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5 of the Best Stocks to Buy for December 12/01/2021 07:00pm • December is usually an easy month for investors. Historically, it's one of the top two best performing months for the stock market, and the S&P 500 has gained ground in December 74% of the time. It is also more likely to post a December gain on the heels of a strong year of returns. So far this Opioid overdoses continued to rise as coronavirus spread throughout U.S. 12/01/2021 04:43pm • This content is sponsored by Emergent Biosolutions. COVID-19 brought huge disruptions to the United States as it caused the biggest public health disaster in a century. However, it wasn’t just those who caught the disease who were effected. The isolation brought by the quarantining and l MLBPA rep Max Scherzer says players see ‘major problems’ with competition 12/01/2021 04:07pm • Scherzer says players see ‘major problems’ with competition originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonNewly signed New York Mets starter Max Scherzer offered a grim assessment of the state of negotiations between MLB and the players union in a press conference Wednesday, indicating tha Hogan urges Marylanders to get tested regularly as omicron variant arrives in US 12/01/2021 03:47pm • Over 1 million Marylanders have received a booster shot, and a greater emphasis is being placed on testing as the state prepares for the arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday. The omicron variant -- which was first identified in South Africa b Prince George's Co. library system gives away rapid COVID testing kits 12/01/2021 11:04am • The Memorial Library System in Prince George's County, Maryland, will be giving away 1,700 rapid COVID tests to anyone — including non-county residents. (WTOP/John Domen) Libraries in Prince George's County, Maryland, are joining the region-wide trend of handing out free, rapid COVID tests to Labs across US test for COVID Omicron variant 12/01/2021 10:45am • ▶ Watch Video: U.S. prepares for expected imminent arrival of COVID-19 Omicron variant Labs across the United States are testing to see where the Omicron COVID-19 variant will emerge first. The U.S. is sequencing 80,000 positive PCR tests per week to test for variants and learn how fa Maryland education officials to review school mask mandate at Wednesday meeting 12/01/2021 06:34am • Public schools in Maryland may get some clarity on the state's next steps for masking on Wednesday afternoon. The Maryland State Board of Education and the Maryland State Department of Education will review the state's emergency school mask requirement during a special virtual meeting at 1 p.m. Charles Co. removes mask mandate for private businesses 12/01/2021 05:12am • Commissioners in Charles County, Maryland, unanimously voted Tuesday to remove its indoor mask mandate for private businesses effectively immediately after recent metrics show a sharp decline of COVID-19 cases. However, they agreed to hold a public hearing as winter weather and a new variant may pre Rockville small business owner faces twin challenges of COVID, cancer 12/01/2021 04:50am • Kenia Garcia, owner of Nature by Trejo, shows her wares at the Wheaton Recreational Center. (WTOP/Dick Uliano) The pandemic has been hard on many of the D.C. region's small businesses, but the owner of a Rockville, Maryland, gift shop has double the challenge because she's been diagnosed with ca Maryland nursing schools boost enrollment to address future shortages 12/01/2021 03:55am • Over the summer, Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland opened up its new, cutting-edge Health and Life Sciences building. It will allow professors to boost enrollment and train more nurses. A statewide nursing shortage is threatening lifesaving care as hospital staff struggle to meet the dem PHOTOS: Kids receive surprise visit from Obama, Fauci at DC student vaccination clinic 11/30/2021 10:20pm • Kids getting their COVID-19 shots at a student vaccination clinic at a D.C. elementary school got some surprise visitors: Dr. Anthony Fauci, former President Barack Obama and Teddy, one of the Washington Nationals’ Racing President mascots. The trio dropped by Kimball Elementary School in Sout Md. House Republican leaders ask to uphold some COVID transparency protocols next legislative session 11/30/2021 08:36pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP's news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters' free email subscription today. As the General Assembly prepares for a special session next week and the upcoming regular legislative session, Maryland House Republicans say th Fairfax Co. libraries to make rapid COVID-19 at-home test kits available 11/30/2021 03:33pm • Free COVID-19 at-home test kits are coming to 21 Fairfax County, Virginia, public library branches starting Friday. The BinaxNOW test kits will be available at each of Fairfax County Public Library’s 13 open community branches and eight regional branches on Dec. 3. The county warns that quan If an omicron vaccine is needed, how long would it take to develop one? 11/30/2021 02:15pm • If it turns out vaccines need to be adjusted to target the new omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, a University of Virginia infectious diseases expert said it could be done quite quickly. It's about how messenger RNA vaccines, such as the COVID-19 vaccines, work. "It's very, very simple to change a Fairfax Co. sees largest drop in Va. public school enrollment 11/30/2021 07:33am • For the second straight year, enrollment in Virginia public schools has dropped, with 46,000 fewer students enrolled since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data from the Virginia Department of Education, the largest school district in the commonwealth, Fairfax County, saw the larg