Vermont Health and
agriculture officials are urging anyone who consumed unpasteurized milk from a
cow on a Charlotte farm that died of rabies earlier this week to consult
with a health care professional.
The state of Vermont is no longer subsidizing human papillomavirus
vaccinations for women over 19 because the latest round of budget cuts
eliminated some of the funding.
The
state Health Department says it made an error in a recent report that pointed
to higher cancer rates in towns surrounding an old asbestos mine in northern Vermont. But it says the study still shows higher rates of
another asbestos-related disease.
A committee of the
Vermont Legislature is formally objecting to changes in rules by the Health
Department that allow the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to release more
radiation into the environment.