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New Hampshire’s public health division is looking into a report of an international traveler contracting measles shortly after visiting the town of Hanover.
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The number of Vermonters who died from opioid overdoses fell last year — the first decrease in five years.
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The highly contagious airborne virus has no cure, but is preventable through vaccination. In the United States, measles has been considered eliminated in the U.S. since 2000, but the Centers for Disease Control earlier this month said a spike in cases means that status is threatened.
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More than half of surveyed adults said they supported outlawing the sale of products with flavored tobacco in the state. However, there was less support among current tobacco users.
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Though cases are rising, the number of overall COVID cases this winter may be lower than original projections, says John Davy, epidemiologist at the Vermont Health Department.
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COVID cases are at low levels throughout the state, but they are slightly rising. And a new variant, JN.1, has just been added to the mix.
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Federal funding for a program that supports mental health programs for first responders is running out, and the state will ask lawmakers next year to continue supporting the programs.
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Updated COVID-19 vaccines aimed at protecting people from new variants of the virus could arrive in Vermont this week — and the state’s top health official, Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine, is urging residents to get the shot.
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Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with the heads of Vermont's departments of Health and Corrections and the defender general about health concerns in local prisons.
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A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds a new tick-borne illness is on the rise in Vermont, though the number of cases here remains very low.