A new medical information-sharing network is designed to improve the quality and efficiency of health care in Vermont by making it easier for doctors to learn about their patients. But privacy advocates and some of the doctors that are supposed to use the technology are concerned that the system is too open to abuse. The Vermont Senate will consider a $1.4 billion spending plan today for the next fiscal year. A plan to begin construction of a new bus station in downtown Burlington is on track to begin within the next year.
Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.
Peter was a Producer/Announcer at VPR until 2015. He began his public radio career in 2007 at WHQR-FM in Wilmington, North Carolina where he served as Morning Edition host and reporter, covering county government and Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. His work has won several Associated Press awards and has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and PRI's This American Life. A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Maine at Farmington, Peter enjoys writing, cooking and traveling.
