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Expert: Nursing Home Workers Have the Most Dangerous Job in COVID-19 10/09/2020 12:00am • Nursing home workers face a higher risk for COVID-19 than most Americans, providing essential care in hazardous conditions and at lower pay than they deserve, says David Grabowski, a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School. Giving them a living wage, decent benefits and adequate p Loudoun County calling for PPE donations for caregivers 10/02/2020 02:20pm • Loudoun County, Virginia, is asking for donations of personal protective equipment or money to help buy it. The county provides PPE to private medical practices, dental offices, nursing homes and long-term care facilities, and needs the donations to shore up supplies. "We especially need N95 r DC-area health student volunteers assist coronavirus pandemic response 09/27/2020 10:12am • Hundreds of D.C.-area medical students that are attending their classes virtually have become a part of a larger network of health profession students aiding the coronavirus pandemic response. The National Student Response Network (NSRN) has group of nearly 500 health profession students across t How Wildfire Smoke Affects Your Lungs 09/23/2020 12:00am • It's wildfire season out West. Coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and worsened symptoms of chronic respiratory conditions from smoke exposure are leading to increased visits to emergency rooms and urgent care centers. If you live within range of wildfire smoke, it's important to protect your l Counties stick with restrictions after Md. Gov. Hogan's new order allows more indoor dining 09/18/2020 06:37pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan presents a proclamation celebrating Maryland Restaurant Week to McGarvey’s Saloon and Oyster Bar. (Courtesy Office of Larry Hogan) Maryland's first-ever statewide Restaurant Week got a boost from Gov. Larry Hogan with an order Friday allowing establishments to increas Iowa Dentist Practices Leadership During COVID-19 Pandemic 09/18/2020 12:00am • Iowa dentists were anxious. In early March, the coronavirus pandemic was swelling and nobody knew what to do. Should they see emergency dental patients only or shut down their practices completely? Could everyday use of aerosol sprays in dental procedures increase the spread of virus-containing dr Trump reignites climate debate in visit to fire-ravaged West Coast 09/14/2020 04:42am • For weeks, President Donald Trump was largely silent on the wildfires that have charred more than 3.3 million acres in California, triggered Oregon officials to prepare for a potential "mass fatality incident," and created apocalyptic orange skies and clouds raining ash tha What it's like working as a travel nurse right now 09/09/2020 07:14am • Two years into travel nursing, Sierra Levin had no plans to settle down. Working around three months at a time at hospitals in California, Massachusetts and Texas — and taking time off in between to explore France, Australia and New Zealand — the 26-year-old was enjoying the adventure too much t How to Best Seek Medical Treatment During the Pandemic 09/09/2020 12:00am • The coronavirus pandemic that took hold this past spring upended normal life for just about everyone, and for many people, that meant delaying health care appointments. Everything from mammograms and other routine cancer screenings to annual physicals, blood pressure checkups and other non-emergenc Virtual start to school year for thousands of students across DC region 09/08/2020 12:30pm • Eleven of the D.C. region's school districts returned to class Tuesday — though classrooms will largely stay empty for the near future, with hundreds of thousands of students learning online as the pandemic continues. Students across much of Northern Virginia and Maryland joined their peers els Health officials worry nation not ready for COVID-19 vaccine 09/02/2020 09:03am • Millions of Americans are counting on a COVID-19 vaccine to curb the global pandemic and return life to normal. While one or more options could be available toward the end of this year or early next, the path to delivering vaccines to 330 million people remains unclear for the local health offici DC ranks in Top 10 places with policies that best support workers affected by pandemic 09/02/2020 04:30am • A global organization has ranked D.C., Maryland and Virginia in how well their policies support workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Oxfam, which aims to alleviate poverty, has evaluated policies of U.S. states, including D.C. and Puerto Rico. D.C. ranked 7; Maryland, 12; Virginia, 24 with re Lady Gaga's masks were the real winner of the MTV VMAs 08/30/2020 10:39pm • Lady Gaga asked viewers to mask up while speaking at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, and she led by example. During her multiple appearances during the show, Gaga displayed an impressive collection of masks, but it's fair to assume she didn't pick these up at GAP or hav Hogan unveils new metrics, encourages Md. schools to reopen doors 08/28/2020 02:22am • Saying that continued full closure of in-person instruction in Maryland public schools was “simply not acceptable,” Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday unveiled a new set of coronavirus metrics that he said would allow all school systems to reopen their doors to students. Given the new metrics, Hoga Physical Therapist: COVID-19 Patients 'Sicker Than We'd Ever Before Seen' 08/27/2020 12:00am • Tracy Smith has been leading a team of more than 67 physical therapists, occupational therapists and athletic trainers through an unprecedented effort to rehabilitate COVID-19 patients -- many of whom have endured stays of weeks in the intensive care unit, incapacitated and hooked up to numerous li