Recent News

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  • Tighe’s DNA Extraction Work Reaches New Heights
    November 10, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (NOVEMBER 10, 2023) A lyophilized whole-cell mix of 10 bacterial species customized by Scott Tighe, technical director at the University of Vermont’s advanced genomics lab, and colleagues, was sent to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX CRS-29 Cargo Dragon Resupply Craft mission on November 9.
    Read full story at Pharmaceutical Daily
  • CORA Grant Funds Narcan Vending Machine in Johnson, Daily Yonder Reports
    November 9, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (NOVEMBER 9, 2023) Thanks to a grant from the University of Vermont’s Center on Rural Addiction (CORA), the Johnson Health Center has a vending machine that dispenses free boxes of the life-saving overdose reversal drug naloxone—the first of its kind in the state—the (Whitesburg, Kentucky) Daily Yonder reports.
    Read full story at the Daily Yonder (Whitesburg, Kentucky)
  • MedPage Today Highlights Soll Commentary on Umbilical Cord Study
    November 9, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (NOVEMBER 9, 2023) Neonatologist Roger Soll, M.D., professor of pediatrics, commented in the journal Pediatrics on a randomized controlled trial showing that umbilical cord milking appeared to be a safe alternative to delayed cord clamping in very premature infants, according to MedPage Today.
    Read full story at MedPage Today
  • McNally Comments to WCAX about Expanding Scope of Practice for Vt. Optometrists
    November 8, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (NOVEMBER 8, 2023) Ophthalmologist Jessica McNally, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, was interviewed by WCAX-TV for a story about lawmakers looking to extend some surgical permission to optometrists, in response to a shortage of fully trained eye surgeons.
    Read full story at WCAX-TV
  • Rutland Herald Highlights Pain Therapy Pilot Program for Medicaid
    November 8, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (NOVEMBER 8, 2023) Vermont Medicaid is partnering with the UVM Medical Center in a pilot program that will allow Medicaid members with chronic pain to participate in integrative, holistic treatment through the Osher Center for Integrative Health’s Comprehensive Pain Program, according to the Rutland Herald.
    Read full story at Rutland Herald

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