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Williamstown Health Inspector Updates Board of Health on Training

The town's health inspector Monday updated the Board of Health on training she has been receiving since taking the position in November.

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CHP Readying for New Covid-19 Vaccine Supply

CHP anticipates receiving its Covid-19 vaccines in the coming weeks, while flu clinics are well under way.

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COVID-19 Cases Climbing

COVID-19 has been making a resurgence around the state.

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Pittsfield to Shut Down COVID-19 Dashboard

In alignment with this announcement, the City of Pittsfield will be shutting down the COVID-19 dashboard on the city's website.

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BHS Relaxing COVID-19 Infection Control Guideline

BHS is relaxing many of its COVID-19 infection control guidelines effective Thursday, May 11, 2023.

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FEMA Awards Over $2M to Mass for COVID-19 Hospital Staffing

The $2,079,767 Public Assistance grant will reimburse the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the cost of contracting for medical and nursing staff to support the state-run medical facilities between April 2020 and July 2021.

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FEMA Awards Nearly $1.4 M to BMC for COVID-19 Testing Costs

The hospital also purchased supplies such as lab coats, masks, gloves, and propane for the testing tent, and contracted to provide security and cleaning services.

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Governor Announces End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

The announcement this week, ahead of the 45-day notice required by state law, allows additional time for impacted organizations to prepare for the end of the public health emergency.

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Pittsfield Health Board Talks Nationwide Effort to End the COVID Emergency

Public Health Nurse Patricia Tremblay said that there is an expectation to hear a verdict in April and the city will continue to follow guidance from the Center for Disease Control and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

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Gift Cards Available in South County For Those Getting COVID Booster

Appointments are required and there are slots available most weekdays 10-4 and some Saturdays 9 to noon at the Tri Town Health office located in the Airoldi Building located at 45 Railroad Street in Lee.

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State Gets Millions for COVID-19 Testing Costs

FEMA's Public Assistance program is a source of funding for states and communities recovering from a federally declared disaster or emergency.

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BHS Alters Days and Hours for COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics

Effective on Monday, Feb. 6, COVID vaccination will be available only two days per week in Pittsfield and one day per week in North Adams for adults, and a Pediatric vaccine clinic will be held on a Friday once each month in Pittsfield.

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Pittsfield Sees COVID Spike in Sewage Testing, Another Death

On Tuesday, the city's virus concentration in sewage rose to 3 million copies per liter, compared to 1.3 million copies per liter on Christmas.

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Pittsfield COVID Rates Slightly Higher Than Thanksgiving

The city's Biobot sewage data showed a 1.1 million copies per liter virus concentration over the weekend, compared to the 1 million copies per liter concentration on Thanksgiving day.

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Bump in COVID-19 Cases Seen at Two County Nursing Homes

And all but four people found positive at a South County facility are fully recovered, according to a spokesperson for Integritus Healthcare.

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Pittsfield COVID Rates Remain Low for Thanksgiving

The city for the most part remains on the downward trend from two fall COVID-19 surges as the region enters the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

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Pittsfield Rebounds From COVID Surges in Time for Thanksgiving

The city is recovering from the two COVID-19 surges that occurred this fall and is on the low end of the red incidence rate.

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Berkshire Organizations Partner to Launch New Website to Help Grant Seekers

Berkshire Regional Planning Commission and several partner agencies joined to form BFF in response to a need for a clearinghouse focused on the investment of COVID-19 recovery dollars into the region, to improve the well-being of community members

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Pittsfield Saw Two Mini-COVID Surges This Fall

Health officials now say sewage testing is the truest indicator of the virus's impact on the community because it accounts for at-home tests.

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With Halloween Around the Corner, Pittsfield COVID Cases Decrease

On Wednesday, the positivity rate was 10.4, there were 33.6 daily cases per 100,000 and 81 actively contagious cases.

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Adams Gets Another Shipment of COVID Tests, PPE

Rhoads and Vice Chair Board Amy Oberlin said they distributed some tests at Ramblefest over the weekend. Several event-goers, they said, were interested.

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Pittsfield Experiencing Mini COVID Surge

On Monday, the positivity rate was 9.8 percent and there were 41.6 daily cases per 100,000 people, compared to an 8 percent positivity rate and an average daily case rate of 28.6 one month ago.

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New Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Available

The latest vaccine to combat COVID-19 is designed to provide protection from the BA.4 and BA.5 variants that currently make up the vast majority of novel coronavirus cases in the United States.

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Pittsfield COVID Cases Plateau, Cold Weather Spike Expected

The city's health director had good news on Wednesday, telling the Board of Health that COVID-19 cases have been plateauing for the last month after a small increase in July.

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Baker: State Support There as Schools Address Learning Loss

While face coverings, social distancing, remote learning and "hybrid" schedules largely are a thing of the past, the education deficits created by the pandemic have been front of mind for school officials for more than two years.