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WTOP Top Kid: How a Rockville teen went from robotics to making PPE for COVID workers 11/24/2020 03:07pm • Rockville high schooler Arjun Oberoi carries a bin of 3D-printed PPE for COVID frontline workers at Open Works in Baltimore. (Courtesy Arjun Oberoi) An enterprising high school junior from Rockville, Maryland, is using the tech for his robotics team to create potentially life-saving equipment fo Md. nursing homes prep for next wave of coronavirus 11/13/2020 09:56am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. As coronavirus cases surge again in Maryland and across the nation, nursing homes are preparing to protect  patients and staff by stockpili Maryland allocates $70M for COVID-19 preparations as state braces for winter wave 11/12/2020 06:15pm • Firefighters and paramedics with Anne Arundel County Fire Department board their ambulance after loading a patient while responding to a 911 emergency call on Nov. 11, 2020 in Glen Burnie, Maryland. (Photo by Alex Edelman/Getty Images) Maryland is allocating $70 million toward preparing for a po Across India, a Balance to Reclaim Normal Lives Amid Coronavirus Pandemic 11/12/2020 12:00am • NEW DELHI -- On a recent evening, Charu Chaudhary, a teacher in New Delhi, was up until 11 p.m. with a tailor at her house, planning outfits for her daughter's wedding. Four ceremonies will be spread over four evenings, including live music and dinners, three of them indoors. The guest list is rest Senators see new momentum for Maryland priorities with Biden in White House 11/09/2020 10:21pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Buoyed by Joe Biden’s victory in the race for president, Maryland’s U.S. senators on Monday predicted significant progress on a range of Ensuring Kids With Behavioral Issues Aren't Left Behind In the Pandemic 10/30/2020 12:00am • When kids have severe behavioral problems -- disruptive, impulse-control disorders, say -- it's stressful for families even in the best of times. These conditions, which include intermittent explosive disorder, kleptomania and pyromania, involve long-lasting, frequent episodes of angry or aggressiv Inside One Nursing Home's Fight to Keep COVID-19 Out 10/23/2020 12:00am • Providence Mount St. Vincent in Seattle is a large senior community for older adults. Known as "the Mount," it is home to more than 400 adults who need some type of help with their daily living activities or require 24-hour care. The Mount has 215 skilled nursing beds and 109 assisted living apart Keeping the Pandemic at Bay in Small Group Nursing Homes 10/23/2020 12:00am • Polly Boland and Jenn DiSalvo feel a deep affinity and affection for older adults. Both nurses provide long-term care in suburban ranch houses that are actually skilled nursing facilities re-imagined as small group homes. In each house, 10 older adults receive long-term care in an environment quite What Is ECMO for COVID-19? 10/21/2020 12:00am • You may think of ventilators as the last line of defense for patients who are critically ill with COVID-19. But that's not always the case. Next-level life support exists for some of the sickest patients struggling to recover from the novel coronavirus. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, How Premed Students Can Get Global Health Experience During Coronavirus 10/20/2020 12:00am • The coronavirus era has brought about many changes, including restrictions on international travel. As a result, physicians, medical students and even premed students with an interest in global health are finding themselves unable to partake in health projects overseas. With uncertainties around tr 'SOS Team' Fights COVID-19 at Skilled Nursing Facilities 10/16/2020 12:00am • When the COVID-19 pandemic struck last spring, health authorities in Riverside County, California, tried to keep nursing homes and similar facilities up to speed on how to deal with the crisis through weekly phone calls. Three weeks into the crisis, it was clear that more help was needed. On April Doctor Makes 'Surreal' Warehouse Rendezvous to Get PPE for COVID-19 10/16/2020 12:00am • By late March, COVID-19 cases were rising, masks were getting scarce and the usual sources of protective personal equipment were drying up. Although the situation wasn't desperate yet, basic equipment was running low. Dr. Andrew Artenstein, chief physician executive of Baystate Health system in Mas COVID-19 Testing In Nursing Homes and Senior Care Facilities 10/15/2020 12:00am • Over the past several months while the coronavirus pandemic has raged on, one of the hardest hit sections of the U.S. population has been seniors living in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. For many of these older adults, underlying medical conditions put them at high risk of negati Tweaking Your Budget for When You Return to the Workplace 10/13/2020 12:00am • If you're working from home, you may be expecting a call, text or email one of these days letting you know that it's time to come back. Back to the office, the job site or wherever your career takes you. After months -- possibly working with a spouse and virtually schooled kids -- you may be psychol PPE manufacturer will expand operations, adds 180 new jobs 10/09/2020 06:46am • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia-based company that makes disposable face masks and surgical masks plans to create 180 jobs and invest $5.3 million to grow its operations in the area. Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that PremiumEstore LLC will expand its operation in Virginia Beach b