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The surprising reasons behind vaccine hesitancy 09/09/2021 02:42pm • This content is written by Oleg Tarkovsky, Director, Behavioral Health Services, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. For at least two hundred years, vaccines have been the safest and most effective tool for preventing infectious diseases. No other advance in medicine can compare to the triumphs of va Council chairman asks DC mayor to speed emergency money to head off evictions 09/09/2021 01:40pm • The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a nationwide moratorium on evictions, but the ban has ended, and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is raising concern about the possibility of several hundred evictions in the District in the coming weeks. "We have money available to help tenants with their rent; Charles Co. schools cancels some indoor events, including homecoming dances 09/09/2021 01:20pm • Officials with Charles County Public Schools in Maryland are limiting or canceling some upcoming indoor events and implementing tougher COVID-19 testing procedures to curb the spread of the pandemic. While students and staff will continue in-person learning, CCPS is canceling high school homecomi Northam urges business leaders to require COVID-19 vaccines for employees 09/09/2021 01:04pm • 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. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is urging business leaders to follow the lead of the state and federal governments and require their employee NSO performs 'Concert of Remembrance' at Kennedy Center for victims of 9/11, COVID-19 09/09/2021 10:35am • This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most tragic days in U.S. history. The National Symphony Orchestra performs a "Concert of Remembrance" at the Kennedy Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, remembering all of the lives lost on that day 20 years ago, as well as the lives lost during t Montgomery Co. schools to receive rapid COVID tests in bid to reduce quarantines 09/09/2021 10:11am • Montgomery County schools will soon begin administering rapid-result COVID-19 tests to students who exhibit possible symptoms in an effort to avoid excessive quarantines. The school district — Maryland's largest — made the announcement Wednesday, less than a week after releasing new, stricter Experts point to lack of childcare to explain COVID-era loss of women in Md. workforce 09/09/2021 08:27am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. While Maryland saw a net gain of 13,000 men entering the labor force from January 2020 to June 2021, the number of working women fell by 57, What federal help is still available with jobless benefits, eviction protections ending 09/09/2021 08:00am • Americans are no longer protected from evictions or receiving beefed-up unemployment payments, but they are still benefiting from many other federal coronavirus rescue measures. More support may be on the way, as Democrats on Capitol Hill hammer out a 10-year, $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation Kimmel jokes hospitals shouldn't treat patients who take ivermectin 09/09/2021 07:35am • Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is facing some criticism for suggesting hospitals should refuse to treat patients who have taken an anti-parasitic drug to treat COVID-19. The "Jimmy Kimmel! Live" star made the joke during the show's fall premiere on Tuesday. In his opening monologue, K Hundreds of DC schools students, staff quarantined 09/08/2021 09:46pm • Just after a week into the new school year, nearly a thousand D.C. students and staff are quarantined following an exposure to the coronavirus. As of Tuesday, D.C. Public Schools said that 40 staff members and 73 students reported positive test results. One-hundred eighteen staff and 847 s Pandemic spikes tattoo business as clients yearn to mark the moment 09/08/2021 06:27pm • As more Americans resolve to change their lives after a tumultuous year and a half, many are choosing to get tattoos: D.C.-area tattoo-shop owners are reporting a boom in business, even though the pandemic all but shuttered other industries. Inside Lady Octopus, in Arlington, Virginia, artist Gil Hogan: Marylanders 65 and up living in group homes cleared to receive booster shots 09/08/2021 04:11pm • Maryland residents 65 and older living in congregate care settings will be able to get booster shots starting immediately, Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday. The governor said the Maryland Department of Health is issuing an order that will allow nursing homes and other care facilities to administer Montgomery Co. health officials explain decision to send hundreds of students to quarantine 09/08/2021 03:56pm • Last week hundreds of students from Montgomery County Public Schools were sent home to quarantine after possible exposure to COVID-19. Now health officials from the county are explaining the policy behind that decision. Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles told reporters during a me Students back in classes in Prince George's Co. 09/08/2021 10:19am • Students and families line up on the first day of school at Deerfield Run Elementary School in Laurel, Maryland. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli) Students went back to class in Prince George's County Wednesday, marking the start of the new school year in Maryland's second-largest public school system. Th Back-to-School Safety Tips 09/08/2021 12:00am • Back-to-school safety is different this year, with many children returning to school after a year of learning at home. Some students have gone months without traveling independently and may have forgotten even basic rules. There are also new practices to stay safe as the nation recovers from the co