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The Clark Institute in Williamstown will be featuring four outdoor exhibits this summer. The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, commonly referred to as the Clark, in downtown Williamstown Massachusetts has been a hub for European and American paintings dating back to 1950. Known for their picturesque landscaped and beautiful scenery, the Clark has been a tourist destination for Berkshire county since the 1960s . The Beacon spoke with Vicki Salztman, Director of Communications at the Cla...

MALLORIE McILWAIN mmcilwain@sungazette.com WILLIAMSPORT — Of the three variants present in the state, the B.1.1.7 or the U.K. variant is the “most prominent” according to the Center for Disease Control and local healthcare professionals. The CDC’s website graph that details the number of variant cases describes the state to have 839 cases of the B.1.1.7 variant while the South African variant, B.1.351, only has eight cases and the Brazilian variant, P.1, only has three cases. “We have...

Local advocates push for awareness during National Child Abuse Prevention Month and last updated 2021-04-06 22:28:35-04 HAMPTON ROADS, Va.— National Child Abuse Prevention Month works to increase awareness about ways to support families and prevent child abuse and neglect during the month of April. Champions for Children: Prevent Child Abuse Hampton Roads is a nonprofit organization located in Chesapeake that focuses on strategies of prevention through awareness campaigns, training progra...

S.C. health officials report 637 new COVID-19 cases, 17 more deaths Similarities and differences between COVID-19 and influenza By WBTV Web Staff | July 13, 2020 at 4:52 PM EDT - Updated April 11 at 1:47 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTV) - South Carolina health officials reported 637 new COVID-19 cases across the state on Saturday. South Carolina has had 470,805 confirmed positive cases since the start of the pandemic. There were 17 additional coronavirus-related deaths reported Saturday. Since Mar...

mmcilwain@sungazette.com From an internal study done at UPMC, there was a 70 percent reduction rate in COVID illness severity for those who had an antibody infusion treatment compared to those who did not receive the treatment according to Dr. Rutul Dalal, medical director of Infectious Diseases and chair of Prevention Control at UPMC in the Susquehanna region. “Antibodies are cells that are operated by our own body in response to a foreign antigen,” Dr. Dalal said. He described these antig...

State health officials are urging residents to be vigilant in practicing social distancing and wearing masks to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.

State health officials are urging residents to be vigilant in practicing social distancing and wearing masks to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.

BRENHAM, Texas (KTRK) -- Residents at a Brenham nursing home are recovering after 17 residents tested positive for COVID-19 during an outbreak. Focused Care at Brenham announced in a release Wednesday that health officials were taking precautions after many residents and employees tested positive for COVID-19. According to Focused Care at Brenham, 14 of the residents were transferred to Focused Care at Baytown, two positive residents were transferred to the Kruse Village COVID-19 unit, and the...

State health officials are urging residents to be vigilant in practicing social distancing and wearing masks to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 amid public health experts’ concerns over the recent rise in COVID-19 data trends in South Carolina.

ATLANTA — Machines whir away as scientists in the lab at the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University try to unlock