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Daily Update on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) December 18, 2020 This update is available online at healthvermont.gov/covid19 Click the “See the Latest Update” button. Please visit the Vermont Department of Health’s COVID-19 web and data pages healthvermont.gov/covid19 Officials give vaccination update, urge Vermonters to stay safe for the holidays Health Commissioner Mark Levine, MD, said at Friday’s press conference that all hospitals have now received their allocation of COVID-19 vacci...

Daily Update on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) December 17, 2020 This update is available online at healthvermont.gov/covid19 Click the “See the Latest Update” button. Please visit the Vermont Department of Health’s COVID-19 web and data pages healthvermont.gov/covid19 Stay Safe in Winter Weather As heavy snow piled up in many parts of southern Vermont today, it’s a good time to remember how to stay safe in winter weather. Check on your neighbors , especially if they are older or in need ...

Chef Terrance Fisher learned the power of cooking and community in Orlando. Now hes using his skills to feed his hometown. INSIDER 12/17/2020 © Melrose Figueroa Melrose Figueroa Orlando-based chef Terrance Fisher learned the value of community-building from a young age, and learned on his own as he pursued his cooking career a decade ago. Now, Fisher is using his kitchen skills to give back to his Orlando community and beyond. He cooked Thanksgiving dinner for five local families as part o...

For more information visit healthvermont.gov/suicide. Get connected to Alcohol and Drug Support Services at VT Helplink. Get self-help tips and connect to mental health services at COVID Support VT. Food resources If your financial situation has recently changed, you may now qualify for Vermont nutrition and food programs, including WIC program (Women, Infants and Children), 3SquaresVT/SNAP, and more. Newer programs such as Farmers to Families and Everyone Eats are helping to fill the gaps. Con...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   MONTPELIER — The Legislative Joint Fiscal Committee has approved revised administration proposals for reallocating CARES Act funds, including $11.5 million in economic aid to businesses. Time is of the essence for the committee and the administration, since CARES Act COVID-19 relief money reverts back to the federal government if it’s not spent by the end of the month. The committee, as if taking a cue from that sense of urgency, al...

“We now have a safe and effective vaccine — developed in an unprecedented amount of time — and it’s here, in Vermont,” said Health Commissioner Mark Levine, MD. “This is a truly pivotal moment in the pandemic — one that should give us hope for the future. But at the same time, we must remember this is just the start of a long process to receive and administer enough vaccine to bring COVID-19 under control.” The Health Department has been allocated weekly shipments of 5,850 doses...

Daily Update on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) December 14, 2020 This update is available online at healthvermont.gov/covid19 Click the “See the Latest Update” button. Please visit the Vermont Department of Health’s COVID-19 web and data pages First shipments of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Vermont Governor Phil Scott today announced the arrival in Vermont of the first 1,950 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This is the first portion of the 5,850 doses coming to Vermont this week...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — Retreat Farm, the non-profit organization dedicated to connecting people to the land and to one another, received a $35,000 grant from the Gannett family fund at the Vermont Community Foundation to support the Farm’s efforts to address food insecurity in the wake of COVID-19. At the beginning of the pandemic, the Farm launched an emergency food pantry and ramped up its production of vegetables and meat to share directl...

Daily Update on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) December 11, 2020 This update is available online at healthvermont.gov/covid19 Click the “See the Latest Update” button. Please visit the Vermont Department of Health’s COVID-19 web and data pages healthvermont.gov/covid19 Vermonters should continue being cautious as cases remain high Health Commissioner Mark Levine said at Friday’s press conference that it’s now been about two weeks since Thanksgiving, but so far, we have not seen a “sur...

We buy congress and we buy lobbying. everyone eats. so the point is, very simply, is what we need to be focusing on right now is not just whats in the food but how its grown. weve done this with radiation. on the one end of washington, theyve gotten these patents where they say, these are unique crops. theyre literally licensed to be unique. on the other hand, the fda is saying, theyre not unique, theyre the same, theyre completely the same and you should have no right to know. these very same c...