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Montgomery Co. mask mandate to return Wednesday unless Board of Health intervenes 10/30/2021 07:30pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, has regressed to a rate of substantial virus transmission, which triggers a mask mandate under the current guidelines. The county's mandate will return Wednesday, unless the Board of Health intervenes beforehand, a county health official said. Acting county health off Maryland man pleads guilty to COVID-19 vaccine scheme 10/30/2021 10:28am • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal prosecutor says that a Maryland man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a scheme to sell COVID-19 vaccines. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland said in a news release that 25-year-old Odunayo Oluwalade of Windsor Mill pleaded guilty on Friday to wire 1 day after it lifted, case rate has Montgomery Co. planning to reinstate mask mandate 10/29/2021 06:44pm • One day after Montgomery County, Maryland, lifted its indoor mask mandate, the case rate in Maryland's most populous county ticked back up to a level that, per the county's health regulations, automatically triggers reinstating the mandate. A county official told WTOP the move won't happen immedi Prince George’s County Health Dept.: COVID-19 numbers on a downward trend 10/29/2021 02:08pm • The health department in Prince George’s County, Maryland, announced on Friday that its COVID-19 case numbers are on a downward trajectory, and the county could dip into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's “moderate” transmission category soon. As of Friday, the county stands a DC unveils plans for COVID-19 vaccines for kids 10/29/2021 01:25pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health on Friday announced their plans to vaccinate kids 5 to 11 years old once the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approves the shots. More than 60 hospitals, pharmacies and health centers will have 24,600 doses of the two-dose Pfizer-BioN This MCM runner’s family fought in the military; she fights against COVID-19 10/29/2021 06:06am • Jessica Dalton turns 33 Sunday, so she's looking to run 33 miles on Saturday. (Courtesy Jessica Dalton) Jessica Dalton, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, loves to run the Marine Corps Marathon as a way to honor the military, which runs deep in her family. “My entire family has been serving in the Teachers say heavy workload in Montgomery Co. schools made worse by vacancies 10/28/2021 10:03pm • School's been in session for just over two months, and already, Montgomery County, Maryland, teachers say they are exhausted. Jennifer Martin, president of the Montgomery County Education Association which represents teachers and substitutes, said that under "normal" circumstances, a teacher's da DC Council members call on mayor, feds to up aid for renters facing eviction 10/28/2021 06:34pm • Members of the D.C. Council introduced a resolution Thursday calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser and the U.S. Treasury to boost funding to prevent evictions in the District. The fact that the city's popular rent assistance program is out of federal money and the deadline to file for help was Wednesday 'Don't stock up': Advice as supply chain disruptions affect pet food 10/28/2021 04:16pm • The global issues with getting goods and products in and out of shipping yards are now affecting the supply chain for pet food, surprising many pet owners. Between the shipping difficulties, short-staffed manufacturing plants and the few canneries in the country canning pet food, customers are st With breakthrough COVID-19 cases on the rise, Md. urges boosters 10/28/2021 03:56pm • The number of people coming down with COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated against the coronavirus is on the rise in Maryland. Overall, 30.3% of cases over the past month are "breakthrough cases" compared to just 5.9% in May. So what’s going on? Health officials in Maryland point to evidenc Most parents don't plan to vaccinate young kids against COVID right away, survey finds 10/28/2021 05:01am • A Covid-19 vaccine could be available for little kids soon, and public health leaders say vaccinating them could help end the pandemic -- but only if parents actually get them vaccinated. A new survey suggests that's uncertain at best. The majority of parents say they will not get their younge Side effects of COVID shot in children ages 5 to 11 'mild,' investigator says 10/28/2021 03:50am • When a US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended Tuesday that the agency grant emergency use authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 for children between the ages of 5 and 11, it was based on data gathered during clinical trials conducted around the United States. One of First-year teacher takes on task of helping DC first-graders progress in a pandemic 10/28/2021 02:35am • First-year teacher Jewel Cauley is a D.C. native. She attended Anacostia High School and now teaches at Stanton Elementary School. (WTOP/Kate Ryan) Jewel Cauley, a first-year teacher at Stanton Elementary School in D.C., has been working to make sure that the parents of her first-grade students It's official: Montgomery Co. lifts indoor mask mandate 10/28/2021 12:15am • It's official: Montgomery County, Maryland's mask mandate for indoor public places — reimposed in late summer amid a surge in coronavirus cases driven by the delta variant — was lifted Thursday. On Wednesday, the county marked its seventh consecutive day of "moderate" community transmission o Health expert: Safe holidays call for vaccinations 10/27/2021 08:34pm • Holiday plans are in the works as people get ready to uphold traditions and gather with family for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and more. However, health experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), recommend that eligible people get vaccinated and to be aware of