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The Wright Center for Community Health has treated more than 800 patients so far this year.

ARCHBALD — Erin Naro tested positive for COVID-19 Sunday, roughly two days after she began experiencing the first mild symptoms of the infection.

Officials say it didn't take long for parents to sign up their children to receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

MacDonald | Durkin MacDonald SCRANTON – A wrongful death and survival lawsuit claims that a number of medical entities based in Lackawanna County are to blame for the death of a woman who was prescribed lithium, against the pattern of treatment established by her prior physician. Damian Hunter (as personal representative and administrator of the Estate of Dawn Race) of Carbondale filed suit in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas on March 3 versus Dr. Sangeeta Prabhakar Bhat, Dr. Jignesh Sheth and The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education of Scranto...

Another local medical provider is offering an intravenous antibody therapy that may help COVID-19 patients avoid hospital stays and recover more quickly with fewer complications. The Wright Center for Community Health is now operating a Scranton outpatient infusion clinic administering the monoclonal antibody bamlanivimab, which received emergency use authorization as a COVID-19 treatment in November. “Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-made proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight off harmful pathogens like viruses,” according to the U.S. Food and Drug Admini...