
Lexi Krupp
Reporter, Science & HealthLexi covers science and health stories for ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý.
Previously, she was a science reporter at a public radio station in northern Michigan and a podcast producer at Gimlet Media in New York City. Her work has appeared on NPR, Here & Now, and in Audubon, Popular Science, VICE, and Medscape. Krupp also worked as a science teacher, and once spent a summer tracking mountain goats for the U.S. Forest Service.
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A "severe" solar storm has reached Earth. Clouds could clear between midnight and 2 a.m. in the Champlain Valley.
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The Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge is hosting its first fair this Sunday after years of budget cuts.
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A Chittenden County man in his 70s died in September from eastern equine encephalitis. He was first hospitalized in August.
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The lynx was spotted in Lincoln in September. The cat has slowly traveled north since it was first seen this summer.
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For an ocean bird traveling from its breeding grounds in the Arctic, Lake Champlain looks a lot like the sea. This skinny stretch of water serves as a migration corridor for some birds who are usually hundreds of miles away, in the Atlantic.
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“There is no hospital in Vermont that is not in jeopardy,� stressed the consultant who led work on the report. Recommendations include closing inpatient beds and converting emergency departments into urgent care centers at Gifford Medical Center, Grace Cottage, North Country, and Springfield hospitals.
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Pieces of stone tools and pottery were first discovered at Sand Bar State Park in 2022. For the past two years, water levels of Lake Champlain have been too high to further excavate.
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School districts that serve Burlington and Swanton are adjusting practice and game schedules and asking families to take measures to protect themselves with insect repellent and long sleeves.
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Money has started flowing into Vermont to cover flood damage from early July, but congressional inaction means that local governments will have to wait for federal assistance.
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Ivor Devino, of Brandon, was one of over 250 people sterilized in Vermont under a 1931 state law aimed at preventing certain people from having children. His story is documented in a podcast looking at the impacts of eugenic policies in the state.