The home for Vermont Public's coverage of health care issues affecting the state of Vermont.
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Made up of Mikey Dyke, Judi Emanuel and their children, Caribbean Rain started performing as a formal band at the same time that the family relocated to Vermont. Following a recent health crisis, the family is more determined than ever to share their music.
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The University of Vermont Medical Center is preparing to bring in about 500 nurses to work there next week. That's after the union representing around 2,000 nurses at the hospital issued a strike notification Monday.
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New Hampshire’s public health division is looking into a report of an international traveler contracting measles shortly after visiting the town of Hanover.
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Vermont was one of 10 states to receive a grant for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for two community-based mental health clinics.
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Nearly 1,900 nursing staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center could go on strike if their union fails to reach a deal with the hospital before July 9.
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The bill, signed by Gov. Phil Scott earlier this month, allows the Vermont Veterans' Home in Bennington to partner with different health care provider groups throughout the state to better serve veterans who aren't located in southern Vermont.
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Brave Little StateWait times are long and clinicians are maxed out. Brave Little State takes a look at where the future of primary care is headed.
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Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders hosted a roundtable of Vermont health care leaders to talk staggering health care costs, ongoing hospital staffing shortages and what can change for a small state within the national health care system.
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Gov. Phil Scott signed legislation that allows primary care physicians to order tests and certain medications without seeking prior authorization from a health insurance company — a process many doctors say can delay treatments. Insurers said the bill would lead to rate increases.
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The bill allows primary care physicians to order tests and certain medications without seeking prior authorization from an insurance company — a process many doctors say can delay treatments.