This opinion piece ran in VTDigger on April 9, 2025 by Jan K. Carney, associate dean for public health and health policy and a professor of medicine at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine.
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Written by Patrick Clarke ’22
I was given the opportunity this past summer to work in a lab in Odense, Denmark, during the summer after my first year at the UVM Larner College of Medicine. I spent seven weeks in a country I now view as a dream.
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Written by Anna Lidofsky ’20
I have a friend at the Vermont Department of Health who studies unintentional injuries and violence as a leading cause of morbidity. She was talking to me the other day about how there is a tendency to overlook the importance of preventative health measures, likely because such policies are the victim of their own success. No one gives the Centers for Disease Control a pat on the back for preventing a seasonal flu outbreak. I am reminded of her wise words as I consider the new Congress and Administration’s aim to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a policy under which 30 million Americans are insured. I feel it is my duty to join others in taking a stand to support the policies I think will protect the health care needs of our patients.
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