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Vermont poured hundreds of millions of dollars into housing during the pandemic. What has it built?

Vermont poured hundreds of millions of dollars into housing during the pandemic. What has it built?

This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin and VTDigger reporter Erin Petenko, was produced through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont Public. After the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Vermont’s long-simmering housing crunch...

Owner:  Vermont Public Co. & American Government

Community Forum: Hospitals must analyze value of participation in UVM Health Network

Vermont Healthcare 911 (VHC911) is a broad coalition united to combat the high cost of healthcare in Vermont. The coalition is comprised of business owners, labor leaders, healthcare providers, civic and political leaders of all parties and...

Owner:  Lynn Family
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center pioneers robotic heart surgeries

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center pioneers robotic heart surgeries

In August, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center became the first New England hospital north of Boston to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery for the heart’s mitral valve. The surgeries are performed using one of DHMC’s five da Vinci Xi surgical...

Owner:  Dartmouth College
Littleton Regional Healthcare (NH) seeks merger with Dartmouth Health
Fired CDC chief: Public health is under threat

Fired CDC chief: Public health is under threat

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. public health system is headed to a "very dangerous place" with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team of anti-vaccine advisers in charge, fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez...

Owner:  Eliza Hussman Jr. & David Stephens
Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. endangering public health

Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. endangering public health

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. public health system is headed to a “very dangerous place” with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team of anti-vaccine advisers in charge, fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez...

Owner:  Paxton Family
Pa joins northeast state health coalition as CDC shakeups concern experts

Pa joins northeast state health coalition as CDC shakeups concern experts

Pennsylvania has joined a coalition of northeastern states in an effort to develop public health and immunization guidelines amid concerns about the direction of federal health agencies. The group will meet regularly to coordinate on public health...

Owner:  States Newsroom Network
Fired CDC chief warns senators that RFK Jr. endangering public health

Fired CDC chief warns senators that RFK Jr. endangering public health

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testifies Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) WASHINGTON (AP) —...

Owner:  Ogden-Nutting Family
Chamber of Cannabis Industry Ghana partners Vermont State University on Research and Training
Federal prosecutor cites cooperation of 3 men in Vermont murder-for-hire case while seeking sentencing breaks

Federal prosecutor cites cooperation of 3 men in Vermont murder-for-hire case while seeking sentencing breaks

A federal prosecutor is recommending less than the maximum prison sentences for three men who testified against the California biomedical researcher convicted of masterminding a murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of a business rival in...

Owner:  Vermont Journalism Trust
Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr is endangering public health
Martha Stewart provides ‘forever home’ to two horses seized in Vermont animal cruelty case

Martha Stewart provides ‘forever home’ to two horses seized in Vermont animal cruelty case

Two Friesian horses at Cantitoe Corners. Left to Right, Stewart, the horse; Helen Pepano, Stewart’s horse manager; Martha Stewart; Ulysses, the horse; Tiffany Vittum, barn manager for Dorset Equine Rescue; and Jen Straub, executive director of...

Owner:  Vermont Journalism Trust
How Planned Parenthood’s defunding could leave more than a million patients without health care

How Planned Parenthood’s defunding could leave more than a million patients without health care

Planned Parenthood clinics across the country are scrambling to secure funding and determine next steps for patients after a move to block them from accepting Medicaid was allowed to go into effect. This win for the Trump administration represents...

Owner:  The 19th News (Non-profit)

UVM Health Network and Dartmouth Health partner on kidney transplant care

Patients Will Receive Pre- and Post-Transplant Care in Vermont, Surgery in New Hampshire Vermont Business Magazine Patients in Vermont and northern New York will have access to vital local support before and after kidney transplant surgery through...

Owner:  John Boutin
Rising Infectious Disease Threats Highlight Importance of Travel Vaccines

Rising Infectious Disease Threats Highlight Importance of Travel Vaccines

As international travel increases, so does the risk of exposure to infectious diseases. Global mobility, climate change, and lapses in vaccination coverage have fueled the resurgence and spread of illnesses such as measles, chikungunya, and chagas...

Owner:  Mike Hennessy Jr.
AP News: Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health

AP News: Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health

FILE - Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify before the Senate HELP Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott...

Owner:  John Hentrich
Two doctors benefit from Cornwall's medical recruitment loans

Two doctors benefit from Cornwall's medical recruitment loans

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News A photo of the exterior of the Cornwall Community Hospital, on Thursday, June 19, 2025 in Cornwall, Ont. Photo by Marc Benoit /Cornwall Standard-Freeholder Members of Cornwall council expressed excitement...

Owner:  Anthony Melchiorre
Littleton Regional Healthcare seeks merger with Dartmouth Health

Littleton Regional Healthcare seeks merger with Dartmouth Health

Sign up for the Valley News' morning newsletter and get essential news each day. LEBANON — Dartmouth Health has signed a letter of intent to bring a Littleton, N.H., critical access hospital under its umbrella, marking one of the health system’s...

Owner:  Dwight Family
Former CDC officials say Kennedy Jr. has made children less safe, politicized health

Former CDC officials say Kennedy Jr. has made children less safe, politicized health

Two high-ranking former members of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention each said Thursday they are concerned preventable diseases for children will needlessly return under what they characterized as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s...

Owner:  Canadian Government
US health system heading to ‘very dangerous place’ under vaccine sceptics

US health system heading to ‘very dangerous place’ under vaccine sceptics

America’s public health system is heading to a “very dangerous place” with Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and his team of anti-vaccine advisers in charge, fired Centres for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez has warned...

Owner:  Irish Times Trust

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