COVID-19

VERMONT – Those who haven’t gotten their annual flu shot or updated COVID-19 booster yet, now is the time to take advantage of expanded hours at Health Department vaccination clinics, where visitors can walk in, with no appointment necessary. New hours include more evenings and weekends through...

Bennington resident Kevin Snow received an updated booster for COVID-19 at the COVID Resource Center on Tuesday, September 13.
BENNINGTON - More than 200 people were vaccinated with updated bivalent boosters for COVID-19 at Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s COVID-19 Resource Center on Tuesday, September 13.
The clinic exhausted its supply of Moderna and only Pfizer shots are expected to be available for the next...
Monkeypox symptoms include a rash with large blisters on the skin.  Vaccines are now available. Courtesy WHO
Monkeypox symptoms include a rash with large blisters on the skin. Vaccines are now available. Courtesy WHO
WASHINGTON, DC- On Thursday, July 28, some of the nation’s leading health experts held a press briefing regarding the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. This briefing came a day before the first reported case in Vermont. US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra hosted the...

Vermont Governor Phil Scott
MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott marked the second anniversary of Vermont’s COVID-19 lockdown at his weekly COVID-19 press conference, and said that a new variant, Omicron BA2, isn’t likely to result in another COVID “wave.”
In a call with White House officials minutes earlier, Gov. Scott said...

Gov. Phil Scott
Scott calls for 100 new cell towers around the state
MONTPELIER- The Omicron wave continues to subside, state officials said Tuesday,
“In Vermont we’re reporting a seven-day average under 400 cases,” said Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner Michael...
BENNINGTON - Southwestern Vermont Health Care will host a special children’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic for 5- to 11-year-olds from 1 to 5 pm on Friday, January 28, at its COVID Resource Center, the gymnasium on the former Southern Vermont College campus at 982 Mansion Drive. No appointment is...
WEST TOWNSHEND - COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire throughout the community and the West River Community Project has put protective measures into place. These measures are so that they can continue to serve, stay open, and keep people safe.
Anyone entering the building must wear a mask....
BENNINGTON - Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s COVID Resource Center hours have changed. The center is no longer taking appointments for COVID-19 testing. Tests are now available without an appointment every Monday through Saturday, from 8 am to noon. COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters - both...
BRATTLEBORO - “Sonic Blanket,” a multimedia, audiovisual art piece addressing the themes of isolation, community, history, and place, made its debut on Sunday, December 19, at midnight on WVEW Brattleboro Community Radio and will be broadcast nightly at this time for one year. Local artist...
SOUTHERN VERMONT - Southeastern Vermont Community Action’s Micro Business Development program announces that applications are now being accepted online for the third round of Economic Micro Business Recovery Assistance for the COVID-19 epidemic from businesses open before December 31, 2020, that...

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