Department of Health

One third of Vermont’s high school students say they’re struggling with mental health issues, and nearly a quarter say they've engaged in acts of self-harm.

The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets runs a program in the summer testing mosquitoes for Eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus. The stakes are raised as EEE is detected in more bugs around the state.

Cases are on the rise in Vermont, but a new COVID-19 booster is on the way. Vermont will have doses of both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines available in the next couple of weeks through health care providers, pharmacies and some free or low-cost clinics.

New Hampshire’s public health division is looking into a report of an international traveler contracting measles shortly after visiting the town of Hanover.

The number of Vermonters who died from opioid overdoses fell last year — the first decrease in five years.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.