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'We miss them so much:' Return to school mixes COVID protocols, poignancy 03/02/2021 06:59am • Teachers preparing bulletin boards and enthusiastically welcoming students back to school is something that happens every year, but in March 2021, as children go back to physical classrooms for the first time since the pandemic started, they will also get something to prevent the spread of COVID-19. New COVID-19 report paints bleak picture for DC-area kids, households 03/02/2021 05:17am • A new nationwide study examining how U.S. households are faring with COVID-19 paints a bleak picture for children and families in the D.C. region. The state-by-state study, which included the District, ranked D.C. 42nd in the country when considering childhood hunger, ease of remote learning and Slow action on COVID-19 led to deaths at St. Elizabeths Hospital, report finds 03/02/2021 04:05am • More than a dozen patients at St. Elizabeths Hospital have died from COVID-19, and a new report suggests the hospital was slow to react to the pandemic. The report from Disability Rights DC, an advocacy group for people with disabilities, said that St. Elizabeths did not take aggressive and effec US Naval Academy moves students to hotel for COVID-19 quarantine 03/02/2021 02:36am • A coronavirus outbreak at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, sent midshipmen into quarantine with 98 students moved into a hotel to recover from the virus. The academy said it drove the 98 midshipmen to the Hilton Garden Inn in Annapolis on Monday to quarantine away from the rest of c Alzheimer's deaths spike in Va. and Md. during COVID-19 pandemic 03/02/2021 12:41am • The number of deaths from Alzheimer’s and dementia is up by double digits — and advocates are concerned. “We have noticed a significant increase,” said Carter Harrison, director of state affairs for the Alzheimer’s Association. Compared with averages over the previous five years, Alz Maryland orders broad use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine 03/02/2021 12:18am • Maryland is receiving its first shipment of Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID-19 vaccine this week, which received federal emergency use authorization Saturday. "This week we will receive 49,600 doses of J&J and we are distributing it across the board," Maryland's acting Health Secretary Maryland creates resource guide for young people coping with pandemic 03/01/2021 08:46pm • Maryland's Health Department is sending a youth resource guide to state and community health partners to help young people battling mental health and substance abuse issues related to the ongoing pandemic. The state's Behavioral Health Administration guide provides an expansive and evolving list From booze to balloons, a wide range of legislative action 03/01/2021 08:02pm • Virginia’s General Assembly has approved a collection of bills that will impact consumers. Some of the bills sought to address issues that have cropped up or become more pressing because of the coronavirus pandemic. One bill will allow restaurants to continue to offer cocktails to go. Ano US attorney seizes another COVID fraud website 03/01/2021 05:45pm • The U.S. Attorney's office in Maryland has seized another fraudulent COVID-19 treatment website, according to a statement released Monday. The website, called "remdesivirmx.com," claimed to sell and distribute Remdesivir, a drug used to treat COVID-19. But the website was used to collect users' p Region hits 1 million COVID infections as vaccination efforts ramp up 03/01/2021 02:41pm • It seems that every few weeks, the U.S. hits another sobering milestone in its battle with the coronavirus — and the D.C. region is no exception, having recently reached over 1 million cases. But there's growing hope that the addition of a third vaccine will help bring those numbers down. As Cherry blossom peak bloom date announced; festival will feature 'hybrid' events 03/01/2021 01:49pm • A cherry blossom branch in bloom is seen in front of the Jefferson Memorial on March 30. (WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez) It's a tradition that marks the annual arrival of spring in the D.C. area: the rosy flush of blossoms peeking out from the branches of the iconic cherry trees ringing the Tidal Basin Montgomery Co. schools begin bringing kids back 03/01/2021 12:37pm • It's been a long time since students in Montgomery County, Maryland, have seen their classmates and teachers. Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith said that March 13, 2020, was students' "last regular day of school," after Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and schools Supt. Karen Sa Prince William supervisors to take up tax rate Tuesday 03/01/2021 12:19pm • Prince William County supervisors are set for the first test of their stance on a potential 7% increase in real estate tax bills for county homeowners. The Board of Supervisors will vote on fiscal 2022 tax rates to advertise for a public hearing during its meeting on Tuesday. County Executive Ch Alsobrooks joins Md. campaign to encourage people to get vaccinated 03/01/2021 11:57am • The Maryland Department of Health will begin airing television ads this week in which Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) calls the COVID-19 vaccines “safe” and an important step toward getting back to “ordinary life.” There are two versions of the ad — one that ru U.Md. specialist calls Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine a 'winner' 03/01/2021 09:52am • An infectious disease specialist at the University of Maryland said Monday the one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has an efficacy rate in the U.S. in the 70% range, calling it a winner. It is the third vaccine approved in the U.S. to protect against the coronavirus, and the first req