Funding from the American Rescue Plan is in addition to the state’s annual award of $3.4 million  Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced Monday, April 12, that Vermont has received more than $11 million in additional funding for affordable housing construction under the American Rescue Plan Act, through…

By Lola Duffort/VTDigger At the start of the pandemic, state and education officials worried that Covid-19 would be a financial catastrophe for the pre-K-12 system. Instead, the opposite happened. With three major federal relief packages approved by Congress since the start of the pandemic, schools in Vermont and the Agency of Education have been allocated a combined $566…

By Emma Cotton/VTDigger and Polly Mikula Around the state, slots for vaccines have filled up quickly at several clinics organized specifically for Vermonters who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and those in their households. Megan Herrington, public health services director for the Bennington district, said around 3,000 Vermonters who qualified registered for the…

By Katy Savage With some restaurants, inns and bars being forced to close last year, option tax revenue is down by 50% or more in some towns, but many of them will be able to make up some of that with the help of a federal Covid-19 relief bill. Part of $2.7 billion in federal…

Infectious diseases can strike at any time. Some of them cause relatively minor interruptions to daily life and often can resolve of their own accord when the body’s immune system mounts a successful defense. Other diseases can cause serious, even life-threatening symptoms or spread rapidly, which makes it essential for medical professionals to help slow…

It’s a question of social fairness that has grown increasingly pertinent for public health officials as more and more Americans receive their initial dose of the Covid-19 vaccine: Should vaccinated people, or those with antibodies, have more freedom than those without or who have not been vaccinated? As some public spaces begin to open up,…

What’s the difference between the federal pharmacy program and state sponsored sites? Staff report There are two parallel programs for receiving your Covid-19 vaccine — one run by the state and one run by the federal government through partnering pharmacies. Each receives separate allocations of vaccines to distribute and each has a separate process for…

  By Polly Mikula Governor Phil Scott issued the “Vermont Forward, Roadmap to Reopening” on April 6, which outlined a three step approach to reopening the Vermont economy based on projected vaccination milestones reached. “We now have three safe and effective vaccines in our toolbox, which gives us a level of predictability we didn’t have…

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The Vermont Dept. of Health and health officials across the globe urge all adults ages 16-plus to get vaccinated for Covid-19 as soon as they’re eligible to help stop the spread of the disease and its variants — we all must do our part and get vaccinated so that we can once again return to…

On Monday, April 5, Governor Phil Scott and First Lady Diana McTeague Scott received their Covid-19 vaccinations at a clinic run by the Vermont Dept. of Health at Montpelier High School. “Like the 220,000 Vermonters who’ve already received at least one dose, I am thrilled to be vaccinated against Covid-19,” said Governor Scott. “Vaccinations are…

State creates a roadmap to full reopening, starts Friday By Polly Mikula “We have roughly 90 to go, 90 days to stay united so we can get back to normal,” Gov. Phil Scott said at the press conference, Tuesday, April 6. After July 4 Scott said he anticipates the state will only issue guidance —…

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  RRMC announces vaccine standby list By Polly Mikula Vermont reported 251 new Covid cases Friday, March 26, the highest ever one-day total and a significant rise over recent trends which had plateaued around 100 cases per day. “This is a concerning number of new cases and should not be dismissed,” said Dr. Mark Levine, state health…

The White River Junction Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System’s Moderna Covid-19 second dose clinic changed location for April 2. The Vermont National Guard has graciously offered to host veterans and Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) employees at Camp Johnson’s Green Mountain Armory in Colchester.  This clinic will be scheduled appointments only. “We are elated to…