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What to Expect From the COVID-19 Vaccine 02/08/2021 12:00am • Vaccine roll-out has been a bumpy affair in some parts of the United States, but as the options for COVID-19 vaccines increase, your turn may be coming up soon. As you plan to get vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, there's a few things you should know in advance to help y Maryland couple struggles with finicky COVID-19 vaccine process 02/07/2021 05:14pm • Vicki Burnham (left) and her husband are both over 65, with her husband, Elliot, having been diagnosed with cancer in January and set to begin chemotherapy in a few weeks. (Courtesy Vicki Burnham) For one Fort Washington, Maryland couple, trying to get their COVID-19 vaccine appointment has been Posting pictures of vaccination cards 'could be inviting identify theft' 02/05/2021 06:41pm • Finally getting vaccinated against COVID-19 might feel like winning the lottery — but those getting a vaccine are being asked to celebrate responsibly. The Federal Trade Commission reports that some people are so thrilled about getting inoculated, they’re posing with their vaccination cards a Mass vaccination sites open in Maryland, but the wait for more doses continues 02/05/2021 05:40pm • Gov. Larry Hogan visits the Six Flags America mass vaccination site in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (Courtesy Gov. Larry Hogan's Office/Joe Andrucyk) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan toured the new mass vaccination site at Six Flags America in Prince George's County after Maryland Senate OKs about $1.5B in virus relief, stimulus 02/05/2021 01:13pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate has approved about $1.5 billion in pandemic relief. Senators passed the bill on Friday in a unanimous vote. The measure first proposed by Gov. Larry Hogan includes direct stimulus payments to low- and moderate-income residents. It includes benefits of u Northam: Get Virginia students back into classrooms 02/05/2021 11:28am • Gov. Ralph Northam pushed for Virginia school systems to begin offering options for in-person learning by March 15 during a news conference Friday. "Children learn better in classrooms. And that's where they need to be," Northam said. "We can do this and we must do this." Northam cited data fr 2 sites for mass vaccinations to open in Prince George's Co., Baltimore on Friday 02/04/2021 03:29pm • Maryland will open its first two planned COVID-19 mass vaccination sites — one in Prince George's County and one in Baltimore City on Friday — but residents' expectations for getting an immediate shot are being tempered. The sites opening are at Six Flags America in Prince George's County and Why DC went ahead with vaccinating those age 65+ against COVID-19 02/04/2021 03:29pm • Life expectancies in D.C.'s many neighborhoods are playing a big role in how the District is rolling out its COVID-19 vaccination plans. "We have been very thoughtful about the age for our Phase 1b population," D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt told reporters during a Thursday news confe What a new U.Md. study says about skipping second doses of COVID-19 vaccine 02/04/2021 03:27pm • None of the trials conducted on the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines tested them on people who already had been infected by the coronavirus. Now, a study involving people previously infected with COVID-19 suggests the immune response from getting sick may act like getting a first dose of those d Race, ethnicity data absent in thousands of DC coronavirus vaccine records 02/04/2021 09:40am • D.C. released early vaccine data on the race and ethnicity of residents who have received the coronavirus vaccine, but the District's health officer said it is missing some key information — namely race and ethnicity. Health Officer Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said the data is incomplete, because the Vaccine hunters: DC region's residents helping others sign up for COVID-19 appointments 02/04/2021 04:51am • COVID-19 vaccines are hard to come by, and some D.C.-area locals are helping to connect supply with demand. The coronavirus pandemic has created a new type of social network: They call themselves the vaccine hunters. Sometimes they work alone, other times in groups. They’re online for hou Prince George's Co. task force provides pandemic recovery update 02/04/2021 04:13am • A task force helping Prince George's County, Maryland, tackle pandemic-related problems and emerge stronger detailed its recent achievements and ongoing challenges Wednesday. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks created the Prince George's Forward Task Force eight months ago. During a Zoom meeti Some CVS locations in Maryland, Virginia to offer COVID-19 vaccine 02/04/2021 02:54am • Some CVS locations in Maryland and Virginia will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible groups starting next week. In Maryland, some 18 stores will have approximately 11,000 doses available starting Feb. 11, while in Virginia, some 28 stores will have approximately 26,000 doses. “Our p Johns Hopkins temporarily pauses in-person undergraduate classes due to cluster of coronavirus cases 02/03/2021 10:30pm • Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has canceled in-person undergraduate classes until Friday because of what it called a cluster of COVID-19 cases. The cancellation applies to undergraduate in-person classes and activities on the Homewood campus, according to a letter sent to the campus commun Doctor: 'Extremely exciting' to be vaccinating Prince George's County schools staff 02/03/2021 06:27pm • Receiving the vaccine here is Desann Manzano-Lee, an instructional specialist for PGCPS. She was vaccinated at the Kaiser Permanente Lanham Rehabilitation Center. (Courtesy Kaiser Permanente) From teachers and instructional specialists to bus drivers, Prince George’s County Public Schools empl