They’ve warned about the coming crisis at Vermont’s long-term care facilities for years. It’s here. Now.
Vermont’s long-term care in crisis now
Nine-year-old girl suffers cardiac event at Jay Peak resort
The cause of the nine-year-old girl’s cardiac event was unknown. She was taken to a local hospital, then to the pediatric unit at UVMMC in Burlington.
Is Dartmouth Health Pediatric Clinic destroying kids’ sexual future?
Delaying “exploding” puberty can have tragic, irreversible results.
Give your hippocampus a bubble bath
Exercise gives the hippocampus a “bubble bath” which results in noticeable improved function.
Medicaid won’t pay for cavity treatment? Cheaper solution proposed
Approval of new procedure would make cavity treatment affordable under Medicaid.
Dental services funded by federal earmark stalled due to hygienist shortage
Despite federal funding, a South Royalton dental clinic can’t offer services because it lacks dental hygienists.
On the road with the Mitzvah Fund
Four-legged patients get loving, expert healthcare inside Baby Huey, the rolling veterinary clinic operated by the Mitzvah Fund.
Tell Steve Kirsch your Blood Clot Story (but only if you really have one)
Just the latest Internet Fear Fest? Or is there something to all of the online stories about rubbery blood clots being pulled from bodies alive and dead? Steve Kirsch is curious.
Pandemic-era Medicaid benefit extension likely, officials say
The pandemic may be (almost) over, but federal Public Health Emergency Medicaid benefits appear likely to continue, at least into 2023.
RSV surge, result of pandemic masking and social distancing, seen in Vermont
Young children who as infants weren’t exposed to RSV due to social distancing and masking are more vulnerable to it now.
