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Marymount University to start spring semester virtually 12/29/2021 03:45pm • Marymount University students will begin their spring semester classes virtually due to COVID-19 concerns, the school announced Wednesday. The school will readopt a remote learning format for the first two weeks of the spring 2022 semester "in order to reduce the potential spread of the Omicron v DC Auto Show attendees will be required to show proof of vaccination 12/29/2021 01:58pm • Those attending the D.C. Auto Show at the end of January will be required to show proof of vaccination in accordance with the mayor's new vaccine mandate, the show announced Tuesday. D.C. Auto Show attendees will also have to wear a mask while inside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Maryland passes 2,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations 12/29/2021 01:41pm • Many Maryland hospitals are overwhelmed as Gov. Larry Hogan announces the state has surpassed 2,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations. "As we have been projecting, our statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations have now reached record levels," Hogan said. He added that it's, "a surge driven primarily by unvacci All DCPS students, staff need to show proof of negative COVID test before return to school 12/29/2021 12:51pm • All students and staff at D.C. Public Schools will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before they head back to classrooms Jan. 5, city officials said Wednesday. Chancellor Lewis Ferebee said during a news briefing that rapid antigen tests will be available to pick up at any DCPS schoo Latest COVID-19 surge is impacting pediatricians in the DC area 12/29/2021 11:34am • It can be pretty hard to get an appointment at your kids' doctor's office right now. With COVID-19 cases surging in the D.C. region and nationwide, positive cases in children are starting to spike, too. But parents are also scheduling doctor's appointments out of fear that their child's head c Maryland-based Novavax adds India to COVID vaccine's approval list 12/29/2021 09:39am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax, which still hasn't filed for Food and Drug Administration emergency use approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S., adds India to the growing list of countries where its vaccine is eligible to be distributed. The approval in India comes a week after Novav Test-to-stay COVID-19 program coming to Fairfax County Public Schools 12/29/2021 07:17am • Virginia's largest public school system will change COVID-19 quarantine requirements in the New Year. Fairfax County Public Schools has been accepted into a test-to-stay pilot program run by the Virginia Department of Health, starting in January, according to a news release. Under the test-to-sta Inova, Novant Health hospitals asking patients with COVID symptoms to test elsewhere, avoid ERs 12/29/2021 06:43am • Two health systems that operate hospitals in Northern Virginia — Inova and Novant — are asking those with COVID-19 symptoms to avoid going to their emergency rooms for testing to make space for patients who need emergency care. Amid a surge of coronavirus cases, Inova's emergency rooms are pr Rapid tests may not be as good with Omicron as other strains, FDA says 12/29/2021 03:42am • ▶ Watch Video: U.S. hits record number of new COVID-19 infections Monday as Omicron variant spreads Rapid COVID-19 home tests are more likely to give a false negative with the heavily-mutated Omicron variant compared to earlier strains, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. COVID-19 surge pushes a Maryland health system into 'contingency protocol' 12/29/2021 01:25am • The number of new COVID-19 cases this month are starting to overwhelm hospitals again. Citing a 325% spike in hospitalizations this month, Luminis Health has declared “contingency protocol” at the two hospitals it operates in the D.C. area. Luminis operates two hospitals in Maryland: Anne Aru Montgomery Co. fire department makes staffing changes due to COVID-19 surge 12/29/2021 12:07am • COVID-19 is causing more emergency services in the D.C. area to alter how they conduct business and staff their departments. For Scott Goldstein, fire chief for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, the omicron variant has heavily affected his department, as more people call out sick due to Smithsonian to temporarily close 4 museums 12/29/2021 12:04am • Four Smithsonian museums in D.C. will be closed Wednesday through Monday to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 infections among staff. The National Museum of African Art, the National Postal Museum, the Anacostia Community Museum and the National Museum of Asian Art (Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur Md. county leaders weigh actions in light of surging COVID-19 hospitalizations 12/28/2021 08:45pm • Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman is urging county residents to get their COVID-19 booster shots, noting that the number of coronavirus hospitalizations in the Maryland county have doubled to 134 within a one-week period. "Three-quarters of those people are not vaccinated" said Pittma Reports: NFL reduces coronavirus quarantine time for asymptomatic individuals 12/28/2021 05:48pm • Reports: NFL reduces coronavirus quarantine time for asymptomatic individuals originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe NFL and NFLPA reportedly have agreed to reduce the quarantine time for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic from 10 day Some 415 Marylanders died from COVID-19 in less than 30 days 12/28/2021 05:11pm • For the first time in nearly a month, the Maryland Department of Health website has included information on the number of deaths across the state. The MDH website shows that at least 415 Marylanders died from COVID-19 between Dec. 4 and Tuesday bringing the state’s total to 11,437, The Associat