Lexi Krupp
Reporter, Science & HealthLexi covers science and health stories for Vermont Public.
Previously, she was a science reporter at a public radio station in northern Michigan and a podcast producer at Gimlet Media in New York City. Her work has appeared on NPR, Here & Now, and in Audubon, Popular Science, VICE, and Medscape. Krupp also worked as a science teacher, and once spent a summer tracking mountain goats for the U.S. Forest Service.
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Grocers haven’t been able to place orders with United Natural Foods, and far fewer deliveries have come in for everything from tofu to dairy, paper products and canned food. -
The state won’t apply for a federal grant to help fund construction for an underpass beneath I-89 and Route 2 in Waterbury, estimated to cost $50 million. -
Vermont hospitals currently have the highest markups for drug prices in the country. Under the new law, drug prices at Vermont hospitals would be the lowest in the country. -
A program that paid for staff to support mental health and substance use disorders at primary care offices throughout the state will soon run out of money. Funding to keep the program going was not included in this year’s state budget. -
Agency leaders said they intend to remove supplemental fluoride from the market by the end of October. -
State death certificates show that 183 people died from opioid-related overdoses last year, down from a peak of nearly 250 deaths during the pandemic. -
Vermont is heading for a shortage of primary care doctors, especially in rural areas, and the problem starts where doctors do their training. A new residency program aims to change that. -
Dozens of families celebrated Mother's Day at a rally in Morrisville to express their support for Copley's birthing center. -
At a hearing Wednesday, a federal court judge said he would consider Mahdawi's potential release next week. Mahdawi is a student at Columbia University who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Colchester following a citizenship interview this month. -
A USDA program cut by the Trump administration would have provided more than $500,000 for farmers in the state to invest in flood mitigation and other conservation practices.
