Immunization bill likely to stall in House committee
Five of eight members said in a straw poll Tuesday morning that they were opposed to removing the philosophical exemption for parents who choose not to vaccinate their children.
Groups sue state for failure to investigate hundreds of cases of alleged abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of disabled and elderly Vermonters
Vermont Legal Aid, Disability Rights Vermont filed the lawsuit against the Agency of Human Services on Wednesday.
Digger Tidbits: Mini-legislative session this week; RGGI brought in millions into the state; Vermonters spend more on health care than national average
Three committees – House Human Services, Natural Resources and Energy, and Ways and Means — will meet 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the House Chamber to discuss the future of LIHEAP, which has been slashed in half by President Barack Obama.
2011 Youth Risk Behavior survey shows drop in alcohol use and smoking, other key trend lines unchanged
Health Commissioner Harry Chen, Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca and Vermont teens spoke about the results of the survey in Montpelier on Wednesday.
Hospitals conduct routine bedbug checks
“I think they are overreacting, but it’s probably better to overreact than not react at all,” he said.
USDA rep says limited resources pose threat to hungry youth
Vermont’s summer meals program, which serves low-income children at 112 sites around the state for breakfast, lunch, and snacks, or a combination thereof, places Vermont at 11th nationally in access to summer meals programs.
Study shows Vermonters live longer than their rural counterparts
The longest life expectancy for men was 77.8 years in Lamoille County. Chittenden and Addison County women could expect to live 82.2 years, the longest of their sex.
Vermont Medical Society proposes business, research initiatives for doctors
The initiatives, the Practitioners’ Resource Center and the Vermont Partnership for Value and Science Driven Health Care, are the culmination of a two-month qualitative research project.
Seventy five percent of Vermont primary physicians adopt electronic patient records
Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc., announced this week that 75 percent of Vermont’s primary care practitioners have made the switch from manual record-keeping systems to electronic health records.
State agrees to fast track investigations of elder abuse
An attorney for Vermont Legal Aid is cautiously optimistic that the Shumlin administration is turning around what had become an intractable issue as a result of state workforce cuts.
