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VTDigger provides reporting on health care and public health in Vermont, including hospitals, insurance systems, human services and debates over health care policy and reform.
This section compiles coverage of medical systems, state oversight and public health decisions that affect individuals and communities statewide.
UVM Health cuts 142 jobs — an estimated $9.5 million in staff positions
The cuts, which include nurses, lab techs and administrative staff, come as the hospital network faces an expected $300 million budget deficit and increasing pressure to cut costs.
One UVM lab’s surprise discovery led to flu science breakthrough
Proteins in the two most common types of flu virus enable them to take very different paths to entering human lungs, a finding that could lead to more directed antiviral treatments.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center birthing pavilion to establish drug treatment program for patients
The hospital has introduced programs and training over the years to help providers treat pregnant patients who have substance use disorder.
80-hour weeks and drowning in debt: UVM Medical Center resident doctors rally for a new contract
The union of 400 resident doctors and interns have been negotiating with the hospital for a contract since January, asking for higher wages, childcare provisions and broader immigration protection.
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A federal program sends billions to pay for childcare meals. In Vermont, participation is plummeting.
“I’m very, very concerned about where we are,” said Vermont’s state director of child nutrition programs. “Particularly with daycare homes, it’s kind of a — really a shocking decline.”
Vermont enacts the country’s first ban on herbicide linked with Parkinson’s disease
The law gives apple and other fruit farmers, who account for most of the herbicide’s use in the state, until the end of 2030 to fully phase it out.
Hospitals need to cut spending drastically — but do their plans deliver?
The Agency of Human Services is leading hospitals as they outline visions for more efficiencies and shared services, but the plans don’t go far in calculating dollars to be spent and saved.
Pharmacy closure leaves Woodstock without place to fill prescriptions
With the closure, Woodstock joins the growing list of Upper Valley towns without a pharmacy.
Amid federal funding squeeze, Safe Haven in Randolph to close
With the Clara Martin Center closing its residential facility, Capstone Community Action is searching for new locations to host a shelter for people who need a bed.
Vermont rejected the federal government’s vaccine rollbacks. But doctors are still seeing their impact.
The latest wave of vaccine skepticism puts an added load on an already-strained primary care workforce, clinicians say.
Brattleboro hospital and its support staff avert strike by signing first contract
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, which recently announced a similar agreement with a union representing its nurses, still faces the challenge of a $14.5 million budget deficit.
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