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'Stop just reacting': How Montgomery Co. is responding to rise in school hate and bias incidents 04/27/2023 11:20pm • Monifa McKnight on April 27, 2023. (WTOP/Scott Gelman) In a nearly hourlong speech in front of Montgomery County parents, students and community members Thursday night, Superintendent Monifa McKnight strongly condemned a significant increase in hate and bias incidents that have been reported acr Maryland ranks 15th in financial hardship tied to COVID; study shows continued pressures on households 04/26/2023 08:16pm • There’s surviving, and then there’s thriving — and a new national study sifted through the numbers to show the difference for many families struggling to cover their costs every month. According to the United Ways of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, data collected in 2021 sh Va., Md. offer second dose of bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to high-risk individuals 04/22/2023 12:01pm • Health departments for both Virginia and Maryland have announced that they will now offer an additional dose of the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine for individuals at a higher risk of severe illness, following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC now allows adults ages 65 years an DC-area rents still rising despite national trend lower 04/19/2023 12:16pm • Average apartment rents in March nationally posted the first year-over-year decline in three years, though the D.C. area was among metros where rents continued to rise. The average rent for a new lease signed in March in the D.C. metro was $2,628 a month, up 1.1% from March 2022, according to Red Study finds nearly 100,000 nurses quit during COVID pandemic 04/14/2023 09:15pm • The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic was exceptionally tough for nurses, as they had to deal with stress and challenges they never could have anticipated. As frontline workers fought against the virus, nurses worked tirelessly to care for patients, often under incredibly difficult circumstances. DC-area health departments shed light on what the end of federal COVID emergency actually means 04/05/2023 03:21pm • The federal COVID emergency ends on May 11 after over three years, though it may end sooner if President Joe Biden signs a bill passed by the House and Senate. So what will that look like for you and how will local health departments respond moving forward? “For a lot of people, they may not no Women's History Museum opens exhibit at MLK Library before awards gala at Hamilton Hotel 03/31/2023 01:00pm • The nation's capital is sending Women's History Month out in style with back-to-back events in Northwest D.C. On Thursday night, the National Women's History Museum opened its first brick-and-mortar exhibit, "We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC," at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memori DC to close COVID centers permanently Friday 03/30/2023 04:44pm • D.C. Health is reminding residents that all eight COVID-19 centers throughout the city will close permanently Friday. According to the organization, the decision to close the COVID centers comes after the District has experienced a significant drop in confirmed cases, along with an uptick in vacc How Maryland, Virginia, DC fared in nationwide study on COVID mortality 03/28/2023 12:28pm • A new state-by-state analysis of COVID-19 death rates showed Maryland had the fifth fewest deaths in the country per 100,000 residents, while D.C. had the second-highest rate in the nation. The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, showed death rates varied dramatically by state, in COVID's education crisis: A lost generation? 03/26/2023 09:21am • It may look like the pandemic is over; stadiums are open again, crowds are everywhere, and hardly a mask in sight. But COVID hurt a lot of things you can't easily see, especially in schools. "I feel like I just need to stand on a mountaintop and just yell, 'Take this seriously! Everything is at Prince William Co. buys Gander Mountain building in Woodbridge for $15M 03/24/2023 04:21pm • 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. The old Gander Mountain store in Woodbridge is now home to the Community Vaccination Clinic, as recipients line up for their appointment Health care officials tracking nationally spreading deadly fungus in DC region 03/22/2023 10:55pm • A deadly fungus that has been spreading through hospitals and other health care settings nationwide is being monitored in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 46 cases of "Candida auris" recorded in Maryland, 40 in Virginia and 1 Expert says bank runs are reminiscent of pandemic ‘panic buying’ 03/20/2023 05:03pm • With concerns still swirling around the U.S. banking sector, one expert said bank runs are comparable to "panic buying" that occurred in stores at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. "The pandemic-related corollary would be when we were all nervous, we all rushed to the store to 'An impossible situation': How the pandemic changed public education for DC-area parents, students and leaders 03/20/2023 04:30am • Many second-grade students struggled with reading skills at Brookfield Elementary in Fairfax County, Virginia, last year. As a result, the school appointed two separate teachers to lead sessions to help them get back on track. School leaders were particularly concerned about one student, Justin, National Cherry Blossom Festival opens this weekend, pacing well for local tourism 03/17/2023 12:43pm • The cherry trees bloom every year, including during the pandemic, but this year's National Cherry Blossom Festival will be celebrated by both visitors and the Washington, D.C.-area tourism industry. The cherry blossom festival opens Saturday, March 18, and runs through Sunday, April 16.