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Federal Government Launches Plan To Combat White Nose Syndrome

Monday, 05/23/11 Noon and 7pm

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By Jane Lindholm, Produced by Samantha Fields

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The federal government has launched a plan to combat white nose syndrome, the disease that has killed more than a million bats over the past few years. In Vermont, white nose syndrome has decimated the little brown bats and northern long-eared bats - about 90 percent of them have died since the disease was first found in the state in 2008. We learn more about the federal plan, and get an update on the spread of the disease and what's being done to protect the bats, from Susi von Oettingen, an endangered species biologist at U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and Scott Darling, a wildlife biologist with Vermont Fish and Wildlife. 

 

Also on the program, as the Republican presidential race begins to take shape, Valley News political reporter John Gregg discusses how the candidates are positioning themselves for the New Hampshire primary.

 

And VPR's Steve Zind reports on a student run program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center that's providing social support to older patients facing long hospital stays.

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Analysis: GOP Candidates Begin Campaigning in NH

As the Republican presidential race begins to take shape, Valley News political reporter John Gregg discusses how the candidates are positioning themselves for the New Hampshire primary.

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Dartmouth Medical Program Focuses On Human Interaction

Research shows that human company can be critically important to geriatric patients facing long hospital stays. A student run program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is providing that social support.

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