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Va. rolls out digital proof for vaccinations
VDH adds scannable QR codes for COVID vaccine records
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The Virginia Department of Health has started adding scannable QR codes to COVID-19 vaccination records, digitizing the proof-of-vaccination process, the state announced Thursday. VDH said QR codes available now cannot
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NANCY HOWELL AGEE PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARILION CLINIC, ROANOKE Agee leads Carilion Clinic, a nonprofit integrated health system that serves more than 1 million people in Virginia and West Virginia
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Hampton Roads universities ink deal to establish public health school
ODU, NSU and EVMS first announced the plan in January
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The presidents of Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University and Eastern Virginia Medical School signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to establish Virginia’s first school of public health. The MOU
More Va. health systems announce vaccine mandates
Hampton Roads hospitals set Oct. 18 deadline; UVA Health is Nov. 1
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Major hospital systems in Hampton Roads and Central Virginia announced Wednesday that they will require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In Hampton Roads, Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, Children’s
Va. is ready to deploy COVID vaccine booster doses
State coordinator says Sept. 20 target for starting booster shots is within reach
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As COVID cases are on the rise again, driven by the delta variant of the coronavirus, the Virginia Department of Health has begun administering third COVID-19 vaccine doses to immunocompromised
Manassas bio research supplier promotes VP to SVP
Joseph Leonelli will help lead ATCC Federal Solutions
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Manassas-based biological materials management nonprofit ATCC has promoted Joseph Leonelli to senior vice president of ATCC Federal Solutions, it announced Tuesday. Leonelli has been a member of AFS’s executive leadership
Northam: Many restrictions likely to be lifted June 15
Governor says mask mandate will still depend on CDC guidance, though
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Virginia will relax most COVID-19 mitigation measures by June 15 if vaccination numbers continue to increase and spread of the virus continues to decrease, Gov. Ralph Northam said Thursday, but
Northam partly rolls back Va. mask mandate
New guidelines follow CDC recommendations
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Virginians will still need to wear masks indoors and at large, crowded events outside, but Gov. Ralph Northam amended his executive order Thursday to allow fully vaccinated people — meaning
J&J vaccine put on pause in Va. due to safety concerns
Va. woman died in March after receiving vaccine, but officials have not confirmed connection
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Updated 6:30 p.m. April 13: Virginia health officials say the CDC has confirmed the Virginia woman’s death is connected to their call earlier Tuesday for a pause on use of the
UVA Health hires chief diversity & community engagement officers
Dr. Tracy Downs comes from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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Charlottesville-based UVA Health has named Dr. Tracy M. Downs as the health system’s inaugural chief diversity & community engagement officer, effective July 1. A urologist who specializes in the surgical