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DXC Technology taps CEO for spinoff health and human services business
Paul Saleh previously served as DXC's chief financial officer
Tysons-based Fortune 500 company DXC Technology announced Wednesday it has promoted Chief Financial Officer Paul Saleh to the new position of CEO of the company’s U.S. State and Local Health and Human Services business, which will be effective upon closing of the sale of the business unit to private equity firm Veritas Capital. DXC Technology
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Northam: Trump’s alleged comment about veterans ‘turns my stomach’
SCC extends utility disconnection moratorium through Oct. 5
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During a brief COVID-19 update Tuesday, Gov. Ralph Northam blasted President Donald Trump’s reported reference to wounded and killed U.S. veterans as “losers and suckers.” Northam has occasionally criticized the federal government for leaving the responsibility of accessing COVID-19 tests and personal protective equipment solely to governors and state officials instead of instituting a federal
Va. sees fewer new COVID-19 cases, deaths last week
Positivity rate is 7.2%, although rural localities are seeing higher rates
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Virginia recorded 6,164 new COVID-19 cases and 57 fatalities from Sept. 8-14, bringing state totals to 134,571 cases and 2,743 deaths, according to the Virginia Department of Health. The state’s positivity rate is 7.2%, down from 7.7% last week. Several universities are reporting COVID-19 rates among students, faculty and staff members, although the universities are
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Northam eases COVID-19 restrictions in Hampton Roads
Health metrics have improved significantly over past six weeks, governor says
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After more than six weeks, Gov. Ralph Northam eased COVID-19 restrictions in Hampton Roads localities Thursday, citing “significantly improved” health metrics. The region will join the rest of the state in Phase Three of the “Forward Virginia” plan, effective immediately. On July 31, the governor placed a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people,
Richmond investment bank launches health care group
Matrix Capital Markets Group hires Amanda Verner Thompson and Vasanta B. Pundarika
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Richmond-based investment bank Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc. announced Wednesday it has established the Matrix Healthcare Banking Group, which will focus on health care subsectors. The industry group will be led by Amanda Verner Thompson and Vasanta B. Pundarika, who joined the firm as managing directors and co-heads of the new group. Their focus will
Riverside Medical Group names chairman
Dr. David Jones has been on board since 2010
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The board of directors for Riverside Medical Group (RMG), the medical group for the Newport News-based Riverside Health System, announced Wednesday it has elected Dr. David Jones as the group’s new chairman. Jones will replace Dr. Robert Harding, who served for six terms, the maximum allowed under the group’s bylaws. Jones, a board-certified physician in
NIH awards Fairfax company $39M contract
Vibrent Health to develop tech backbone for research program
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Fairfax-based health technology company Vibrent Health $39 million to develop the technology backbone for the NIH’s All of Us research program, which will gather health information of about 1 million Americans to be used for research studies. Under the contract, Vibrent Health will continue as the Participant Technology
COVID-19 rates stay steady statewide, with spikes at some colleges
Virginia Tech, JMU see big increases since last week.
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Virginia had 7,813 new COVID-19 cases and 106 deaths from Aug. 31 to Sept. 8, according to the Virginia Department of Health, with the state’s positivity rate at 7.7%, up .3% from the previous week. The new totals are 128,407 cases and 2,686 deaths since March. Several universities have started reporting COVID-19 rates among students,
Virginians debate mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
Va. health commissioner advocates for required immunizations
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RICHMOND, Va. — Though the federal government is asking states to prepare for the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine within months, some Virginians differ on whether the vaccine should be mandatory when it becomes available. Virginia Freedom Keepers, a nonprofit that advocates for medical freedom, gathered in Richmond this week for a “March Against Mandates,”
Michael Milken joins Focused Ultrasound Foundation board
Trump pardonee joins Charlottesville nonprofit's board
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Michael Milken, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump in February over felony charges for securities fraud, has joined the Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation’s board, the organization announced Thursday. Milken (often referred to as the “junk bond king”) is credited with being part of the development of high-yield bonds and was indicted in 1989 for