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SCRANTON — Nancy Sacchetti was able to breathe a sigh of relief Wednesday when she learned she didn’t have COVID-19. “It’s a great feeling to know that so far, I don’t have it,” the 72-year-old Amos Towers resident said. Sacchetti was one of 57 residents at the senior housing complex on Jefferson Avenue to register for a COVID-19 test through the Wright Center for Community Health’s new mobile medical unit on Wednesday, said Jason Kavulich, director of the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging. About 100 people live in Amos Towers, he said. Wednesday was th...

The mobile clinic will also be used when vaccines become available. Author: Stacy Lange Updated: 4:20 PM EST December 30, 2020 SCRANTON, Pa. — Getting a COVID-19 test can be a challenge for some of the people most at risk of catching the virus. So, healthcare workers in Lackawanna County are bringing testing directly to patients living in senior housing. More than 100 seniors live at Amos Towers on Jefferson Avenue.  All of them considered high-risk for COVID-19, but many of them don't have an easy way to get tested for the virus.  So, the testing came to t...

Northern Light Espresso Bar owner Jennifer Saunders thanks Lackawanna County Director of Planning and Economic Development Brenda Sacco, left, and county Community Development Manager Peggy Piccotti after receiving a check Wednesday. The county recently awarded grants to 100 restaurants, bars and other eligible businesses.

In 2020’s Darkest Moments, Acts of Courage, Kindness Shine Through ICYMI: Good things happened this year, too. Command Center member Dr. Michelle Tom, a Diné physician, has also been working to treat patients with Covid-19, and solve health issues faced by those in the Navajo Nation. Tom is one of many people Direct Relief encountered doing good in the midst of challenging circumstances. There’s no question about it: This year had plenty of bleak headlines to offer. But good things happened as well, often behind the scenes. Ordinary people helping neighbors. Health providers caring for...

Patients who registered for a test were issued pagers and asked to wait in their personal vehicles until they received notice to board the van for testing, said Rebecca Kenderes, director of student health and physician assistant services for The Wright Center. Medical staff evaluated factors such as risk, symptoms and exposure when determining whether to administer a15-minute, rapid-result antigen nasal swab or a deeper test known as PCR, which yields results in two to 10 days, depending on lab volume. Kenderes talks with reporter amid snowflakes Wednesday morning.