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State Leaders Want Education on Primary Agenda

By Brian Early on Monday, June 4, 2007.

A new group that wants to make education a priority for all presidential candidates, opened its office in Manchester today.

NHPR correspondent Brian Early has details.

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Health Experts Ask Whether Tax Dollars Spent Too Quickly on HPV Vaccine

By Dianne Finch on Monday, June 4, 2007.

Like many states, New Hampshire jumped quickly to offer the HPV vaccine to girls as young as 11 years old.

The vaccine fights off four strains of the humanpapiloma virus – including two strains that cause 70% of cervical cancers.

But it’s priced higher than any vaccine to date - and already accounts for nearly 30% of the state's universal vaccine budget - just to cover the first round of inoculations.

So some health experts wonder if offering the vaccine is the best way to spend limited tax dollars.

NHPR’s Dianne Finch reports.

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Democratic Debate: Edwards Makes Favorable Impression

By Jon Greenberg on Monday, June 4, 2007.

Last night the 8 Democratic presidential candidates joined each other for their first debate in New Hampshire. While they appeared on a stage at St. Anselm College in Manchester, three undecided Democrats were watching them on TV in a living room in Exeter.

Exeter is the town that New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg has been following in our series, Primary Place. He filed this report.

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