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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine For the week ending October 26, 2024, the Vermont Department of Health reported that the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations fell again, while the number of fatalities also decreased. Vermont cases are now under 100 and lower than they were a year ago. Hospitalizations also saw a drop in admissions.
by Bill Schubart Vermont’s most intractable financial challenges are healthcare, education, and housing. Costs for all three have skyrocketed in the last two decades.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Health Network (UVMHN) and Vermont State University (VTSU) partnered last year to breathe new life into the state’s only Respiratory Therapy (RT) program—a program that continues to thrive and has once again added new students this year. Respiratory therapy is a key function of the medical field.
Vermont Business Magazine Norwich University, respected for over two centuries of practical education that seamlessly merges outdoor activities with educational pursuits, just concluded the annual three-day Legacy March.
Vermont Business Magazine For Woody Kissel of Champlain, N.Y, last year’s National Lung Cancer Screening Day couldn’t have been more significant. The screening, held November 11, 2023, at University of Vermont Health Network — Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital’s (CVPH) Valcour Imaging, led to further testing and a diagnosis of stage three lung cancer.
Vermont Business Magazine For the ninth consecutive year, Champlain College and its Esports Program teamed up to support the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital, a Children’s Miracle Network hospital, with a 48-hour marathon Extra Life event, which raised over $3,700.
Vermont Business Magazine This weekend, beginning the evening of Friday, November 8 until the evening of Sunday, November 10, CHC will be updating our Electronic Health Record. During this time, we will not have access to electronic prescribing. Some things to know: If you need to request medication refills, please do so before this weekend!
Green Mountain Care Board Board Members and presenters will participate remotely through Microsoft Teams. Members of the public can attend board meetings by using the links or call-in phone numbers listed below.
by Tova Brickley, Community News Service Watching adults vote can educate children, but fewer Vermont students may be getting the opportunity to see democracy in action this November. Since 2016, the number of Vermont schools serving as polling places has decreased by more than half.
Vermont Business Magazine The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont has announced that on Friday, November 1, 2024, Nasir Hussain, also known as “Sonu”, 31, of Orlando, Florida was convicted in U.S. District Court in Rutland of wire fraud conspiracy after a four-day jury trial. U.S. District Judge Joseph N.
Vermont Business Magazine The Walter Cerf Community Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation recently awarded $94,000 in grants to 21 organizations in its 2024 competitive grants round. These awards build on $62,000 distributed in third-year payments to the fund’s multiyear cohort, bringing the total grantmaking for 2024 to $156,000.
Vermont Business Magazine A New England doctor pleaded guilty today to conspiring to illegally distribute controlled substances. This is the first joint prosecution of a doctor by the Justice Department’s New England Strike Force and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont. According to court documents, Adnan S.