Erica Heilman
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VPR
COVID numbers in the Northeast Kingdom have been climbing, and according to staff at the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, the weeks after Halloween have been the most trying since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Nurses at Northeast Vermont Regional Hospital share their experiences treating COVID patients. Plus, free at-home COVID tests for Vermonters, Secretary Mike Smith will retire, and Lt. Gov. Molly Gray jumps in the House race.
Brave Little State journeys into the weird world of Vermont's favorite jam band to explore the culture of "phandom” and Phish’s early roots here.
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The rapid emergence of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has many questioning whether they should rethink their holiday travel plans. -
The White House cited the "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity" in the Xinjiang region of China. U.S. athletes will compete in the Olympics.
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Vermont reporters provide a roundup of top news takeaways about the coronavirus and more for Monday, Dec. 6.
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Middlebury's Mahaney Arts Center hosted the New England premiere of an exciting new work by Richard Danielpour, commissioned by Music From Copland House. Performed by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and the Music From Copland House ensemble, the work is a setting of poetry by U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove.
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Lt. Gov. Molly Gray will seek the Democratic nomination for Vermont's only seat in the U.S. House, after the office will become vacant as Rep. Peter Welch runs for the U.S. Senate in the wake of the announced retirement of Sen. Patrick Leahy.
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Carbon offsets got a big boost from November's U.N. climate summit. New rules could make it easier for companies to pay for carbon-cutting projects in other countries, rather than doing it themselves.
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There's a lot we don't know about the new COVID variant. Many people are wondering if they can fly and go to holiday parties and restaurants — or should just hide out. We asked doctors for answers.
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Vermont has struggled to contain the delta surge for months now, and COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have reached all-time highs. It comes at a time when hospital workers say they are exhausted from nearly two years of the pandemic, and frustrated by people who refuse to get vaccinated.
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An analysis by NPR shows that since the vaccine rollout, counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump have had more than twice the COVID mortality rates of those that voted for Joe Biden.
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Newly released numbers obtained by NHPR offer a never-before-seen snapshot of what kind of outbreaks the state was monitoring across all work and community settings during the first 18 months of the pandemic.
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