By Erin Petenko/VTDigger Vermonters pocketed a median annual household income of $72,431 from 2017 to 2021 and are less likely to live in poverty than they were a decade ago, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. […]
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Vermont’s Covid levels remain ‘low’ as new wave begins nationwide
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger Vermont’s Covid-19 levels are still “low,” according to the state Department of Health’s weekly surveillance report, Dec. 7. The weekly update comes amid a national rise in Covid cases and hospitalizations, according to The New York Times. […]
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Unseasonably warm weather ends with a cold snap
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger Hopefully you spent last weekend raking leaves and taking down the Halloween decorations, as temperatures hit unseasonably high levels with low- to mid-70s across central Vermont. It was the latest in a string of unseasonably warm days […]
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Major hospitals keeping mask mandates despite new CDC guidance
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised its Covid-19 guidance to allow health care facilities in certain areas to drop mask mandates for patients, visitors and staff. But for the time being, the state’s […]
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Covid levels ‘low’ as Omicron booster campaign kicks off
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger Covid-19 levels in Vermont remain “low,” according to the Vermont Department of Health’s latest weekly surveillance update. The data comes amid the first week of the Omicron booster, also called the bivalent vaccine, which became available Wednesday, Sept. 7 in […]
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‘Wildly unusual’: Census shows explosion of migration into Vermont in pandemic’s first
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger More than 4,800 people moved to Vermont between 2020 and 2021, the highest net migration total the state has reported in at least a decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. The trend represents a complete […]
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BA.5 is the latest of a ‘parade of surges’ to expect, Covid experts say
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger It’s been roughly a year since the Delta variant arrived in Vermont, reversing what had been a nearly Covid-free summer. Delta caused a surge in cases and hospitalizations, propelling what Health Commissioner Mark Levine deemed a new […]
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Will Vermont see a BA.2 surge?
Experts are holding their breath By Erin Petenko/ VTDigger Timothy Plante likens Vermont’s day-to-day Covid-19 data now to the very first days of the virus’s arrival in March 2020. At the time, little was known about the progress of the […]
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Getting a second Covid booster: What you need to know
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger On Tuesday, March 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced its approval of the second booster dose of Pfizer or Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for people 50 and older and people with compromised immune systems. That booster is […]
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Vermont plans policy for Covid’s endemic phase
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger Vermont’s seven-day Covid-19 average hit its lowest point since last fall, one of several indicators that the Omicron variant surge is trending down. Health department Commissioner Mark Levine said the numbers “continue to reinforce the improving picture […]