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Frederick Co. schools loosen quarantine rules, require vaccine or testing for sports 10/14/2021 07:44am • Starting Monday, Frederick County Public Schools in Maryland will have a new policy regarding who has to quarantine in an attempt to control the spread of COVID-19 and minimize the disruption to students. So far, only about 2% of students who have been required to quarantine have tested positive, Washington Teachers' Union passes no-confidence resolution over DC school reopening 10/13/2021 06:40pm • Citing frustrations with D.C.'s plans to safely reopen schools, the Washington Teachers' Union passed a resolution of no confidence in city and school leadership on Tuesday night. In a news release, the union also said concerns with building safety and contract negotiations contributed to the res Montgomery Co. waiting for virus transmission levels to drop before ending indoor mask mandate 10/13/2021 03:27pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, has long led the state in terms of the percentage of its population that has been vaccinated, but a county official said the transmission rate of the virus still has to fall a little more before the indoor mask mandate will be reconsidered. The county is currently rep Leesburg approves vaccine mandate despite concerns about cops quitting 10/13/2021 05:59am • The Town of Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia, now has a COVID-19 vaccine mandate after the town council voted to approve the measure Tuesday. Under the requirement, town employees will have 90 days to be fully vaccinated in order to keep their jobs. More Loudoun County News More After near-death battle with COVID, Rockville woman starts nonprofit to help others 10/13/2021 04:00am • A Rockville, Maryland, woman credits luck and the world's best medical care for her survival from a near-fatal case of COVID-19. Now, nearly a year after she first became ill and after months in intensive care at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, 42-year-old Maria Young, of Rockville, is turni Montgomery Co. schools ask federal judge to dismiss vaccine-mandate lawsuit 10/12/2021 08:47pm • Attorneys for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland are asking a federal judge to toss out the lawsuit filed by an employee who objects to its vaccine mandate on religious grounds. In court documents, the school system asked for dismissal of the lawsuit by the plaintiff identified only as When COVID-19 vaccines are available for young kids, will Montgomery Co. be ready? 10/12/2021 05:45pm • When COVID-19 vaccines are available for children between ages 5 and 11, Montgomery County, Maryland, officials want to be ready, and they told the County Council that challenges remain. County officials estimate that 105,000 children are in the 5-to-11 age group, and Sean O'Donnell, with the Mon What percentage of people in DC area are vaccinated? 10/12/2021 06:18am • There's been a strong and concerted push to get as many coronavirus vaccines into as many arms as possible, and around the D.C. region the numbers show that it's paying off. The most recent available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that over 99% of Montgomery County Calvert Co. bus drivers no-show, impacting bus routes 10/12/2021 01:35am • EDITOR'S NOTE: The story has been updated to clarify a quote about the pay rate for bus drivers in Calvert County, Maryland.  Calvert County Public Schools in Maryland confirmed that drivers of it's bus fleet will "call out sick" on Monday to draw attention to what the district called "challenge 'Unacceptable' — Montgomery Co. leaders react to reports of racist abuse at high school games 10/11/2021 11:40pm • Principals from two Montgomery County, Maryland, high schools met with students and school equity teams Monday to deal with racist comments made at recent sporting events. The incidents happened at girls’ soccer and volleyball games between students from Einstein and Sherwood high schools Sept. Manassas school to spend rest of week in virtual learning 10/11/2021 11:02pm • Following Monday's holiday, it's back to school Tuesday for students in Prince William County. But all 734 students at Bennett Elementary School in Manassas will be in virtual learning Tuesday through Friday this week because of three dozen confirmed COVID-19 cases at the Virginia school. Besides COVID-19 drives gas, oil prices to their highest in 7 years 10/11/2021 07:46pm • Gas prices are on the rise again, thanks to the highest oil prices in seven years, and industry analysts say they could go higher because of imbalances between supply and demand due to COVID-19. The average price for a gallon of gasoline is $3.25 per gallon, according to GasBuddy, an application Howard U. details homecoming plans -- with COVID precautions 10/11/2021 06:08pm • Howard University in D.C. has announced its slate of in-person and livestreamed events for homecoming, which starts Saturday. The in-person events will run at limited capacity and are closed to alumni, the university said in a statement Monday; anyone attending an event in person needs to have th Anne Arundel Co. schools allow quarantined students to return with negative COVID test 10/11/2021 05:09am • Anne Arundel County Public Schools announced that, starting Monday, students and staff can test out of COVID-19 quarantine early under certain circumstances. The school district said that required quarantines due to exposure to coronavirus, with some exceptions, can avert the normal 10-day quaran Studies show COVID-19 worsens pregnancy complication risk 10/10/2021 07:07pm • Pregnant women who develop Covid-19 symptoms risk emergency complications and other problems with their pregnancies, according to two new studies. The disease also puts their children at risk. The first study showed that pregnant women with symptomatic Covid-19 had a higher percentage of emergenc