AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoWorkforce & Inclusion: UVM Medical Center celebrated Project SEARCH graduates, highlighting how the year-long program builds workplace skills and independence for young adults with disabilities, including participants managing conditions like Type 1 diabetes. Forensic Care: Vermont’s forensic facility bill (S.193) cleared the Legislature as a “good first step,” aiming for recommendations toward a secure facility by 2029 for people accused of violent offenses but found incompetent for trial. Flu Research: UVM researchers report new insights into how influenza viruses enter cells, pointing to fresh prevention and treatment possibilities. Public Health Alerts: CDC says U.S. measles cases topped 2,000 for a second straight year, with most cases among people unvaccinated or with unknown status. Food & Farming: Smokey House Center won a Farm to School grant to install a Berry Alley Cropping system, bringing hundreds of students into agroforestry-based learning. Safety & Prevention: Vermont tick-season guidance urges “protect, check, remove, watch” to reduce Lyme and other tick-borne illness risk. Health Care Costs: Vermont lawmakers advanced faster reference-based pricing tied to Medicare benchmarks, aiming to ease premium pressure. Community Support: Essex’s Big Beautiful Life Run/Walk/Roll targets fundraising to lift the burden for 100 families facing chronic pediatric medical crises.
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