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State Epidemiologist On Vermont's Hepatitis Outbreak

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published January 28, 2020 at 12:00 PM EST

Vermont health officials have declared a statewide outbreak of hepatitis A. The number of hepatitis B cases has also risen in the state.

We check in with State Epidemiologist Patsy Kelso for a closer look at what is happening. Our guest is:

Patsy Kelso, State epidemiologist with the Vermont Department of Health

Broadcast live on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 at 12 p.m.; rebroadcast at 8 p.m.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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Lydia worked for Vermont Public Radio and Vermont PBS from 2019 until 2022.

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