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TSA expects travel at DC-area airports to near pre-pandemic levels for Thanksgiving 11/17/2021 06:16pm • Travel volume this year at D.C.- area airports won't be as high as during Thanksgiving 2019, but it will be notably higher than it has been leading up to this turkey day, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The Sunday after Thanksgiving in 2019 was the highest travel da DC Health plans to report coronavirus data similarly to the way it tracks flu 11/17/2021 05:51pm • There are a few big changes coming to D.C. on Monday, starting with the lifting of the indoor mask mandate. The city will also change how it reports COVID-19 data. D.C. is taking a new posture in the pandemic, DC Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said during a news conference Tuesday. "We DC Council member voices concerns over hiring of former Philadelphia health commissioner 11/17/2021 05:13pm • DC Health recently tapped a former Philadelphia health commissioner to lead its Community Health Administration, but leaders and members of the community are expressing their concerns about several controversies in the pick's recent past. As health commissioner of Philadelphia, Dr. Thomas Farley Wizards president Tommy Sheppard 'grateful and humbled' by promotion 11/17/2021 04:54pm • Sheppard 'grateful and humbled' by promotion to president originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonWASHINGTON -- Back in the summer of 2019, when Tommy Sheppard was the Wizards' interim general manager, he was both operating in the position and interviewing for the full-time job at the 'Doses sitting in freezers': Montgomery Co. wants more kids' COVID-19 vaccines for county clinics 11/17/2021 03:37pm • Montgomery County has seen high demand for getting young children vaccinated against COVID-19 — and nearly one-third of the total number of kids vaccinated in Maryland in the first few weeks of the rollout have been in the state's most populous county. But county officials say as many as half o High percentage of ballots automatically mailed to DC voters came back as 'undeliverable' 11/17/2021 01:17pm • A report released Tuesday by the Office of the D.C. Auditor raises new questions and concerns about the process of automatically sending voters ballots in the mail ahead of elections. Before the 2020 presidential election, D.C. mailed ballots to every registered voter as a way of making voting ea Rep. Andy Harris of Md. says complaint filed over ivermectin 11/17/2021 10:52am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland congressman says a complaint has been filed against him with a board of medical examiners for prescribing ivermectin for COVID-19. The Baltimore Sun reports that Republican Rep. Andy Harris said in a Monday discussion about vaccine mandates by the conservative H DC gym operators 'thrilled' about mask mandate's end 11/17/2021 04:06am • Tuesday’s announcement that D.C. will soon lift its indoor mask mandate was welcomed by local health clubs, marking an end to a tense dynamic between gym owners and city health officials. Two gym operators who spoke with WTOP said they were “thrilled” after hearing the news. “It's a hu Fairfax Co. pharmacy gives wrong COVID-19 vaccine to young kids 11/17/2021 12:38am • A Virginia pharmacy in Fairfax County incorrectly administered the coronavirus vaccine formulated for those 12 and up to young children. The Fairfax County Health Department and the Virginia Department of Health said that KC Pharmacy in Lorton gave children age 5 to 11 doses formulated for those Federal Student Loan Servicing Changes 11/17/2021 12:00am • Student loan servicers handle billing and other services on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, and they work directly with borrowers to assist them in repaying their student loans. If you have federal student loans, you might have heard about some changes coming to federal student loan serv Maryland state education officials weigh in on school mask mandate's future 11/16/2021 07:14pm • Members of the Maryland State Board of Education weighed in Tuesday on whether to keep the state’s school mask mandate in place. The board heard hours of testimony from parents, county school board officials from across the state, and medical professionals on the merits and the objections to re DC suspends unvaccinated first responders' licenses as thousands apply for exemptions 11/16/2021 06:15pm • City leaders are sharing just how many first responders remain unvaccinated in D.C. long after the mayor mandated they get the shot. Some 2,287 requests for vaccine exemptions have been submitted from the city's health care workers, and they continue to come in, said Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, direct Anne Arundel County libraries to offer free rapid COVID-19 test kits 11/16/2021 05:48pm • Visitors of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, libraries can check out a book and grab a coronavirus rapid test kit. It said it's currently the only library system in the state that is giving out the test kits. “At their core, libraries are about access,” Library CEO Skip Auld said in a statem It's official: Montgomery Co. mask mandate returns Saturday 11/16/2021 04:40pm • It's official: The indoor mask mandate in Montgomery County, Maryland, which is automatically triggered by the county's COVID-19 case rate, will return this weekend. The county's acting health officer, Dr. James Bridgers, notified the county council Tuesday that the county had marked seven days i What women need to know about heart disease 11/16/2021 03:43pm • Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women —  and they should be aware of signs and symptoms that might not be top of mind. "Heart disease in women, and particularly heart attacks in women, look very different to the way they do in men. They are not your typical Hollywood heart attacks," s