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Vermont Business Magazine Better known as a health supplement with energy-enhancing effects, MitoQ – an advanced form of the popular CoQ10 – can be absorbed directly into the mitochondria within human cells. For the first time, this antioxidant is going to be studied in a pilot clinical trial to determine if it can provide improved airway function in patients with asthma and obesity. This research builds on recent studies suggesting that mitochondrial dysfunction may be particularly important in contributing to poor asthma control in obesity.
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by John McClaughry In July 2019 the legislature instructed the Public Utility Commission to recommend what the legislature must do to adopt “a multi-pronged approach to address Vermont’s greenhouse gas reduction and weatherization goals.” The PUC has now delivered its report. It can be summarized in two words: “More Funding!”
“If Vermont is to make progress toward its energy and greenhouse gas emissions reductions goal and commitments, the State will need to identify appropriate, stable, and robust funding and program options outside the traditionally regulated sectors of electricity and natural gas.”
Translation: “Let’s find something to tax, to bring in the robust tax dollars required to pay, and keep on paying, for the Green agenda. More Funding!”
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by Jeff Tieman, VAHHS CEO The last couple weeks have shown how the COVID-19 fight continues and evolves. On the concerning side: Vermont has recently experienced more patients hospitalized with COVID than at any time in the pandemic. New virus variants around the world—already finding their way to the U.S.—can make COVID even more contagious and dangerous.
On the positive side: Vermont’s vaccine rollout continues moving forward effectively and is protecting more people every day. Even with the federal supply still so blurry and unpredictable, nearly 11 percent of state residents have received their first dose of a vaccine. That keeps Vermont near the top of the list when it comes to administering vaccine.
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Vermont Business Magazine TLC HomeCare, a senior home care provider with offices in South Burlington, Berlin, and West Lebanon, is proud to announce that it has been honored as a SeniorAdvisor.com Best of Senior Living 2021 award winner by A Place for Mom, Inc (APFM). APFM is the largest senior living referral service in North America. The Best of Senior Living honor represents the best of the best in-home care, assisted living, and other senior living providers. This award is determined by the reviews of seniors and their families on SeniorAdvisor.com, the nation’s largest ratings and reviews site for senior care and services. Earning this exclusive designation means TLC HomeCare ranks among the top three percent of senior care providers across the United States and Canada.
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Vermont Business Magazine Marathon Health, the Winooski-based leader in onsite, network, and virtual health centers for employers of all sizes, has announced its expansion into Columbus, Ohio, with the opening of its newest network, including three health centers. The first location, based in Grove City, is open now, with two more locations opening in Hilliard and the Easton area by June. All Marathon Health Network health centers share the same focus: to provide exceptional, personalized care for employees and their families while reducing the overall cost of healthcare for employers.
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Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new weekly interactive digital presentation called Medical Weekly with Trey Dobson, MD. The show will be produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). The show will air at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays starting February 10. Medical Weekly will be available to view on area public access television stations and on both the health system’s and CAT-TV’s Facebook pages. Those viewing on Facebook will be able to contribute questions through the chat function.
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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health is reporting today that there have been 434 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday and two deaths for a statewide total of 183. Also, if you gathered with people you don’t live with this past weekend, it’s important to lower the risk of spreading COVID-19. Please quarantine and get tested right away — and again on day 7 or later. If the test you take on day 7 is negative, then your quarantine can end. (Otherwise, quarantine is 14 days).
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Vermont Business Magazine Creating a DES in Burlington would meet the long-held goal of recovering waste heat and additional steam from BED’s McNeil Generating Station, and then using those sources to provide thermal energy to UVMMC via steam pipe. The DES also would be a significant step toward Burlington’s goal to become a Net Zero Energy city, and would bring meaningful climate action to Burlington, including significant energy savings and an impactful reduction in Burlington’s commercial sector natural gas related greenhouse gas emissions.
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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today announced the allocation of just over $770,000 in state tax credits for nine projects, which will support over $47.5 million in downtown and village center rehabilitation projects. Additional funding proposed by the Administration and allocated by the General Assembly during the 2020 legislative session provided a boost to the program, allowing this additional round of awards focused on recovery coming out of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Vermont Business Magazine Superior Technical Ceramics, one of the country's most experienced technical ceramics manufacturers, has announced the acquisition of IJ Research, a manufacturer specializing in sapphire-to-metal brazed hermetic assemblies based in Santa Ana, California. The acquisition closed on December 24, 2020. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund through its Farm to Plate Initiative, and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) have released the Vermont Agriculture and Food System Strategic Plan 2021-2030. With over 1,500 Vermonters providing input and helping to shape its content over an 18-month period, the Plan lays out a vision, 15 goals, 34 priority strategies, and 276 recommendations for advancing the agriculture and food system in Vermont. Focus groups with over 120 Vermont industry members such as beef, dairy, sheep and goat, maple, vegetable and berry producers, Vermont Cheese Council board members, farmers market managers, specialty food association members, and Farm to School leaders were also convened to give input that helped shape the Plan.
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Vermont Business Magazine If you thought home prices and values were skyrocketing in Vermont, you were right. ATTOM Data Solutions has released its fourth-quarter 2020 US Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that 17.8 million residential properties in the United States were considered equity-rich, meaning that the combined estimated amount of loans secured by those properties was 50 percent or less of their estimated market value. Vermont had the highest percentage of any state in the nation. Vermont (47.8 percent equity-rich) was followed by California (46.1 percent), Idaho (42.7 percent), Washington (41 percent) and Hawaii (40.4 percent).