Vermont Sen. Peter Welch is joining colleagues in Washington this week for a two-day forum on recent changes at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Health officials celebrated the progress in reducing opioid deaths and cited public health interventions. But a treatment recovery director warned the data could be misleading.

Vermont Business Magazine Today, the Vermont Medical Society (VMS) joined a group of nine medical organizations and public health nonprofits to sue the federal government to stop the deletion of vital ...

Vermont has the second lowest state fatality rate in the US (147.3 per 100K; Hawaii 112.9/100K). Mississippi (464.7/100K) and ...

According to the CDC, Vermont is among the states with the highest rates of new hepatitis C infections. The virus rarely ...

Texas has made headlines in recent months due to its measles outbreak, with 718 confirmed cases as of May 13. The Lone Star ...

Florida becomes the second state to ban fluoride in drinking water. Missouri lawmakers look to reverse abortion access voters ...

While fentanyl is still involved in most opioid deaths Vermont — 170, or 93% of fatalities, in 2024 — fatal overdoses involving the drug have declined for two years running. At the same time, fatal ...

New provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Vital Statistics System reveals a nearly 27% decline in predicted drug overdose deaths in 2024 compared to 2023. The ...