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Dr. Danny Avula
Aug 19, 2021

Va. is ready to deploy COVID vaccine booster doses

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 people and is ready to expand third-dose booster vaccinations to more Virginia residents on Sept. 20, the target date set by the federal[...]

Metallica on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," March 3, 2021
Aug 13, 2021

Metallica’s foundation gives NOVA nursing program $100K

Metallica’s foundation, All Within My Hands, has awarded Northern Virginia Community College’s nursing program $100,000, according to a news release. The funding will assist with providing resources for student achievements in the health field and will help students starting their careers in the college’s certi[...]

Aug 10, 2021

VDH officials expect more workplaces to mandate vaccines

More workplaces will likely require employees to be vaccinated once the Food and Drug Administration provides full licensure of the Pfizer vaccine, expected in September, Dr. Danny Avula, the state’s vaccine coordinator, said Tuesday at a Virginia Department of Health media briefing. “COVID is not going to go away after [...]

Aug 10, 2021

VCU Health raises minimum wage to $15

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System is raising its minimum wage to $15 per hour in September, the Richmond-based health care system announced Tuesday. The roughly 1,700 employees and contract workers affected provide food and nutrition services, environmental services, valet services and other services to patients and[...]

Aug 9, 2021

Arlington’s Evolent Health to acquire N.J. telehealth company

Arlington-based Evolent Health Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire telehealth company Vital Decisions for $85 million, with a potential earnout of up to $45 million, Evolent announced Wednesday. Based in Edison, New Jersey, and founded in 2006, Vital Decisions is a portfolio company of WindRose Health Investors LLC, a New York-based private […]

Aug 5, 2021

Northam will require state employees to get vaccinated

State employees will be required to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 1 or be tested weekly, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday, as the delta variant has led to rising cases. “Today, I’m taking an important step to protect employees,” Northam said at a news conference, adding that the measur[...]

Aug 4, 2021

Richmond mandates vaccinations for city employees

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Wednesday that all city employees will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, becoming the first Virginia locality to mandate vaccination. Fairfax County has taken steps in recent weeks toward a vaccination mandate for its 12,000 employees, but the county executive must make the fina[...]

Jul 27, 2021

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus captures No.1 state ranking

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus unseated University of Virginia Medical Center as the best hospital in Virginia in U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of the best hospitals in the nation, which was released Tuesday. The Inova facility was also ranked as the top hospital in the Washington, D.C. area. “We are extraordinarily[...]

Jul 16, 2021

Centra names new president and CEO

Lynchburg-based health system Centra announced Friday that Amy F. Carrier will be its next president and CEO, effective Sept. 7. The Hampton Roads market president for the Bon Secours Mercy Health system, Carrier will replace interim CEO Richard Tugman, who will resume his post as president of the Piedmont Community Health Plan.[...]

Jul 14, 2021

Sentara Healthcare hires medical director of health equity

Sentara Healthcare has hired Dr. Keith H. Newby as an independent contractor to serve as the system’s medical director of health equity. He will work on expanding plans and initiatives that improve access to health care in underserved neighborhoods, as well as on plans that promote higher COVID-19 vaccination rates among popul[...]

Jul 11, 2021

Va. Hospital Center receives $5M gift from Arlington CEO

Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington has received a $5 million donation from longtime donor Lola ​C. ​Reinsch to promote the hospital’s campus expansion efforts. “We are honored to receive this gift and would like to thank Lola and the Reinsch Pierce family for their enduring commitment to Virginia Hospital Center,” Virginia Hospital Center Foundation President Tony […]

Nina Hobcroft. Photo courtesy VCU Health System
Jul 7, 2021

VCU Health System appoints chief strategy officer

VCU Health System has promoted Nina Hobcroft as chief strategy officer, effective July 1.   Hobcroft, who was the health system’s vice president of strategy and business development since joining in 2017, will provide insight and recommendations on both short- and long-term strategic planning, business unit growth and de[...]

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