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VCU Health develops COVID-19 test kit
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System announced Wednesday that it has developed a COVID-19 test that it will administer to inpatients through a pilot program. Tests will be administered primarily to patients who have severe symptoms and are hospitalized within the VCU Health System, dependent on supply. The goal is to g[...]
Northam calls out Falwell for bringing Liberty students back to campus
UPDATED 6:40 P.M., MARCH 25 As Lynchburg city officials blasted Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., calling him “reckless” for inviting students back to campus after spring break, Gov. Ralph Northam weighed in on the brouhaha Wednesday, making a public request for the controversial conservative icon to re[...]
Altria commits $1M to coronavirus relief efforts
Henrico County-based Altria Group Inc. is committing $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts in the Richmond area and in other communities where it has manufacturing and agricultural assets. “This is an unprecedented time, and it’s critical that businesses step up to meet the challenges in the communities where we live an[...]
Virtual retail therapy
Virginia Business virtually sat down with Kate Stottlemyer, owner of Tweed, a small, family-owned brick-and-mortar boutique located in Henrico County’s busy Short Pump area, to get a feel for how local retailers have adapted to doing business during the coronavirus crisis. This is part of an ongoing series of conversation[...]
Two long-term care facility residents in Henrico die from virus; Va. toll at 9
Two elderly residents of the Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in western Henrico County have died from COVID-19, the Virginia Health Department announced Tuesday afternoon, bringing the statewide total to nine fatalities. Last week, the health department reported four positive cases at the long-term care facility; the two patients were among other residents receiving treatment […][...]
Henrico lab to ship 150,000 COVID-19 tests per month
Glen Allen-based GENETWORx Laboratories said it will soon begin shipping at least 800 COVID-19 test kits per day, with a goal of ramping up manufacturing enough to deliver 150,000 during the month of April. A unit of Pennsylvania-based Recovery Centers of America (RCA), GENETWORx Laboratories says it can provide test results within 24 hours of […]
Genworth Financial moves closer to acquisition
Henrico County-based Genworth Financial Inc. has cleared another regulatory hurdle in its long-delayed takeover bid by China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co. Ltd. On Tuesday, the New York State Department of Financial Services reapproved Oceanwide’s proposed acquisition of Genworth’s New York-based insurance company, Genworth Life Insurance Company of New York (GLICNY). In connection with the reapproval, Genworth […][...]
The Hilb Group acquires Ohio company
Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group LLC (THG) announced Tuesday the acquisition of Cleveland, Ohio-based Healthcare Liability Consultants Agency Inc., effective March 1. THG also hired the Healthcare Liability Consultants owner owner and medical malpractice insurance specialist Julie Paton as a producer. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, THG […][...]
Richmond developer raises $7M for apartment building in Scott’s Addition
Capital Square Realty Advisors LLC, a Henrico County-based real estate investment and management company, announced Monday that it has raised $7 million from investors for a five-story, 80-unit apartment building in the city’s popular Scott’s Addition neighborhood. Scott’s Collection I, which will be located on[...]
The Community Foundation debuts $3M fund to aid nonprofits
Richmond-based nonprofit The Community Foundation is partnering with the Emergency Management Alliance of Central Virginia and PlanRVA to create a regional emergency response fund to support Richmond-area nonprofits responding to the impact of COVID-19. The $3 million Central Virginia COVID-19 Response Fund was seeded with a $500,000 contribution from The Community Foundation and will be […][...]
Henrico nursing home has 4 coronavirus patients, 3 more pending
Four residents at Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Henrico County tested positive for coronavirus in the past 48 hours and three more residents who are exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms are being tested, the nursing home announced Friday afternoon. “Per guidance from the Henrico County Health Department, all seven patients are currently being treated onsite in […]
Altria CEO Howard Willard contracts coronavirus
Henrico County-based Altria Group Inc. CEO Howard Willard has tested positive for COVID-19 and is taking a temporary medical leave of absence, Altria’s executive vice president and general counsel Murray Garnick told all salaried and hourly employees through a memo released late Thursday. “Howard has been out of the [...]
