{"id":541086,"date":"2023-05-31T15:47:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/?page_id=541086"},"modified":"2025-06-26T11:13:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:13:26","slug":"health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/health\/","title":{"rendered":"Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles alignwide  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-5 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"541086\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"631030\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-ludlow tag-phish tag-substance-use-disorder tag-addiction-treatment tag-trey-anastasio category-health category-regional category-southern-vermont category-windsor-county type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/backed-by-phish-singer-new-recovery-scholarship-fund-aims-to-help-women\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Backed by Phish frontman, new recovery scholarship fund aims to help women\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"631032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/ludlow-recovery-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1875\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D850&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748874071&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ludlow-recovery-2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ludlow\u2019s Divided Sky Residential Recovery Program offers support for substance use disorders at its 46-bed retreat center. Photo courtesy of the Divided Sky Foundation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ludlow\u2019s Divided Sky Residential Recovery Program offers support for substance use disorders at its 46-bed retreat center. Photo courtesy of the Divided Sky Foundation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-300x220.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-1200x879.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/backed-by-phish-singer-new-recovery-scholarship-fund-aims-to-help-women\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Backed by Phish frontman, new recovery scholarship fund aims to help women<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Vermont-formed band\u2019s Trey Anastasio and his Divided Sky Foundation are raising money to support women dealing with substance use disorder at his nonprofit retreat center in Ludlow.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/cap-kevin-oconnor\/\">Kevin O&#039;Connor<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T13:51:28-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 1:51 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T14:29:34-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 2:29 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630969\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-blue-cross-and-blue-shield-of-vermont tag-covid tag-covid-19-vaccine tag-kinney-drugs tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr tag-trending-stories tag-u-s-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention tag-vaccination tag-vermont-department-of-health category-health type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/09\/as-feds-tighten-covid-vaccine-rules-vermont-works-to-maintain-access\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-1200x801.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"As feds tighten Covid vaccine rules, Vermont works to maintain access\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-125x83.jpg 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"530008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1335\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;GLENN RUSSELL&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Cat Neville, a University of Vermont nursing student, administers a third dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1633170933&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;GLENN RUSSELL&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;vaccination-clinic-1 20210930&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vaccination-clinic-1 20210930\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cat Neville, a University of Vermont nursing student, administers a third dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cat Neville, a University of Vermont nursing student, administers a third dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-1200x801.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/09\/as-feds-tighten-covid-vaccine-rules-vermont-works-to-maintain-access\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">As feds tighten Covid vaccine rules, Vermont works to maintain access\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pharmacies can provide boosters to individuals who qualify, but the state is awaiting a looming CDC recommendation to better understand what government insurance can cover. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/olivia-gieger\/\">Olivia Gieger<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-09T19:16:14-04:00\">September 9, 2025, 7:16 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T09:06:54-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 9:06 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-wp-block-newspack-ads-blocks-ad-unit alignnone\" style=\"text-align:inherit\">\t\t<div class='newspack_global_ad block_68c21a0352e27'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/6614979\/newspack-category-page-inline-1-6467d3kjp3rit --><div id='div-gpt-ad-68c21a0352e27-0'><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles alignwide  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-5 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"541086\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630964\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-mosquitoes tag-vermont-department-of-health category-health type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/09\/vermont-confirms-states-1st-case-of-jamestown-canyon-virus-in-humans\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Vermont confirms state\u2019s 1st case of Jamestown Canyon virus in humans\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"628186\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/china-chikungunya\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;AP&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;FILE - This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito. (James Gathany\\\/CDC via AP, File)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1666984857&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;China Chikungunya&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"China Chikungunya\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito in 2014. Photo by James Gathany\/U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito in 2014. Photo by James Gathany\/U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-1200x800.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/09\/vermont-confirms-states-1st-case-of-jamestown-canyon-virus-in-humans\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vermont confirms state\u2019s 1st case of Jamestown Canyon virus in humans\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The state advises protecting against mosquito bites as summer comes to a close.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/olivia-gieger\/\">Olivia Gieger<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-09T18:14:34-04:00\">September 9, 2025, 6:14 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T09:07:25-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 9:07 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630781\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-green-mountain-care-board tag-health-care-costs tag-hospital-budgets category-health type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/05\/state-health-care-regulator-attempts-to-rein-in-hospital-budgets-as-costs-balloon\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/uvmmc-1-202011123-1200x801.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"State health care regulator attempts to rein in hospital budgets as costs balloon\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/uvmmc-1-202011123-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/uvmmc-1-202011123-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/uvmmc-1-202011123-125x83.jpg 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/uvmmc-1-202011123-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/uvmmc-1-202011123-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/uvmmc-1-202011123.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"525321\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/uvmmc-1-202011123\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/uvmmc-1-202011123.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1335\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;GLENN RUSSELL&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington on Monday, November 23, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1606143031&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;GLENN RUSSELL&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;140&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;uvmmc-1 202011123&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"uvmmc-1 202011123\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington on Monday, November 23, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington on Monday, November 23, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/uvmmc-1-202011123-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/uvmmc-1-202011123-1200x801.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/05\/state-health-care-regulator-attempts-to-rein-in-hospital-budgets-as-costs-balloon\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">State health care regulator attempts to rein in hospital budgets as costs balloon<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A slate of new laws are empowering the Green Mountain Care Board to tackle high executive compensation and health care costs ahead of its mid-September decision on hospital budgets. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/olivia-gieger\/\">Olivia Gieger<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-05T18:24:11-04:00\">September 5, 2025, 6:24 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-05T18:25:51-04:00\">September 5, 2025, 6:25 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e4e9ff\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow 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Photo by Emma Cotton\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_0670-300x201.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_0670-1200x803.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_0670-1200x803.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-528809\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_0670-1200x803.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_0670-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_0670-125x84.jpeg 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_0670-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_0670-1536x1028.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSC_0670-2048x1371.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" data-attachment-id=\"561516\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1331\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Celeste Fetter prepares a dose of flu vaccine during a Covid-19 and flu vaccination clinic at the Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury on Saturday, October 28, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1698500313&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;vaccine-clinic-1 20231028&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vaccine-clinic-1 20231028\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Celeste Fetter prepares a dose of flu vaccine during a Covid-19 and flu vaccination clinic at the Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury on Saturday, October 28, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Celeste Fetter prepares a dose of flu vaccine during a Covid-19 and flu vaccination clinic at the Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury on Saturday, October 28, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028-1200x799.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028-1200x799.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people standing around a table in a classroom.\" class=\"wp-image-561516\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028-125x83.jpg 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028-1568x1044.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/vaccine-clinic-1-20231028.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"622822\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/05\/19\/sen-sanders-raises-alarm-on-cost-of-health-care-in-vermont-and-nationwide\/sanders-presser-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sanders-presser-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Two favorite photos: Senator Bernie Sanders held a press conference alongside Vermont healthcare leaders on May 19 to advocate for programs and policy to make healthcare more affordable in the state. Photo by Olivia Gieger\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Senator speaks at podium with U.S. Senate seal, flanked by American flags, while five people stand behind him and one woman stands to the side.\" class=\"wp-image-622822\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-125x94.jpg 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-780x585.jpg 780w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sanders-presser-2-706x530.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles alignwide  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-5 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"541086\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630585\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-podcast tag-rebecca-bell tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr tag-u-s-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention tag-vaccines tag-vermont-conversation category-health type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/03\/vermont-conversation-dr-becca-bell-on-the-chaos-at-the-cdc-and-the-uneven-future-of-vaccine-access\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/becca-bell-800x600.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Vermont Conversation: Dr. Becca Bell on the chaos at the CDC, and the uneven future of vaccine access\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/becca-bell-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/becca-bell-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/becca-bell-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/becca-bell-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"630586\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/03\/vermont-conversation-dr-becca-bell-on-the-chaos-at-the-cdc-and-the-uneven-future-of-vaccine-access\/becca-bell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/becca-bell.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"becca-bell\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr. Becca Bell. Photo courtesy of Kristy Dooley&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/becca-bell-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/becca-bell-1200x800.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/03\/vermont-conversation-dr-becca-bell-on-the-chaos-at-the-cdc-and-the-uneven-future-of-vaccine-access\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vermont Conversation: Dr. Becca Bell on the chaos at the CDC, and the uneven future of vaccine access<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Vermont pediatrician warned that Medicaid cuts, which will result in some\u00a045,000 Vermonters losing health insurance, will fall hardest on children, who make up one third of the program&#8217;s enrollees in the state. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/cap-david-goodman\/\">David Goodman<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-03T17:16:36-04:00\">September 3, 2025, 5:16 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-04T06:30:03-04:00\">September 4, 2025, 6:30 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630525\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-healthhub tag-vtdigger-community-news-sharing-project tag-vermont-agency-of-human-services category-health category-regional category-southern-vermont category-windsor-county type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/02\/healthhub-unveils-new-dental-rig-marks-30-years\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WRVH-mobile-clinic-800x600.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"HealthHUB unveils new dental rig, marks 30 years\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WRVH-mobile-clinic-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WRVH-mobile-clinic-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WRVH-mobile-clinic-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WRVH-mobile-clinic-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"630526\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wrvh-mobile-clinic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WRVH-mobile-clinic.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1084,702\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WRVH mobile clinic\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Frank Lamson, co-founder and board president of HealthHUB, introduces \u201cRosie,\u201d a 42-foot mobile dental clinic, Tuesday morning in the Royalton municipal offices parking lot. Photo courtesy of Maryellen Apelquist for the White River Valley Herald &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Frank Lamson, co-founder and board president of HealthHUB, introduces \u201cRosie,\u201d a 42-foot mobile dental clinic, Tuesday morning in the Royalton municipal offices parking lot. Photo courtesy of Maryellen Apelquist for the White River Valley Herald &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WRVH-mobile-clinic-300x194.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WRVH-mobile-clinic.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/02\/healthhub-unveils-new-dental-rig-marks-30-years\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">HealthHUB unveils new dental rig, marks 30 years<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The project began in a handful of towns and has grown to serve grade-schoolers and their families in a dozen communities across the White River Valley.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/cap-white-river-valley-herald\/\">White River Valley Herald<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-02T17:42:55-04:00\">September 2, 2025, 5:42 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-02T21:14:12-04:00\">September 2, 2025, 9:14 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-wp-block-newspack-ads-blocks-ad-unit alignnone\" style=\"text-align:inherit\">\t\t<div class='newspack_global_ad block_68c21a036caab'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/6614979\/newspack-category-page-inline-1-6467d3kjp3ria --><div id='div-gpt-ad-68c21a036caab-0'><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles alignwide  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-5 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack  has-text-align-left has-more-button\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"541086\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630394\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-dartmouth-health tag-dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center tag-lebanon-nh tag-new-hampshire tag-vtdigger-community-news-sharing-project category-health type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/31\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-expansion-to-add-64-beds-and-focus-on-geriatric-care\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center expansion to add 64 beds and focus on geriatric care\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"630396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/31\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-expansion-to-add-64-beds-and-focus-on-geriatric-care\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1602\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Guests tour a wing of the new Patient Pavilion at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Friday, April 14, 2023, that will become the new home of the facilty&#8217;s heart and vascular unit. Photo by James M. Patterson\/Valley News&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Guests tour a wing of the new Patient Pavilion at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Friday, April 14, 2023, that will become the new home of the facilty&#8217;s heart and vascular unit. Photo by James M. Patterson\/Valley News&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-1200x801.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/31\/dartmouth-hitchcock-medical-center-expansion-to-add-64-beds-and-focus-on-geriatric-care\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center expansion to add 64 beds and focus on geriatric care<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWe do have patients that we\u2019re not able to serve because we\u2019re at capacity,\u201d the chief operating officer said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/cap-valley-news\/\">Valley News<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2025-08-31T06:37:00-04:00\">August 31, 2025, 6:37 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630333\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-donald-trump tag-u-s-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention tag-vermont-department-of-health category-health type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/28\/with-cdc-in-chaos-vermont-joins-regional-coalition-to-navigate-public-health-challenges\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-3-20210930-1200x801.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"With CDC in chaos, Vermont joins regional coalition to navigate public health challenges\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-3-20210930-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-3-20210930-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-3-20210930-125x83.jpg 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-3-20210930-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-3-20210930-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-3-20210930.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"530006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/?attachment_id=530006\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-3-20210930.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1335\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;GLENN RUSSELL&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Mark Podgwaite of the Waterbury Ambulance Service assembles doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1633170287&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;GLENN RUSSELL&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;720&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;vaccination-clinic-3 20210930&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vaccination-clinic-3 20210930\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;NOTE: As of August 2025, we have been informed Mark Podgwaite has died. Please use generic cutlines. -NW &lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Mark Podgwaite of the Waterbury Ambulance Service assembles doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark Podgwaite of the Waterbury Ambulance Service assembles doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-3-20210930-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-3-20210930-1200x801.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/28\/with-cdc-in-chaos-vermont-joins-regional-coalition-to-navigate-public-health-challenges\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">With CDC in chaos, Vermont joins regional coalition to navigate public health challenges<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eight Northeast states band together to prep for uncertainties amid sudden departures of high-level federal officials and concerns about the CDC\u2019s vaccine recommendations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/olivia-gieger\/\">Olivia Gieger<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-08-28T17:28:52-04:00\">August 28, 2025, 5:28 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-08-29T14:50:29-04:00\">August 29, 2025, 2:50 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630212\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-northwestern-medical-center category-champlain-valley category-franklin-county category-health category-regional type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/27\/surgeries-resume-at-northwestern-medical-center-after-contamination-forced-pause\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/northwestern-medical-center-4-20210621-1200x801.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Surgeries resume at Northwestern Medical Center after contamination forced pause\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/northwestern-medical-center-4-20210621-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/northwestern-medical-center-4-20210621-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/northwestern-medical-center-4-20210621-125x83.jpg 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/northwestern-medical-center-4-20210621-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/northwestern-medical-center-4-20210621-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/northwestern-medical-center-4-20210621.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"528298\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/northwestern-medical-center-4-20210621\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/northwestern-medical-center-4-20210621.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1335\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;GLENN RUSSELL&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans on Monday, June 21, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1624282285&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;GLENN RUSSELL&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;northwestern-medical-center-4 20210621&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"northwestern-medical-center-4 20210621\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans on Monday, June 21, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans on Monday, June 21, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/northwestern-medical-center-4-20210621-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/northwestern-medical-center-4-20210621-1200x801.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/27\/surgeries-resume-at-northwestern-medical-center-after-contamination-forced-pause\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Surgeries resume at Northwestern Medical Center after contamination forced pause\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The St. Albans City hospital suspended all surgeries last week due to the presence of particles on surgical tools, a problem that worsened over several months. Some operations have resumed with improved water filtration.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/olivia-gieger\/\">Olivia Gieger<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-08-27T14:49:06-04:00\">August 27, 2025, 2:49 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-08-27T14:49:11-04:00\">August 27, 2025, 2:49 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630158\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-transgender-students tag-u-s-department-of-health-and-human-services tag-vermont-department-of-health category-health type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/26\/trumps-health-department-threatens-to-cut-funding-to-vermont-and-other-states-over-gender-ideology-in-sex-ed-materials\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/transgender-day-12-20230331-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trump\u2019s health department threatens to cut funding to Vermont and other states over \u2018gender ideology\u2019 in sex ed materials\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/transgender-day-12-20230331-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/transgender-day-12-20230331-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/transgender-day-12-20230331-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/transgender-day-12-20230331-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/transgender-day-12-20230331-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"538912\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/transgender-day-12-20230331\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/transgender-day-12-20230331.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1331\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Several hundred queer and transgender kids and their supporters gather at the Statehouse in Montpelier to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility on Friday, March 31, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1680261829&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;transgender-day-12 20230331&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"transgender-day-12 20230331\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Several hundred queer and transgender kids and their supporters gather at the Statehouse in Montpelier to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility on Friday, March 31, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/transgender-day-12-20230331-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/transgender-day-12-20230331-1200x799.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/26\/trumps-health-department-threatens-to-cut-funding-to-vermont-and-other-states-over-gender-ideology-in-sex-ed-materials\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trump\u2019s health department threatens to cut funding to Vermont and other states over \u2018gender ideology\u2019 in sex ed materials<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cFederal funds will not be used to poison the minds of the next generation or advance dangerous ideological agendas,\u201d a top U.S. Health and Human Services official said. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/shaun-robinson\/\">Shaun Robinson<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-08-26T17:47:54-04:00\">August 26, 2025, 5:47 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-08-26T17:47:59-04:00\">August 26, 2025, 5:47 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630085\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-bluecross-blueshield-of-vermont tag-green-mountain-care-board tag-owen-foster category-health type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/25\/vermont-health-care-regulator-approves-lowest-insurance-premium-increases-since-2022\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/owen-foster-4-20231130-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Vermont health care regulator approves lowest insurance premium increases since 2022\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/owen-foster-4-20231130-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/owen-foster-4-20231130-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/owen-foster-4-20231130-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/owen-foster-4-20231130-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/owen-foster-4-20231130-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"564713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/owen-foster-4-20231130\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/owen-foster-4-20231130.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1331\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Owen Foster, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, testifies before the Health Reform Oversight Committee at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, November 30, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1701357703&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;owen-foster-4 20231130&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"owen-foster-4 20231130\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Owen Foster, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, testifies before the Health Reform Oversight Committee at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, November 30, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Owen Foster, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, testifies before the Health Reform Oversight Committee at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, November 30, 2023. 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