Health Care

The shortage of home health aids has become a nationwide crisis. These are the people you might call if your older relative needs help bathing or caring for a wound. They’re mostly women and they’re underpaid, undervalued and overworked. We want you to meet two of them.

Hospital administrators in Vermont and across the country say having to care for long term patients who should be in nursing homes is causing bottlenecks in their emergency rooms and millions of dollars in financial losses.

Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with a pediatric critical care doctor and a school nurse about the respiratory illness RSV.

This hour, host Mikaela Lefrak explores the Medicare enrollment process with a specialist from the Central Vermont Council on Aging and a Springfield Hospital physician.

Parkinson’s disease affects the nervous system. It muddles how the brain sends signals that coordinate movement. In Vermont, it's estimated that one out of a thousand people over age 55 have it.There’s no cure. But research shows vigorous exercise — and even a punch or two — can help those with Parkinson's slow the disease.

In November, Vermonters will vote on Article 22, an amendment that could permanently protect abortion access in the state constitution. Medical and legal experts answer questions about what the amendment would mean for access to abortions and other reproductive healthcare.

Valley Regional Hospital plans to join the Dartmouth Health system sometime in 2023.

Men who have sex with men who've had more than one sexual partner are eligible for a vaccine in the state.

It’s estimated that 100,000 Vermonters struggle with hearing loss. In a few months, many of them will have more — and less costly — choices when it comes to hearing aids. But there are concerns.

This hour, host Mikaela Lefrak speaks with Dr. Tim Lahey about monkeypox in Vermont.