The ever-expanding Googleverse
The possibilities are, well, possibly limitless. Google has become the ubiquitous purveyor of information on the World Wide Web, and its all-encompassing eye is also trained on the entire surface of the Earth, the oceans and Mars. Now, even Vermont is becoming a Google player, thanks to Windsor County resident and erstwhile politician Matt Dunne, [...]
Rationing, lack of public clinics limits access for children under 5 to H1N1 vaccine
The youngest, most at-risk children, age 6 months to five years, must get vaccinations from private doctors who are typically backlogged with patient requests, or wait for immunizations at public clinics, even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that this age group receive inoculations first when vaccine is in short supply.
State confirms 45 cases of H1N1 in Vermont
Davis says many more cases likely, illness deemed “widespread” across the state Outbreak incidences mild, further vaccine delays will mean rescheduling some clinics List of schools offering vaccination clinics The state confirmed 45 cases of the flu virus strain H1N1 in Vermont for the week ending Oct. 17. At a press conference today, Dr. Wendy [...]
H1N1: Logistics 101
Some students will be bused to clinics; parents aren’t welcome to attend Health Department stretched thin, hires home health nurses, asks volunteers to administer shots What does it take to vaccinate tens of thousands of Vermont schoolchildren in four weeks? All hands on deck. Mass vaccinations for H1N1 flu virus are scheduled to begin Oct. [...]
Lilly Ledbetter: ‘Just treat me fair’
Activist says women can’t support their families because of pay discrimination in the workplace Former Goodyear Tire plant manager details her nine-year struggle to bring her case to the U.S. Supreme Court With her thick Alabaman drawl, Lilly Ledbetter roused a crowd of several hundred people at Vermont Technical College in Randolph with stories from [...]
‘Cyber Senator’ earmarks $1M for ePrescribe
VITL’s electronic service purported to cut costs and limit errors from illegible prescriptions Program incentivizes doctors to use ePrescribe instead of paper scripts MONTPELIER – Puzzled Montpelier Pharmacy customers found the aisles thronged with men in suits Friday morning. An elderly woman looked around and asked, “What’s going on?” The occasion was the announcement that [...]
Opinion: Vermont State Hospital canteen eliminated ‘for no good reason’
Letter-writer: Make judicious cuts without eliminating entire programs Editor’s note: This open letter to Agency of Human Resources Sec. Robert Hofmann is from Curtis Sinclair, the coordinator for the canteen at the Vermont State Hospital. It was also sent to Gov. James Douglas. Hello Secretary Hofmann, I am writing to you and the Governor’s office [...]
Hospital adopts doctor report card system
Central Vermont Medical Center sets new quality standards for physicians BERLIN – Nearly a decade ago the Institute of Medicine electrified the public and the medical community when it reported that as many as 98,000 patients die in hospitals each year from preventable medical errors. “To Err is Human” ignited widespread debate about the quality [...]
Finding the first rung
Three nonprofits help women gain financial independence “Faith” was afraid to open her mail. She used her debit card without knowing how much money she had in the bank. The consequence? Faith racked up a large number of overdraft fees and went deeper into debt. A 35-year-old Burlington woman, who described herself as a “hard-core, [...]
Alleged abuse forces re-evaluation of system
Commissioner says background check system for Vermont’s educators must be more rigorous By Armando Vilaseca, Vermont Commissioner of Education The events of the last few weeks have rocked the educational community, as the news broke that a Vermont educator had allegedly committed one of the vilest acts imaginable. This heartbreaking news has had a profound [...]
