coronavirus
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Letter to the editor: Unvaxxed should go to the back of the line
An elderly friend just had his hip replacement put off, as Burlington, Middlebury and Rutland hospitals had no bed for him. Of the patients who had the bed,…
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Free rapid COVID tests available for K-12 students
MONTPELIER – Governor Phil Scott today announced that parents and caregivers of Vermont’s K-12 children will be able to pick up one free rapid antigen test kit per…
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College delays J-term, eyes omicron
Middlebury College has delayed the start of the upcoming winter term and students’ return to campus. It is also preparing for more COVID-19 cases in the wake of…
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State officials forecast Christmas COVID surge
So far only a handful of Vermonters have tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19, state health officials said on Dec. 21. But that won’t be true…
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Ways of seeing: Vaccine failures challenge our values
When I moved to Vermont for college, I was 18 and had barely left Texas. My family drove me, and I was terrified when I realized how far…
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Businesses urged to tighten COVID precautions
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) is suggesting ways that Vermont businesses can mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace during the…
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Middlebury takes a pass on mask mandate
The unanimous decision came as a disappointment to around 20 local residents who had implored the board — through testimony and emails — to take advantage of a…
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College goes remote as COVID-19 surges
A surge in COVID-19 cases at Middlebury College last week prompted an abrupt shift to remote instruction, and the college is encouraging students to leave early for winter…
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Community forum: Make your holidays COVID free
With the highest sustained rates of COVID in Addison County since the start of the pandemic, we are increasingly facing the unnerving reality of running out of room…
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Ways of seeing: Polio generation trusted the vaccine
My father recalled a day during elementary school when all the kids from the school were taken down to the Town Hall, and everyone was given a polio…
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Letter to the editor: Vax resistance hurts others
I grew up in the early 1950s. Back then everybody got to see the effects of polio on people of all ages.
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Middlebury College goes fully remote on Friday amid COVID outbreak
After reporting 47 new cases of COVID-19 since Wednesday, Middlebury College switched to remote instruction Friday morning and is encouraging students to leave early for winter break, which…
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Insurers ordered to pay for home COVID tests
The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation this week issued an emergency regulation requiring health insurers to cover the costs of COVID-19 antigen at-home tests
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Letter to the editor: Let’s focus on the public good
In my father’s day, the killer was polio. In my son’s, it is COVID. Let’s all focus on the public good and use every medically-recommended tool at our…
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Gov. Scott supports Biden’s new COVID action plan
“I share the President’s commitment to progress by prioritizing what we know will work best, which are not the broad restrictions of 2020.”
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Local towns taking a pass on mask mandates
The communities of Vergennes, Bristol and Brandon have decided not to take advantage of a new law giving communities the option of imposing COVID-related face mask mandates for…