Better Off, a podcast about the biggest public health problems we face today . . .
Aaron (Ari) Bernstein: Burning fossil fuels creates air pollution. That air pollution causes a whole suite of diseases we don’t want from lung cancer, strokes, heart attacks, asthma
Anna Fisher-Pinkert: . . . and the people innovating to create public health solutions.
Ari Bernstein: So if we get off fossil fuels and make less air pollution, we’re going to address climate change, and we’re going to be more resilient to an infectious disease like coronavirus.
Anna Fisher-Pinkert: I’m your host, Anna Fisher-Pinkert.
Last spring, I found a dead possum in my backyard. I’m a city girl, and I was totally unprepared for this situation. I called a friend who helped me dispose of it. My first thought, because of the pandemic, was infectious disease. How did I know whether the possum had been sick? How did I know if it could pass that disease to me?
VDH COVID-19 Update: Over 8,100 sign up on first day of newest vaccination group
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VDH COVID-19 Update: Vaccinations expand Thursday, over 130,000 have received at least one dose
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VDH COVID-19 Update: Vaccination sign ups for 16+ with health conditions can sign up Thursday
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Vermonters age 16+ with high-risk health conditions can make vaccine appointments starting on Thursday, March 11
State officials announced at Tuesday’s press conference that people age 16 and older with certain high-risk health conditions will be able to make vaccination appointments starting Thursday, March 11.
This group was initially slated to become eligible on March 15, but the timeline was moved up due to the state’s supply of vaccine and ability to accommodate large numbers of appointments, said Human Services Secretary Mike Smith.
This group can make an appointment starting Thursday at 8:15 a.m. by visiting