WATERBURY– In response to a significant increase in rabies cases among wild animals in Vermont, state and federal officials are planning a rabies vaccine bait drop beginning May 2. Rabies activity has risen sharply in recent years, with 66 rabid animals reported in both 2024 and 2025, more than double the[Read More…]
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Health officials recommend Hepatitis B Vaccine
WATERBURY – Vermont health officials are recommending health care providers continue to protect children from hepatitis B, a highly contagious virus that infects the liver, through the current, evidence-based vaccination schedule. “In partnership with Vermont’s health care community, pediatric care providers and our counterparts across the region, we want to make[Read More…]
Mosquitoes test positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus
WATERBURY – Even as the weather cools, health officials are urging people to take steps to prevent mosquito bites after Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, a serious and potentially deadly mosquito-transmitted virus, has been detected for the first time this year in Franklin, Addison and Orleans counties. Mosquitoes from Swanton[Read More…]
Ben & Jerry’s founders launch campaign to ‘free’ ice cream operation
WATERBURY – Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield launched a campaign Tuesday to “free” the ice cream company they founded from its current owner Unilever, claiming the larger corporation has stifled the Vermont-based outfit’s political messaging and actions. The campaign includes two open letters authored by the Ben & Jerry’s founders, which address[Read More…]
Wildlife Vaccine Drop Underway to Prevent Spread of Rabies
WATERBURY – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services, in coordination with the Vermont Department of Health and the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, began an annual rabies vaccine bait drop, August 1, to help combat rising rabies rates in wildlife. The vaccine, in the form of a sweet-smelling oral[Read More…]
Vaccine Drop Will Help Prevent Rabies Spread
WATERBURY – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, in coordination with the Vermont Department of Health, will conduct a special spring rabies vaccine bait drop beginning May 5 to help combat rising rabies rates in wildlife. The early distribution will deliver approximately 350,000 units of oral rabies vaccine bait[Read More…]
Under New Ownership, WDEV Seeks Second Wind
WATERBURY – On its face, the partnership between The Nation magazine and Myers Mermel, the new owner of WDEV-AM, is an unlikely one. Earlier this year, Mermel, who previously served as president of the conservative Ethan Allen Institute and once ran for the U.S. Senate as a Republican, entered the fabled Vermont[Read More…]
Investigation Continues into Statewide Hoax School Threats
WATERBURY — An investigation continues into an apparent hoax call targeting 12 schools across Vermont on Tuesday, April 8, with false reports of shootings. The incident began at about 6:35 p.m., Monday, April 7, when the Vermont State Police was notified that an anonymous user had utilized the Department of[Read More…]
