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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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. -
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. -
Sterling is the ninth private college to effectively close up shop in Vermont in the last decade. -
A new study, published last month in JAMA Pediatrics, found that states that repealed all non-medical exemptions saw higher vaccination rates. States like Vermont, which left other exemptions on the books? Not so much. -
It was no surprise that Sanders, an independent, was against the deal. But Welch, a Democrat, was once perceived as a swing vote in shutdown talks. -
Estimates from the state’s commercial insurers, MVP and Blue Cross Blue Shield, suggest thousands in the state could drop coverage entirely as a consequence of the enhanced, COVID-era subsidies going away.
