Health Care

Regulators do not typically encourage hospitals to increase patient traffic, but this is an unusual case.

The sudden reversal came as the Green Mountain Care Board was preparing to use its newly-enhanced regulatory powers to vote on whether or not to allow the closure to go forward.

About 80 health professionals at Porter Medical Center in Middlebury will form a union with AFT-Vermont after voting 53-12 in favor of unionization Tuesday.

When federal health care subsidies sunset, the state’s farmers will be hit particularly hard. Some are considering leaving the state or thinking about going without health insurance.

The 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.

Olivia Sweetnam says her staff is providing top-notch care even while navigating major budgetary challenges.

Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.

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.