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Nessel joins multistate effort defending school-based mental health funding
Great Lakes Wire - Michigan
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July 10, 2025
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of states in filing an amicus brief to support schools facing the potential loss of federal mental health funding. The brief supports a lawsuit by a New Mexico school district...
These states are spending the most on health insurance, study shows
FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona
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Health insurance reform is coming from the Trump administration. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses these changes to to US health insurance. Although health insurance prices are rising all over the country, certain...
Researchers identify America's 'healthiest state' where locals live eight years longer
Daily Mail
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July 10, 2025
Researchers have identified 'America's healthiest state' where locals live eight years longer due to a better way of living. They tracked all 50 states using federal health records and mapped public resources that support well-being, finding...
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The Porterville Recorder - California
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Israel orders evacuations in central Gaza as ceasefire talks stall and military offensive widens DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military has issued new evacuation warnings for central Gaza, an area where ground operations have been...
Study: More than half of NY's rural hospitals at risk of closure
Star Gazette- New York
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About one-third of all rural hospitals in the country are at risk of closing due to financial distress, including 29 hospitals in NY, a policy group reported. Of that total, over 300 of those rural hospitals were at immediate risk of closing...
Graceful Health: Dr. Wyll Everett: Take the summer hydration challenge
Brattleboro Reformer - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
What’s the best thing to drink when you’re thirsty – water, Gatorade, milk, juice? If you search for an answer online, you will find a variety of opinions. Before you take someone’s advice, consider the source – is it from a medical expert? During...
AG Brown joins multistate effort defending school mental health funding
WJLA 7 - Washington D.C.
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BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined a multistate coalition in supporting a legal challenge to the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to end key federal funding for school-based mental health programs. The...
Remains found over 50 years ago identified as missing Vermont nurse
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Ohio
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Remains found 51 years ago in a wooded New Hampshire area have been identified as a missing nurse and now, police want to find out how her remains ended up there. The remains belong to Nancy Gale Erickson, a 21-year-old who once lived in the...
Meet the 11 people who will redesign Vermont's school districts
The Burlington Free Press - Vermont
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Vermont's Redistricting Task Force, responsible for redrawing school district boundaries, has been formed. The task force aims to consolidate the current 100+ districts into roughly a dozen, adhering to Act 73's student population guidelines. The...
Brain Drain: The States Struggling To Retain Their Medical Talent
24/7 Wall St.
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July 10, 2025
Key Points Many states struggle to retain medical talent. Physician retention rates are higher than 75% in the best states, and lower than 40% in the worst. Low physician retention rates exacerbate existing doctor shortages and can lead to reduced...
How Much of Your Louisiana Income Does Health Insurance Take?
Talk Radio 960AM - Louisiana
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July 10, 2025
Highlights Louisiana residents spend 10.18 percent of their monthly income on health insurance premiums The state ranks 8th highest in the nation for insurance costs relative to income Average monthly premium for silver health insurance plans is...
Health Talk: AHEC interns learn by doing
Rutland Herald - Vermont
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This summer’s Vermont Area Health Education Center (AHEC) network’s College Student Health Care Internship Program (CSHIP) has 27 college students contributing to the improvement of Vermonters’ health. This “learning-by-doing” supports over 2,500...
Pelin Kohn: A values-based response to homelessness in Vermont
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a...
State Police trooper shoots and kills Southern Vermont man reportedly amid threats
Valley News - New Hampshire
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October 7, 2025
A Vermont State Police crime scene team member works Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at the site of a shooting at the Putney Landing apartment complex just off Interstate 91’s exit 4. (VtDigger - Kevin O’Connor) — A state trooper shot and killed a man...
Woman found dead in New Hampshire in 1974 identified as missing Vermont woman
WGME - Maine
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CONCORD, New Hampshire (WGME) -- The identity of a woman found dead more than 50 years ago in New Hampshire has been revealed. Investigators say the person was 21-year-old Nancy Gale Erickson of Tampa, Florida and Brattleboro, Vermont. Erickson...
Massachusetts Abortion Clinics Hit Hard as New Law Slashes Federal Funding
Law Enforcement Today
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BOSTON, MA- The largest abortion mill in the country is poised to lose at least $14 million in taxpayer subsidies in Massachusetts alone as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) passed by Congress last week and signed into law by President...
Barre Up Trains Central Vermonters in Use of Flood Recovery Tools
The Montpelier Bridge - Vermont
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July 10, 2025
In the second of its “Facing the Water” workshop series, Barre Up, a long-term recovery organization in Barre City, taught residents how to use flood-related tools and machines at the Aldrich Library on June 30, less than two weeks from the...
PFAS contamination leaves rural towns facing long-term health and water crises
Environmental Health News
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July 10, 2025
Residents in small towns across New York, Vermont, and Maine are grappling with the lasting impacts of PFAS pollution, with class-action settlements providing limited relief for poisoned wells and persistent health threats. Sara Foss reports for...
Map Shows Which States Spend the Most and Least on Health Insurance
Newsweek
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July 10, 2025
As health insurance premiums continue to climb across the country, a new report from WalletHub highlights which states are shouldering the heaviest burdens—and which are paying relatively little. Why It Matters The analysis compared the average...
US Senate panel approves Trump pick to head Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ohio Capital Journal
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s candidate to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advanced out of a Senate committee Wednesday following a party-line vote, moving her one step closer to confirmation. Susan Monarez’s nomination...