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Falling behind: Report tallies up 'unfinished learning' by DC students 11/16/2021 02:00pm • Students in D.C. fell significantly behind last school year compared with pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from education group EmpowerK12. The most significant drops in reading and math levels came among students considered at-risk — who make up about half of D.C. students — as Rockville City Hall to reopen to public in January 11/16/2021 10:25am • Rockville City Hall in Maryland will reopen to the public in January — nearly 20 months after city offices were shuttered at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. City Manager Rob DiSpirito announced the reopening during a meeting Monday night of the mayor and City Council, according to a NIH study to investigate long-term impacts of COVID on children 11/16/2021 08:34am • Bethesda, Maryland-based researchers at the National Institutes of Health have launched a long-term study that seeks to shed light on the lasting impacts of COVID-19 infection on children. The NIH-supported study will track up to 1,000 children and young adults from birth to 21 years old who have Fauci pushes boosters but says focus is still on vaccinating the unvaccinated 11/16/2021 04:17am • Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser for President Biden, said that while COVID-19 booster shots are increasingly important for vaccinated Americans because of waning immunity, the administration hasn’t given up on trying to persuade the unvaccinated to get their first shot. Fauci, the Q&A: Rodney A. Brooks on Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap 11/16/2021 12:00am • In "Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap," Rodney A. Brooks notes that the net worth of the average white family is $171,000 while the net worth of an average Black family is $17,150, according to the Brookings Institute. It's a stark figure -- one that Brooks, a lifelong financial journalist and regular U Nearly 100 students receive wrong COVID vaccine dose in Montgomery Co. clinic 11/15/2021 08:39pm • Nearly 100 students received a diluted amount of the Pfizer vaccine at a clinic held on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at South Lake Elementary School in Montgomery Village, Maryland. Parents were notified by phone Monday night of the mix-up, according to a Montgomery County government news release. An addi Montgomery Co. on track to reinstate mask mandate Saturday 11/15/2021 04:40pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, is on track to reimpose its indoor mask mandate later this week. The indoor mask policy is automatically triggered if the county sees seven consecutive days of substantial or higher transmission of COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines subst Democrats ask Biden to mandate COVID-19 vaccine, negative test to board planes 11/15/2021 12:05am • Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, along with 36 other congressional Democrats, penned a letter to President Joe Biden, on Thursday, in favor of a vaccine requirement or negative test ahead of the holiday travel season. The letter, led by the congressman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Ritchie Torres, a 7 Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy Now 11/15/2021 12:00am • Invest in these stocks to profit from strong demand for chips.It's not just the makers of laptops and other consumer electronics that have been facing headwinds from the global semiconductor shortage. Automobile manufacturers have also been a high-profile victim, and the dearth of chips has hit make Declining International Student Numbers Stabilize 11/15/2021 12:00am • The coronavirus pandemic forced normal life to an abrupt halt in 2020, disrupting entire industries and national economies. Travel was limited and, in some cases, prohibited. The grim reality of what that has meant for international students and the U.S. colleges and universities that welcome them CDC data confirms 99% of Maryland's senior population vaccinated 11/14/2021 07:30am • Gov. Larry Hogan announced that 99% of Maryland's 65 and older population, received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Hogan said, in a statement citing CDC data, that the state continued to rank in the top 10 states for boosters for seniors. Read More: DC area sees at least 8% o Kids in Prince George's Co. line up for COVID vaccine 11/13/2021 08:20pm • Children aged age 5-11, newly eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, lined up with parents Saturday morning to get their jab at a "pop-up" clinic inside the Wayne Curry Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland. The special clinic offered more than just a shot in the arm and a lollipop. "O DC area sees at least 8% of children 5 to 11 vaccinated 11/13/2021 11:20am • Less than two weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally recommended that children ages 5 to 11 should receive the FDA authorized Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, D.C. area health officials say they have vaccinated at least 8% of that population. Patrick Ashley, of D.C. Health, s Another reason to get a flu shot? Because influenza can look like COVID-19 11/12/2021 05:37pm • People might be more susceptible to influenza this fall and winter because COVID-related precautions last season led to a relatively mild flu season — and a local doctor said that makes getting a flu shot all the more important. "Every time you get exposed to a respiratory virus, you build immu More than 75% of Va. adults fully vaccinated 11/12/2021 01:53pm • More than 83% of adults in Virginia have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 75% are fully vaccinated, Gov. Ralph Northam said Friday. Almost 12 million doses of the vaccine have gone out so far, and that puts Virginia 10th in the nation for percentage of the population vaccina