PRINT JOURNALISM: BECAUSE IT STILL MATTERS. FEBRUARY 17, 2020 VOL. 56, No. 7
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The novel coronavirus has killed more than 1,100 people.
Fighting a global health crisis
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REGENERON WORKING ON CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT IN WESTCHESTER LABS
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NEWSPAPER ELIMINATING WORKERS
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IS CLOUD COMPUTING SAFE
NEW ROCHELLE BUSINESS FEATURES A SUPERMARKET AND A LAUNDROMAT
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a r r y t ow n - b a s e d Regeneron and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are working together in an effort to develop a treatment for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Research is taking place at Regeneron’s labs in Westchester.
The United Nations’ World Health Organization has declared the outbreak to be a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” It has been spreading globally with 45,210 cases worldwide in 28 countries, 1,118 deaths and 8,216 people in serious or critical condition and 4,865 people reported as having recovered from the virus as of Feb. 12. Regeneron’s associa-
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tion with HHS previously resulted in an experimental treatment for the Ebola virus. The company has been collaborating with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) at HHS. That authority is under the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. According to HHS, there are no vaccines approved » CORONAVIRUS
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WITH A 121,000-SQUAREFOOT WEGMANS DUE TO OPEN ON JUNE 7 just a
9.5-mile-drive away in Harrison, does it make good business sense to open a 10,000-square-foot local supermarket in New Rochelle? Jose Filipe and Jesus Diaz, city officials and a lot of neighborhood residents will tell you it does. Filipe and Diaz have opened their new
supermarket at 465 North Ave. on the corner of Lincoln Avenue in the city. Included is an adjacent laundromat making it easy for people to shop while doing the wash. “We’re owners on-site. That’s going to make us different,” Filipe told the Business Journal. “I and my partner are actively engaged in running the store itself. That will give us the ability to offer a personal touch and personal feeling to our customers as » NEW ROCHELLE
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