Lexi Krupp
Reporter, Science & HealthLexi covers science and health stories for Vermont Public.
Lexi joined Vermont Public in 2021 as a Report for America corps member. Previously, she reported on science at a public radio station in northern Michigan and at Gimlet Media in New York City. Her work has appeared on NPR, 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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Nursing staff at Vermont's largest hospital will receive a 23% pay increase over the next three years. The agreement averts a strike that could have cost the medical center over $10 million.
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The University of Vermont Medical Center is preparing to bring in about 500 nurses to work there next week. That's after the union representing around 2,000 nurses at the hospital issued a strike notification Monday.
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Hundreds of gallons of firefighting foam were collected from the South Burlington facility in recent days. The foam could end up at a hazardous waste landfill.
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Dozens of prescribed burns take place each year in Vermont. The point of these fires is to help wildlife.
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After being swept away during July 2023 flooding, the yurt was relocated to North Branch Nature Center and will be used as a space for people of color to gather in nature.
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Nearly 1,900 nursing staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center could go on strike if their union fails to reach a deal with the hospital before July 9.
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The state has received over 400 reports of bear incidents in Vermont since March, which is high for this time of year.
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Brave Little StateWait times are long and clinicians are maxed out. Brave Little State takes a look at where the future of primary care is headed.
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Student protesters have said they will stay at the encampment until all of their demands are met.
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On the second day of a student encampment on the University of Vermont campus, more than a hundred students and community members gathered to protest against the school’s upcoming commencement speaker, who vetoed U.N. resolutions calling for a Gaza ceasefire. The cancellation is one of five demands made by the group Students for Justice in Palestine.