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2 portals to help Marylanders determine their vaccination status 08/01/2022 10:38pm • With back-to-school season fast approaching, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has declared August Immunization Awareness Month. The state is promoting two online portals to help you determine your family's vaccination status. Maryland's new Are You Up-To-Date? portal can tell you if you've received a Amid talk of teacher shortages, Fairfax Co. schools 97% staffed, superintendent says 08/01/2022 04:06pm • The superintendent of Virginia's largest school system said in a letter to families last week that the county is 97% staffed across all positions. Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid said parents and staff at schools that still have vacancies at the end of the summer will r DC residents can now get free COVID treatment over the phone 08/01/2022 02:50pm • A new partnership between DC Health and a telemedicine company will soon get COVID treatment into the hands of patients much faster. Color Health is a telehealth service that allows patients to talk with a doctor and quickly get a prescription for Paxlovid, the oral antiviral medicine that shorte What are CDC's COVID-19 community levels? And how does the DC area fare? 08/01/2022 02:40pm • Nearly half the counties in the U.S. are areas where federal health officials say the impact of COVID-19 on the health system is high, and masks are recommended indoors. A map of the U.S. on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website shows large pockets of orange across the U.S., indi Masking requirements to continue at DC-area theatres 08/01/2022 11:32am • Masks will continue to be required in theatres across the D.C. area. TheatreWashington has announced that the masking requirement, which was set to expire Aug. 31, will be renewed indefinitely. More Arts News More Entertainment News More Local News “We will continue to 2.5 million households briefly disappeared during the pandemic 08/01/2022 10:31am • There were many stories during the first few months of the pandemic about the financial hardships that had forced young adults to move back home with family. Census data shows it was an historic shift in the number of U.S. households. "By mid-summer of 2020, there were 2 and a half million fewer New Zealand fully reopens borders to international visitors 08/01/2022 05:28am • New Zealand's borders fully reopened Monday, but the return of international visitors and students is only expected to start with a trickle following the lifting of COVID-based travel restrictions. New Zealand reported 52,538 cases of the coronavirus over the last seven days, yet is ready to welc Are We in a Recession? Here's What 2 Quarters of Negative GDP Mean for You 07/31/2022 08:00pm • For the first time since 2009, the U.S. gross domestic product was negative for two quarters in a row. After dropping 1.6% during the first quarter of 2022, the GDP fell another 0.9% in the second quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Though the U.S. has met one common definition of Is the U.S. in a Recession? Watch for These Warning Signs 07/31/2022 08:00pm • After growing for six consecutive quarters following the short, steep, Covid-induced recession in early 2020, the U.S. gross domestic product slipped two quarters in a row this year -- by 1.4% in the first quarter and by 0.9% in the second quarter of 2022. It's clear the economy is beginning to slow Prince George's Co. health officer resigns 07/29/2022 06:00pm • Dr. Ernest L. Carter, the health officer in Prince George's County, Maryland, resigned Friday. Carter has served in the position since December 2019, and was acting health officer for a year before that. He'll continue to serve until Nov. 1. "I am extremely proud to have had the opportunity t Former Md. health secretary says coronavirus taught several lessons 07/29/2022 08:01am • There's an explanation for why the viruses we have been seeing lately — COVID-19 and monkeypox — are not contained yet, said Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, former Maryland Health Secretary and professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Sharfstein told WTOP one of the reasons that coronav What's your sign? How astrology aims to help you understand yourself and others 07/29/2022 07:11am • In the D.C. area, "What do you do?" is a typical question that's asked upon first meeting someone. But to those who believe in astrology, it's often, "When, where and what time were you born?" At least two times a year, Pauline Anson-Dross goes to astrologer Misty Kuceris. The Fairfax, Virginia, School Zone: What do we know about students' mental wellness? 07/29/2022 05:38am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP’s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. What's known about students' mental wellness? What it is: Over one-third of high school students said they had poor mental health during the pandemic, a Centers for Disease C 37 Prince William schools to receive free meals this school year 07/28/2022 12:44pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Prince William County Schools has announced that universally free school meals division-wide are over after two years, but that more than Montgomery Co. reopens COVID-19 rent relief program 07/28/2022 11:06am • Montgomery County, Maryland, has relaunched its COVID-19 rent relief program, which aims to help people who are behind on rent and struggling financially as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The program stopped taking applications June 30, but county leaders have decided to reopen the applica