Health

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (771+ words) BURLINGTON, VERMONT — Over 3,000 healthcare workers at UVM Medical Center voted to authorize a strike Friday, Oct 2. Last week UVMMC management presented its latest proposal, according to a press release from Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals. The union rejected…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (725+ words) The first of a series of changes to Medicaid is set to take effect Oct. 1, put in motion by the federal budget bill passed in July 2025. The next round of changes begins in January. Combined, the changes to the state-federal…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (486+ words) This federal funding secured by Senator Welch includes $1.4 million to Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital to construct new pharmacies in Caledonia County to address the recent loss of pharmacies... Welch secures over $2 million to improve rural health care in Vermont Vermont…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (386+ words) RANDOLPH, Vt. (WCAX) - With Vermont facing roughly half the primary care doctors it needs and rural counties facing even steeper deficits, local healthcare providers are taking training into their own hands to attract and keep medical residents. State regulators are…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (165+ words) In the field, the scientists, and their students, study the role of invasive plant species and environmental factors in maintaining tick populations and the ever-increasing risk of disease transmission. This work is conducted in Rutland County, near the Castleton Campus…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (655+ words) The state’s most powerful healthcare regulator thinks Vermont’s 14 hospitals can keep costs low, provide care and find financial sustainability. Not all the hospitals agree. In budget orders handed down Monday, the Green Mountain Care Board built on its efforts last…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (385+ words) PLATTSBURGH — University of Vermont Health Network announced another round of layoffs Wednesday. Thirteen full-time positions across the network's Northern New York facilities will be impacted according to the press release, including five positions impacted at the Alice Hyde Medical Center…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (216+ words) A new report shows Vermont and New York have some of the highest rankings when it comes to nutritional access in schools. States are scored on a range of indicators, including meal options and whether schools work with local businesses…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago   (163+ words) This commentary is by Selin Tukel, a medical student at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine who is an advocate for equitable healthcare with an interest in obstetrics and women’s health. The planned opening of the freestanding Green…...