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The Department for Children and Families unconstitutionally conspired with private service providers to monitor a pregnant woman, attempt to coerce her into a cesarean, and wrongfully take custody of her child, the ACLU of Vermont alleged in a lawsuit.

The president and CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont described the insurer's alarming state of finances in a letter this week.

Having a conversation about your end-of-life preferences can be difficult. Here's how to start.

Death is one of the few sure things in life, but few of us talk through how we want our final days to go, or who we want to help us through them. Formalizing those things in an advance directive may be easier and more important than you think.

The Vermont Association of Naturopathic Physicians asked lawmakers to update the medial aid in dying law to allow naturopaths to prescribe the medicine that hastens death.

The Vermont Department of Health recently released data from the state's first registry for the disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS. Some reports have linked cyanobacteria algae blooms in lake and ponds to the disease, but some health officials caution against those studies.

The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge to the new administration.

A new analysis of private insurance claims data finds less than 0.1% of youth accessed puberty blockers or hormones for gender transition. This small group has garnered a huge amount of attention from Republican lawmakers in recent years.

According to an oral health equity report recently published by the nonprofit Voices for Vermont’s Children, people without legal immigration status face particularly big barriers to dental care. But there are local efforts to overcome these challenges.

Vermont’s largest city has launched a new initiative that allows first responders to administer opioid addiction treatment medication at the scene of overdoses. Research indicates it’s an effective way to get more people who struggle with opioid misuse into treatment.