COVID-19


  • Faith Gong: We all fall down

    Faith Gong: We all fall down

    “Mommy, what do two lines mean?” my nine-year-old daughter called across the kitchen. And just like that, the Bad Thing entered our house

  • Omicron boosters are coming

    Omicron boosters are coming

    A new COVID-19 vaccine booster targeted at Omicron strains, called the bivalent vaccine, is coming to Vermont this week, according to the state Department of Health.

  • Guest editorial: Vermont has found new tools to make COVID disappear

    Guest editorial: Vermont has found new tools to make COVID disappear

    Right now, the distressing reality faced by these vulnerable Vermonters is that public policy no longer has their backs — instead, public policy has pushed them further into…

  • COVID won’t mute this opera production

    COVID won’t mute this opera production

    Jacques Offenbach’s opera “Orphée aux enfers” is full of irreverent chatter and absurd story turns, but the cast and crew who are readying to stage the 19th century…

  • Editorial: COVID’s back: Should masking be too?

    Editorial: COVID’s back: Should masking be too?

    In the movie this winter, “Don’t Look Up,” a huge comet is approaching Earth on a trajectory that’s sure to cause cataclysmic destruction upon impact. The president, however,…

  • Three ACSD schools see COVID surge

    Addison Central School District officials are urging vigilance and voluntary compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols — rather than mandatory masking and other restrictions — in the wake of…

  • COVID-19 still with us after two years

    COVID-19 still with us after two years

    Sixteen students in Middlebury College’s Chronicling COVID-19 Winter Term course conducted oral histories with more than two dozen Addison County residents.

  • Congressman Welch tests positive for COVID-19

    Welch, 74, wrote that his symptoms began that morning and were mild. He said he would be isolating and working from home for the rest of the week.

  • Vt. shifts to providing antigen tests at state sites

    Vermont plans to begin providing at-home antigen tests for COVID-19 at state-run testing sites, rather than PCR tests, officials said at a press conference Tuesday.

  • A COVID Oral History: Virus forced local institutions to adapt

    A COVID Oral History: Virus forced local institutions to adapt

    Rows of empty pews, hallways of empty classrooms, and dozens of empty restaurants were something nobody expected to see a little more than two years ago.