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Novavax vaccine approved for use in Canada 02/18/2022 10:05am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax, awaiting FDA approval for use of its COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S., has added Canada to the list of countries that have already approved it. Novavax will make the vaccine distributed there in Canada as well. More Business & Finance News More Judge: DC schools in contempt for failing to provide courses to incarcerated students 02/18/2022 03:55am • A federal judge ruled D.C. schools in contempt of court Thursday for failing to provide full-scale special education courses for students with disabilities at the D.C. jail. District Judge Carl J. Nichols said D.C. Public Schools has had “ample time” to comply with an injunction he issued in Arlington Co. schools to end student mask requirement March 1 02/17/2022 11:59pm • The Arlington County, Virginia, school system says it plans to follow a new state law that enables parents to choose whether to have their kids wear masks in school. In a presentation posted ahead of Thursday's school board meeting, the school system said it will require masks until March 1, the Md. twin brothers charged with stealing over $1 million in COVID relief, unemployment money 02/17/2022 09:59pm • Twin brothers from Prince George's County, Maryland, are accused in an identity theft scheme to collect a large amount of COVID-19 relief money. Jerry and Jaleel Phillips, of Temple Hills, both 24, made their initial appearances in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt Thursday. According to a news DC council member withdraws proposal to reinstate proof of vaccination requirement 02/17/2022 09:57pm • A council member who drafted an emergency bill to reinstate the proof of vaccination requirement at D.C. businesses one day after the mayor lifted it has withdrawn her proposal. Ward 1 Council member Brianne K. Nadeau said Thursday that although she believes her Public Health Protections Emergenc Flu vs. the Common Cold 02/17/2022 07:00pm • Your nose is running, you're feverish and you're wondering: Do I just have a cold or the flu? With respiratory illnesses sharing several symptoms, that's a common question this time of year. But other symptoms offer clues as to whether it's a cold or the flu, which vary in treatment, vaccine availab Youngkin calls for Virginians to respect individual masking decisions 02/17/2022 10:26am • Hours after a Loudoun County judge ruled the county's public schools could no longer enforce a mask mandate, effective immediately, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Thursday that Virginians should respect each other's opinions and decisions on whether to wear a mask or not. Youngkin made the appea Iberia marks a pandemic first for Dulles 02/17/2022 10:20am • Iberia, the flag carrier airline of Spain, will start new, nonstop service between Dulles and Madrid, Spain, in June, the first non-U.S. airline to begin service at Dulles since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Iberia service to Adolfo Suárez Madrid—Barajas Airport will begin June 1, Prince William School Board rescinds testing mandate for unvaccinated staff 02/17/2022 08:24am • 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. Hours after the General Assembly made masks for all Virginia public school students optional, the Prince William County School Board vote Anne Arundel Co. school board votes to lift mask mandate 02/17/2022 04:48am • The school board in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, voted unanimously to lift its mask mandate Wednesday evening. Starting Friday, masks will become optional in Anne Arundel Public Schools, but students will still need to wear masks on buses due to a federal mandate. Students at the schools at For DC police recruiting New York foodies, gamers, techies, influencers to join department. But why? 02/17/2022 12:44am • Sharp-eyed New York City subway riders saw the ads and posted them on social media: D.C. police asking foodies, gamers, techies and influencers to join their department. DC police are recruiting on the NYC subway pic.twitter.com/TuDKHs6Of9 — Kate Hinds (@katehinds) February 2, 2022 Scan t Judge orders Loudoun Co. schools to lift mask requirement immediately as other districts prepare for changes 02/16/2022 09:50pm • Public schools in Virginia's Loudoun County have a new mask-optional policy in place, Thursday morning, after a judge granted a temporary injunction in favor of three parents who sued the school board for enforcing a mask mandate. Several Northern Virginia school systems are taking a wait-and-see 15 Top Catskills Resorts 2022 02/16/2022 07:00pm • From exploring the outdoors to relaxing inside, these resorts offer everything you need for the perfect Catskills vacation.In the late 1800s, the mountainous area in southeast New York known as the Catskills was a serene summer vacation spot for Victorian-era Manhattanites to escape the sultry heat Youngkin signs school mask-mandate ban into law 02/16/2022 04:24pm • Calling it "a win for all Virginians," Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday signed into law a long-promised ban on mask mandates in the commonwealth’s schools. The bill, SB739, allows parents to “elect for child to not wear a mask while on school property,” regardless of any COVID-19 protectio As DC lifts vaccine mandate, Fairfax Co. schools move graduation ceremonies back 02/16/2022 02:27pm • Fairfax County, Virginia, public school graduations in D.C. will go on as originally planned now that Mayor Muriel Bowser has ended the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Virginia's largest school system said last week that it was moving high school graduation ceremonies away from DAR Constitution