two people attending meetings this week between the Department of Health and Human Services and clinic representatives told The Associated Press that officials said the...

The waiting list for group homes for Maine adults with intellectual disabilities is 1,580 people deep as nonprofits struggle to find workers to staff homes. The Portland Press Herald reports that’s up from 110 in 2008, when reimbursement rates allowed nonprofits to pay above the minimum wage.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, seeking to expand insurance coverage across state lines through so-called association health plans. Those health plans will not exclude workers or charge more to those in poorer health, according to the White House.

A new medical marijuana dispensary is getting ready to open in New Hampshire. The state Department of Health and Human Services has given a registration certificate to the Sanctuary Alternative Treatment Center in Conway.

The Trump administration is considering a plan to house migrant children at Fort Benning, a busy military base in Georgia, a Department of Defense spokesman told NBC News. The Department of Health and Human Services, the agency responsible for sheltering immigrant children who cross the border without their parents, is currently operating near capacity, resulting in a backlog of children...

The Trump administration is considering a plan to house migrant children at Fort Benning, a busy military base in Georgia, a Department of Defense spokesman told NBC News. The Department of Health and Human Services, the agency responsible for sheltering immigrant children who cross the border without their parents, is currently operating near capacity, resulting in a backlog of children...

New Hampshire public health officials say additional testing suggests a child initially diagnosed with measles actually had a rare reaction to a vaccine that resembled a real measles virus infection. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services said in a news release the child was diagnosed with measles and may have exposed others to infection at three locations...

A New Hampshire school that a child infected with measles visited last week reopened on Monday.

The accused killers of a 10-year-old Maine girl appeared in a Belfast courtroom Thursday for an evidence suppression hearing. Marissa Kennedy was found dead in February of 2018. Her mother, Sharon Carrillo, and her step-father, Julio Carrillo, were charged with her murder. Thursday, the suspects walked into court wearing prison uniforms to watch on as Sharon Carrillo’s lawyers questioned state...

New Hampshire health officials say a hepatitis A outbreak that has already claimed one life in the state is accelerating. The Department of Health and Human Services says they’ve seen 33 hepatitis A diagnoses in March alone. Since November of 2018, 79 people have been diagnosed with hepatitis A, compared to an average of six or seven people annually in...

Maine’s independent auditor is questioning whether the state is ensuring that federal funding for low-income individuals is spent in line with the law. State Auditor Pola Buckley last month submitted the annual audit to lawmakers. She said Maine received $3.1 billion in federal assistance in the fiscal year ending in mid-2018.