Lola Duffort
ReporterLola is a Vermont Public reporter. She's previously reported in Vermont, New Hampshire, Florida (where she grew up) and Canada (where she went to college).
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The suit was initially filed in January on behalf of a single plaintiff, a woman called “A.V.” But the ACLU wanted to make a larger point about how the state surveils people it believes aren’t cut out for parenthood. -
Regulators do not typically encourage hospitals to increase patient traffic, but this is an unusual case. -
The sudden reversal came as the Green Mountain Care Board was preparing to use its newly-enhanced regulatory powers to vote on whether or not to allow the closure to go forward. -
About 80 health professionals at Porter Medical Center in Middlebury will form a union with AFT-Vermont after voting 53-12 in favor of unionization Tuesday. -
A federal panel has reversed hepatitis B vaccine advice. Vermont says it’s sticking with the scienceThe state health department reiterated earlier this week that all newborns should be immunized against the highly contagious viral infection, which can cause fatal cirrhosis and liver cancer later in life. -
The news came as the hospital resubmitted its budget this week to regulators, which rejected the hospital’s prior spending plan earlier this year on the grounds that its numbers didn’t add up. -
A group of midwives hopes to open up shop in 2027 somewhere in Waterbury, and has just started fundraising. -
The Green Mountain Care Board will review the Rutland Regional Medical Center’s decision to close its inpatient pediatric unit under a new law that gives it special oversight powers.
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The two nonprofit entities currently serve nearly one million members across New York and Vermont, employ 3,000 people in the region, and take in about $7 billion in combined annual revenue. -
Local SHIP staffers were booked solid early in October — basically as soon as Vermonters learned that most Medicare Advantage plans would exit the state next year. But there are still resources to help you navigate this moment.
