The company designed, built and delivered multi-purpose shelters for disaster preparedness to the Bahamas late last year. The country is now using them as mobile COVID-19 treatment centers.
Updated: 3:45 PM EST February 10, 2021
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. As COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out, students from a Virginia Beach-based university will be assisting in the distribution process.
Regent University announced on Wednesday, Feb. 10 that its nursing students will be helping the Virginia Department of Health in giving COVID-19 vaccines. This is happening in response to the need for healthcare workers who are skilled in vaccinations.
“There are numerous demands on healthcare providers in our region that have impacted vaccine administration,” explained Dr. Gerson Moreno-Riaño, executive vice president for Academic Affairs at Regent University. “We are delighted to partner with the Virginia Department of Health and join them in serving our community by offering trained providers to administer the COVID-19 vaccines.”
Calls are increasing as patients need help activating and navigating patient portals to schedule their COVID-19 vaccine appointments. And Divurgent developed a virtual support center to help.
Huntington Ingalls’ nautical drone business gets boost from Virginia Beach-based company Dave Ress, The Daily Press
Huntington Ingalls Industries is taking another step in its bid to carve out a role making unmanned vessels.
The parent of Newport News Shipbuilding is expanding in this business just as the Navy is staking much of its long-term future on unmanned surface vessels and submarines.
HII’s latest move is the purchase of a unit of Spatial Integrated Systems Inc. that specializes in the systems that allow unmanned surface vessels to operate autonomously that is, like a driver-less car.
The business links sensors with the gear that helps unmanned vessels change directions or complete a mission. The systems also allow drones to communicate with one another. The Virginia Beach-based operation employs about 50 people. HII did not disclose terms of its purchase.
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