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Maryland schools face surge in students, staff quarantined in last month 01/26/2022 05:58am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Following a holiday break that saw a rapid COVID-19 spike across the state, around 18,100 students from 29 public schools in Maryland were Did you know you can get help with COVID-related funeral expenses? Here's how 01/25/2022 07:41pm • The COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Fund has money to help cover costs of COVID-related funerals in the U.S. into the foreseeable future. And while COVID-19 has claimed nearly 865,000 lives in the U.S., only an estimated 300,000 families have filed for reimbursement, according to an advocate who beli DC students stage walk out for safer learning amid COVID-19 surge 01/25/2022 07:00pm • D.C. public school students walked out of their classrooms and organized a virtual rally Tuesday calling for improved health protocols and a more flexible virtual learning policy amid a COVID-19 surge. In the week since it formed, Students for Safe Learning — which describes itself as a group o What to Know About Myocarditis 01/25/2022 07:00pm • Scientists have learned so much about the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 over the past two years. But there are still many open questions regarding the long-term effects of COVID-19. However, heart disease does seem to be connected to COVID-19. In particular, patients infected with the coron Court rules in favor of Anne Arundel Co. mask mandate 01/25/2022 05:54pm • The mask mandate in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, will stay in place. The Anne Arundel County Circuit Court ruled Tuesday against a lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction to overturn the mandate, which was instituted by Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman earlier this month after the County Kids recovering from COVID-19 not eating? Food may smell like rotting trash 01/25/2022 05:48pm • Some people who lose their sense of smell with COVID-19 can get a rude surprise as it begins to return. Kids who are recovering from the virus who interpret some smells as disgusting, rancid or like rotting garbage may not want to eat, a D.C. pediatrician told WTOP. "I have certainly seen a fa 'Slap in the face' -- DC substitute teachers seek benefits, pay increase 01/25/2022 02:49pm • Several D.C. educators rallied outside of the John A. Wilson building Monday morning, seeking higher pay and benefits for the city's substitute teachers. (WTOP/Scott Gelman) Several D.C. educators rallied outside of the John A. Wilson Building on Monday morning, seeking higher pay and benefits f Montgomery Co. Council extends mask mandate, shelves COVID-19 vaccine requirement for customers 01/25/2022 01:38pm • Council members in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Tuesday voted to extend the county's indoor mask mandate through most of February. At the same time, they put off a vote on a measure that would have required restaurants, bars and fitness centers to check customers' COVID-19 vaccine cards before By the numbers: Virus variant continues to slow in DC area 01/25/2022 01:12pm • The spread of the omicron variant is continuing to slow in the D.C. area, an encouraging sign for a region weary of the pandemic entering its third year. The number of weekly COVID cases is down in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, after spiking earlier in the month. Check out the latest number Fairfax Co. school officials say students without masks to be excluded from in-person learning 01/25/2022 12:48am • As Fairfax County public school students return to classes Tuesday following an extra-long weekend, school officials have outlined a plan to enforce the policy of mask-wearing in schools. Despite Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order giving parents the right to decide whether their stude US News ranks 2022 best online programs 01/25/2022 12:00am • As variants of the coronavirus continue to bring uncertainty to the higher education landscape, online and blended learning options have become popular at colleges and universities to help reduce learning disruptions. But the pandemic was not the catalyst for online learning at all schools. Some Council says many unanswered questions linger over Montgomery Co. vaccine passport proposal 01/24/2022 09:13pm • Montgomery County's proposed vaccine passport, which would require people entering businesses such as restaurants and bars, leaves too many questions unanswered, according to the Maryland county's council president. Gabe Albornoz and other members of the council are still wondering about the logi Don't Count Out Medical School After One Bad Premed Semester 01/24/2022 07:00pm • Premedical students know how important their college grades are when it comes to getting accepted to medical school. For successful applicants who entered med school in the 2021-2022 academic year, the average total GPA was a 3.74, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Although 'I'm a parent too' — Va. Democrats, parents blast Youngkin’s order lifting mask mandates 01/24/2022 04:49pm • Using words such as “illegal” and “authoritarian,” a group of Virginia Democrats and parents of schoolchildren gathered in Richmond on Monday to criticize Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order dropping mask mandates in the commonwealth’s schools, and saying it would disrupt the very retu Prince George's Co. announces pickup locations for COVID-19 tests 01/24/2022 03:17pm • The Prince George’s County, Maryland, Health Department on Monday announced locations for residents to pick up at-home COVID-19 testing kits this week. The department said in a statement that the kits, each of which has two tests, are free. You need to show proof of country residency, which can