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WHO Says Test, Despite CDC’s Recent Flip Flop

LONDON (AP) —The World Health Organization says countries should actively test people to find coronavirus cases, even if they are mild or don’t show symptoms. That’s despite the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recently switched guidance to say asymptomatic contacts of cases don’t need to be tested. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead for the coronavirus, says when officials are investigating clusters of COVID-19, “testing may need to be expanded to look for individuals who are on the more mild end of the spectrum or who may indeed be asymptomatic.” She says testing and tracing is “really fundamental to breaking chains of transmission.”

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Update: Fatal Accident in Conway – Victim Identified

On Monday, August 24, 2020, at approximately 10:30 pm officers from the Conway Police Department, along with Conway Fire and Rescue and Conway Ambulance, responded to a report of a pedestrian who had been struck by a motor vehicle on East Main Street near the intersection of Odell Hill Road.  When officers arrived, they observed a male lying in the eastbound breakdown lane.  The male, a 59 year-old from Conway, was found to be deceased as a result of injuries sustained from being struck by a vehicle.  The victim’s name is Phillip Martin, known by his friends as Phil or PJ. He was an aspiring chef who loved photography and has a daughter named Megan who is a sophomore at Plymouth State University.

The vehicle that struck Martin was identified to be a 2016 Buick SUV operated by a 58 years-old female from Florida named Susan-Rachel Hebert.  Hebert did not suffer any injuries in the collision.  The Conway Police Department Accident Reconstruction Team was called out to investigate the crash.  The preliminary investigation revealed that the male pedestrian was struck in the eastbound travel lane of East Main Street a short distance east of the intersection of Odell Hill Road.  It appeared that Hebert attempted to avoid the collision by swerving into the opposite lane of travel but was unable to avoid Martin who was in her lane of travel.  Martin’s bicycle was found on the opposite side of the roadway in the breakdown lane of the westbound lane.  The bicycle was not involved in the crash.  This portion of East Main street is not serviced by street lights and it was raining with low level fog in the area.     

Immediately following the crash, this portion of East Main Street was shut down for approximately 3 hours to allow the Conway Police Department Accident Reconstruction Team to document the scene.  The road was re-opened at approximately 1:40 am.  This accident remains under investigation but speed and driver impairment and/or distraction do not appear to be a factor in the crash.  Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is asked to contact the Conway Police Department at 603-356-5715.  

The Conway Police Department would like to offer their condolences to Martin’s family and friends for their loss.

Christopher Mattei

Lieutenant

08/25/20

Source: Conway Police Department Press Release

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New Hampshire Launches “Save Your Breath” Anti-Vaping Campaign

Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program has launched a year-long social media campaign aimed at increasing awareness of the health impacts of vaping among young people. The campaign, Save Your Breath, urges youth to make the right choices by providing information on the negative consequences of vaping such as physical and mental health, money and time.

In 2019, 34% of New Hampshire high-school aged youth reported using an electronic tobacco vapor product (including e-cigarettes, e-cigars, e-pipes, vape pipes, vaping pens, e-hookahs, and hookah pens), as compared to 20% nationally.

“Vaping is putting a whole new generation of New Hampshire youth at risk for a lifetime of tobacco use addiction. Tobacco use, including vaping, is unsafe for youth and young adults and can harm their developing brains,” said Dr. Sai Cherala, Bureau Chief of Population Health and Community Services in the DHHS Division of Public Health Services. “The campaign encourages young people to look past the flavors, choose not to vape, and save their breath.”

Save Your Breath will run for a year reaching youth, young adults and families in New Hampshire through several social media channels including Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Spotify, and the website https://saveyourbreathnh.org/.

New Hampshire also offers My Life, My Quit, a tobacco cessation service for teens who want to quit using any tobacco product. My Life, My Quit, provides free and confidential services to answer any questions and to help teens quit. Participants can enroll online at https://mylifemyquit.org/ or by calling or texting “Start My Quit” to 1-855-891-9989.

The DHHS Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program is here to provide resources and education on vaping products to anyone. For more information, contact the NH Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program at TPCP@dhhs.nh.gov or (603) 271-6891.