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Loudoun County schools adjust quarantine guidelines 11/04/2021 07:04pm • Some coronavirus-related rules have changed in Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia. On Wednesday, the school district announced that the weekly testing requirement for unvaccinated school staff and student-athletes has been suspended indefinitely because of problems with a vendor. Quaran DC health director rejects gym owners' calls to loosen mask mandate 11/04/2021 07:03pm • Gym owners called on the D.C. Council Thursday to "work alongside us to save D.C. fitness businesses" and slammed the "unfair and overly restrictive policies instituted" by District leaders in response to the pandemic. But their pleading for the city to give gyms and fitness studios a reprieve fr DC Water to begin disconnecting service to customers with past-due bills in December 11/04/2021 04:47pm • Residents with a past-due balance with DC Water have until the end of the month to come up with a payment plan or face disconnections, the water authority said this week. Customers with outstanding balances will face disconnections beginning Dec. 1. The policy was put on hold during the pandemic. Mask on, mask off: New data reveals Montgomery Co. will avert indoor mask mandate 11/04/2021 01:24pm • It looks like an indoor mask mandate in Montgomery County, Maryland, won't be coming back, after all — at least not for now. Under health regulations rewritten this week by the county council, acting as the board of health, the county needs to see seven consecutive days of substantial or higher Montgomery Co. council reassures parents it has enough vaccines for kids 11/04/2021 08:51am • Montgomery County, Maryland, is moving ahead with plans to get kids aged 5 to 11 vaccinated, and health officials are reassuring parents that they have enough pediatric doses to go around. Data shows there are roughly 105,000 children aged 5 to 11 in the county. Dr. Earl Stoddard, chief admini Montgomery Co. Council passes bill to limit rent hikes, late fees 11/04/2021 04:41am • The Montgomery County Council unanimously enacted a bill Tuesday to limit rent increases and late fees in the Maryland county. The bill was proposed by Council member Will Jawando. More Montgomery County News “The racial equity and social justice statement for Expedited Bill New data on antibody immunity against COVID-19, but the real story is a work in progress 11/03/2021 07:30pm • The flu changes every year, and so does the flu vaccine. Will COVID-19 shots be the same? By this time of year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants everyone 6 months and older to have gotten a flu shot to help protect against seasonal flu. But with COVID-19, another contagious r As shots begin to go into young arms, Md. wants COVID-19 vaccines available at schools 11/03/2021 06:30pm • Doctors, nurses and other providers have now started the big task of putting COVID-19 shots in the arms of half a million of the smallest Marylanders. Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday that state health officials had authorized providers in the state to immediately begin scheduling appointment DC parents relieved as Children's National gives out 1st COVID shots to young kids 11/03/2021 02:03pm • Doctors are wasting no time in getting shots into younger kids’ arms, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director gave the go-ahead Tuesday night for kids ages 5 to 11 to get the shots. “I’m feeling really nervous,” confided 8-year-old Journey Arnold, while waiting for h Anne Arundel Co. rolls out vaccine plan for children 11/02/2021 09:09pm • With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signing off on the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, could be administering vaccines for that age group as early as Friday, county officials said. Anne Arundel is home to about 51,000 children in t Montgomery County relaxes rules on when mask mandate can be reinstated 11/02/2021 05:58pm • The Montgomery County Council, acting as the Board of Health, unanimously voted on Tuesday to relax the coronavirus metrics that dictate when mask mandates in the Maryland county can snap back into effect. The county will now reinstate a public indoor mask mandate only if it sees seven consecutiv Metro budget proposal features fare discounts to bring back riders 11/02/2021 02:48pm • Metro's proposed budget for next year includes a host of fare incentives designed to bring riders back as the transit system continues its recovery from the height of the pandemic. Among the fare cuts are a $2 late-night rail fare for one-way trips from 9:30 p.m. until close. There's also a disco COVID-19 hospitalizations decline in Virginia; Md. boasts 400,000 booster shots 11/02/2021 11:12am • Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continue to drop across the region, especially in Virginia. For the first time since August, just under 1,000 people are being hospitalized. Cases per day in Virginia are also down nearly 50% from this time last month. New cases have also fallen dramatically Study: COVID-19 antibodies last longer, stay higher in those vaccinated after earlier infection 11/02/2021 09:39am • People who got two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine following an earlier infection have higher antibody levels that last longer, a new Johns Hopkins Medicine study suggests. In a news release, Johns Hopkins said the antibody levels stayed more "durable" in those who got both jabs of the vaccine after Arlington Public Schools ups pay to attract substitute teachers 11/02/2021 08:23am • Arlington Public Schools in Virginia is ratcheting up the daily pay rate for permanent, daily and long-term substitutes in an effort to attract more teachers. In a news release, the school system said the increase "will place APS as a frontrunner in the Northern Virginia Region for substitute pay