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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 Clark, to find out what is coming up at the Clark andd their Covid-19 procedures. The Clark has grown w...

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 had some confirmed cases in our geography,” Dr. Stanley Martin, director of Infectious Diseases a...

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 programs and legislative advocacy. The organization encourages people to be mindful of children in their i...

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 March 2020, there have been 8,160 confirmed deaths in the state. As of Saturday, a total of 6,990,408 C...

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 antigens as viruses, like COVID, as well as parasites. The treatment with the particular antibodies will...