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The nation's economic problems have a long reach.

And those problems may begin affecting the health of residents in the most northern part of the state.

Many of them depend on the tiny Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook.

But the hospital's health is a little fragile itself.

NHPR Correspondent Chris Jensen has the story.

The next time you get sick with what you think is the flu, head over to the computer and do a google search on your symptoms.

You can find out all sorts of information on what ails you, some reliable and some not.

But in the meantime, Google is using your search to perform a public health service.

Maine Public Radio's Josie Huang reports.

It's every parent’s flu season conundrum: keep ‘em home, or send ‘em to school? If you have a school-age child under your roof, chances are you’ll face the choice this winter... if you haven’t done so already.

So what to do when winter’s calling cards - the runny nose, scratchy throat and scary-sounding cough - afflict a kid near you? The decision can weigh harder on some parents’ shoulders than an overstuffed bookbag. For advice, we turn to Dr. Perri Klass. She’s a pediatrician, as well as a professor of journalism and pediatrics at New York University and the mother of three.

Perri Klass in the New York Times: The Cough-and-Sniffle Question: When to Keep a Child Home? | reader comments

New York Times: The Claim: Never Blow Your Nose When You Have a Cold

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New Hampshire’s Health and Human Services department took it on the chin in the governor’s budget.

The governor is proposing that HHS eliminate entire programs and lay off up to 150 employees.

NHPR’s health reporter Elaine Grant has more.