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Doctors pushing to expand access to telemedicine visits for mental health patients 07/14/2024 05:05am • As in-person doctor's visits return to pre-pandemic levels, some virtual medical visits are not dwindling. In fact, some research shows mental health patients prefer visiting health care providers from the comforts of their own homes. More than half those visits, 55% nationwide, are remote, accor Construction of new Crystal City Metro station entrance begins 07/13/2024 07:48am • Metro representatives, Arlington County and other Virginia state officials broke ground on the area for the future east entrance to the Crystal City Metrorail Station on Friday. The new entrance is expected to be completed in late 2027, as constructions is expected to take at least three years. NATO’s 75th anniversary summit: A mix of success and setbacks 07/13/2024 07:26am • The leaders of 32 NATO member countries were greeted in Washington on Tuesday by blazing hot sunshine, sweltering temperatures and the turmoil of political uncertainty as they kicked off the 75th anniversary and summit of the alliance. By the time they prepared to depart, the U.S. political troub Historic DC church for sale in Dupont Circle at $5M asking price 07/13/2024 06:05am • Since 1894, the Church of the Holy City has called D.C.'s 16th Street NW home. Soon, that is going to change. This week, the historic church was put on the market for the asking price of $5 million. The gothic revival church was built by two prominent architects, including Paul Pelz, who w Police ID woman killed by falling tree limb in Capitol Hill park; witnesses heard 'loud pops' before it came crashing down 07/12/2024 01:02pm • Police in D.C. have identified the woman who was killed after being struck by a falling tree limb in a Capitol Hill park on Wednesday. Sarah Noah, 35, of Southeast D.C. was struck by the limb, which fell from a tree in Garfield Park just before 7:30 a.m., and became pinned underneath it. T Environmental advocates urge stronger action to reduce polluted runoff from Maryland highways 07/12/2024 10:10am • Environmental advocates are calling on Maryland’s Department of the Environment to take stronger action to reduce polluted runoff from state highways as a public comment period draws to a close. Later this summer, MDE will issue a new Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit to the Maryland &pizza rolls back prices to 2012 (and aims to return to its rebel roots) 07/12/2024 09:30am • D.C.-based &pizza, which has taken its oval-shaped pizzas and all-natural ingredients beyond the D.C. region since its original location opened on H Street in 2012, is marking its 12th anniversary by rolling back prices to its original menu 12 years ago. On July 13, a pizza will cost $8.64 at Why breast density is important in assessing cancer risk 07/11/2024 03:29pm • This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. According to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer. Last March, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) passed an amendment to the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) requiring all facilities to Rain and lots of it wanted: DC-area farmers keep a close eye on drought conditions 07/11/2024 08:23am • It's not just the high temperatures that make farming tougher, it's the drought conditions that have farmers feeling watchful. According to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, there are moderate to severe drought conditions in the Potomac River Watershed and that's affecting Some road closures lifted around White House as NATO summit wraps 07/11/2024 06:30am • As closures change to deal with delays, listen live to WTOP for the latest traffic updates on the 8s. As the 75th anniversary of the 2024 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit wraps up Thursday, some road closures from earlier this week have been lifted. Closures around the White House House Republicans subpoena White House aides over Biden's cognitive state 07/11/2024 04:55am • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Exactly two weeks ago, the 2024 presidential race was totally upended in a matter of seconds, when during the first televised debate of the year, President Joe Biden stumbled Doctor says tampons are safe after research finds toxic metals in the menstrual product 07/10/2024 07:03pm • Researchers say tampons made by many brands contain toxic metals, including lead and arsenic. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of California Berkeley measured 16 metals in tampons, evaluating 14 unidentified brands from the U.S. and Europe. They found “measurable conc Joe Lee, founder of a popular DC-area record store, dies at 76 07/10/2024 04:53pm • Joe Lee, whose Montgomery County shop, Joe's Record Paradise, was a popular gathering spot for D.C.-area music fans, died July 4 at the age of 76. His son Johnson told WTOP Lee had been battling throat cancer and died at a hospice center in Rockville, Maryland. Joe Lee (left) and Zev Feld Confusion, clinic closures may have caused big declines in contraception use, study shows 07/10/2024 11:05am • Clinic closures in the wake of the Dobbs decision and questions about the legality of emergency contraceptives, including disinformation that some are abortion drugs, may have contributed to a sharp drop in the rate of prescriptions for contraceptives in states with the most restrictive abortion ban FRESHFARM expands healthy food outreach program, adding another Healthy Tots partner 07/10/2024 08:55am • Half of young children do not eat a daily vegetable, according to the CDC. A local nonprofit is on a mission to change that, through education and partnerships. FRESHFARM, which operates two dozen farmers markets in the D.C. region, is expanding its healthy food outreach program for grade schoole