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In Vermont, Residents Are Fighting to Free Their Dairy Farmworker Neighbors
The Good Men Project - California
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July 16, 2025
By Grey Moran, Sentient Media On a cool May afternoon, a group of Vermonters crowded into the cheerful, teal-painted headquarters of Migrant Justice, a human rights organization led by immigrant farmworkers. The team of over a dozen volunteers...
Lyme Disease Is Most Prevalent In The Northeast
Zero Hedge
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This year is a bad year for ticks... Statista's Anna Fleck reports that new research has found that ticks are becoming more widespread due to changes in the climate, land use and human-animal interactions. The biggest risk areas are in...
Thousands of Vermonters will see federal food benefits eliminated or reduced
Vermont Public Radio
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July 15, 2025
Government agencies and nonprofits have begun looking for ways to blunt the impact of a new federal law that could see thousands of Vermonters lose access to food benefits. The budget package Congress passed earlier this month will reduce funding...
Democratic Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over New ACA Rule
MedCity News
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July 18, 2025
Democratic attorneys general of 20 states, as well as the governor of Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday. It challenges a recent...
Ounce of Prevention: Healthy diet and physical activity for cardiovascular disease prevention
Manchester Journal - Vermont
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Ounce of Prevention is a weekly column which presents recommendations for preventative services derived from The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Each column begins with the name of the condition, the grade provided by the...
5.4 million hit in major healthcare data breach — names, emails, SSNs and more exposed
Tom's Guide
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July 14, 2025
Hackers continue to go after healthcare-related businesses in their attacks and unfortunately, you could easily get caught up in the aftermath as the result of a data breach. Case in point, millions of Americans are now receiving data breach...
New Data from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Highlight Regional Imbalance in Mental Health Provider Availability
TMCNet
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July 15, 2025
Findings emphasize the need for up-to-date provider data to improve access ATLANTA, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a leading provider of data and analytics, published new findings on national and regional mental health...
Nicole Miller: The freeze of federal funding for after-school programs and its impact in Vermont
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 14, 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...
VTDigger Partners with CLiF and the Vermont Book Shop to deliver books to Vermont children
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 14, 2025
Dear Reader, As you know, VTDigger is your valuable, independent source of information on what’s happening in Vermont. I am honored to return to Vermont as VTDigger’s new editor-in-chief and to lead this talented team of journalists, who are...
How could we drive safely on the road in elderly age for the safety of everyone?
Mountain Views Star Mail
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July 19, 2025
By Maria Millers Thanks mostly to modern medicine, we are living longer and enjoying the kind of old age many in past generations never dreamt of, allowing many to follow their passions: enjoying their grandchildren, joining classes, meeting...
Bill W, co-founder of AA, is a Vermont native: Here's…
The Burlington Free Press - Vermont
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(This story has been updated to correct an inaccuracy.) EAST DORSET — An organization that has helped millions around the world work toward sobriety can trace its origins to the cozy parlor of a modest hotel in southern Vermont. That’s the room...
Law, family and medicine converge in documentary about Vermont’s aid in dying
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- An exploration of a determined woman’s choices at the end of her life, from the perspectives of family, medicine and law, is the subject of a new documentary and post-screening discussion coming to Williamstown’s Images...
Athlete Profile: Ian MacKenzie fields team for SlamT1D Vermont Summer Classic
Saint Albans Messenger - Vermont
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ST. ALBANS - This summer, Ian MacKenzie is going full circle with the SLAMT1D Vermont Summer Classic Wiffle Ball Tournament. The annual event helps raise awareness for Type 1 Diabetes, but it's also all about having fun and building community....
Slovenia approves law to legalize assisted dying for terminally-ill adults
Fox News
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July 19, 2025
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Slovenian lawmakers became the first Eastern European country to legalize a law on Friday to allow medically-assisted...
As tick populations rise in Vermont, health officials urge precautions
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 11, 2025
A blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, which is a carrier of Lyme disease. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP Invasive plants, new housing development and climate change are boosting tick...
‘Women have more power than they think’: self-help superstar Mel Robbins on success, survival and silencing her critics
The Guardian
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July 19, 2025
‘Putting yourself in this room today,” booms Mel Robbins from the stage of a sold-out London theatre, “is a decision that’s going to change the trajectory of your life.” Rows and rows of (almost exclusively) women gaze at the podcaster and...
Hot weather fuels harmful algal blooms on Lake Champlain
Adirondack Explorer - New York
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July 19, 2025
Beaches along Lake Champlain close due to toxic cyanobacteria blooms By Zachary Matson As water temperatures have increased in Lake Champlain, a spate of hot, sunny weather set the stage for dozens of harmful algal blooms throughout the lake,...
At least 31 injured after ‘car ploughs into crowd’ in Los Angeles with five fighting for lives
The Sun
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July 19, 2025
AT least 31 people have been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd in Los Angeles. Emergency services descended on Santa Monica Boulevard in East Hollywood after a car smashed into pedestrians at around 2am local time. 3 A smashed-up grey car...
3M Company (NYSE:MMM) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Insider Monkey
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July 19, 2025
3M Company (NYSE:MMM) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript July 18, 2025 3M Company beats earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $2.16, expectations were $2.01. Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the 3M Second...
The worst tourist trap in every U.S. state, according to new data
The Manual - Oregon
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July 19, 2025
If you’ve ever walked away from a popular attraction wondering if it was worth the hype (or the price), you’re not alone. New research from Nomad eSIM has crunched the numbers on TripAdvisor reviews to uncover the worst tourist traps in every U.S....