The state is stockpiling most of the tests. Nursing homes have been hesitant to roll them out as well.
Vermont received 21,000 antigen tests. The state isn’t using them.
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Central Vermont hockey outbreak spreads to 18 people; tracing continues
Health officials say there is no wider community spread, though those infected were also present at one college, three K-12 schools and five workplaces.
Pharmacies running out of flu shots, but Health Department says that’s normal
Officials say it’s common for shortages to occur during the initial rush by people to get vaccinated.
State lifts restrictions on indoor nursing home visits
Only two people at a time can visit and must follow strict guidelines.
Cluster of 12 coronavirus cases linked to Montpelier hockey leagues
Officials also announced Tuesday that positive cases have been reported at five schools.
Morgan Coutts Irons: Did Poe foresee Trump and the pandemic?
In Poe’s story, the callous Prince sequesters himself inside “one of his castellated abbeys” where the chosen could enjoy themselves and “bid defiance to contagion … the external world could take care of itself.”
State scrambling to issue new unemployment checks; computer info lacking
Amid confusion, Vermonters say Department of Labor checks have bounced, or they’ve received overpayments.
John Snell: Monitoring for fever in public places
The need for fever detection will be with us for a long while. We must invest for the long term.
David Roth: How will history view 2020?
Even though so much has changed technologically over the centuries, we seem determined to continually repeat our most devastating mistakes.
Vermont Conversation: Dr. Howard Frumkin on political interference at the CDC
A top health official under President Obama says the Trump administration’s interference with the agency is unprecedented.
With fairs on ice, giant pumpkin growers keep a fall custom alive
The annual “weigh-off,” held in scaled-back form last weekend, was one of the year’s last agricultural events standing.
Montpelier’s historic Wayside Restaurant survives its second pandemic
Long before Covid, the diner’s 102-year history was entwined with the 1918 Spanish flu.
The Deeper Dig: Behind the ‘kudos’ for Vermont’s Covid success
Dr. Anthony Fauci said a number of factors — including Vermonters’ collective vigilance — has led to its low infection rate.
Vermont Conversation: Scholar Timothy Snyder on Covid, health and freedom
The Yale history professor’s newest book is “Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary.”