Lexi Krupp
Reporter, Science & HealthLexi covers science and health stories for Vermont Public.
Lexi joined Vermont Public in 2021 as a Report for America corps member. Previously, she reported on science at a public radio station in northern Michigan and at Gimlet Media in New York City. Her work has appeared on NPR, 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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Several of the largest hospitals in the region say their emergency rooms are very busy, and patients should expect longer-than-usual wait times for non-life-threatening conditions.
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The sugaring season in Vermont has always been unpredictable, but in the past, people would generally wait until further into the season to start collecting sap. But many sugar makers have stopped waiting, opting instead to collect as much as they can, when they can.
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A wind storm in early January had gusts over 80 miles per hour west of the Green Mountains, including in the town of Bristol, where farmers and sugarmakers suffered major damage.
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This week, the University of Vermont Medical Center announced a new center that will provide support and resources for caregivers, like peer mentoring and short-term counseling.
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Vermont's ice fishing festival, held since 2013, often gets crowds of over 500 people. This year, it was relocated because of poor ice conditions.
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John Harrison traveled Vermont as a preacher in the 1880s. A racist name in town records preserved his memory.
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Burlington had its warmest year on record in 2023. So did over a dozen other cities in the NortheastMild winter temperatures and warmer-than-average nighttime lows pushed 2023 to be the warmest year on record for several cities in the region.
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The Christmas Bird Count tradition goes back to the early 1900s.
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An Arctic seabird called a dovekie landed in Westmore Monday night after a major winter storm swept it from the Atlantic coast. It's the fourth time this type of bird has been recorded in Vermont.
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As temperatures rose and rain fell Sunday night and into Monday, snow melted from Vermont's mountains, and rivers swelled.