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Fairfax Co. weighs changes to high school grading policy 11/16/2022 04:49am • Virginia's largest school system has started the process of reevaluating its high school grading policy, after principals reported variation in grading processes from school to school. Sloan Presidio, Fairfax County Public Schools chief academic officer, said during a work session Tuesday that th DC hospital tracks 'rapidly increasing numbers' of flu amid RSV, COVID-19 cases 11/14/2022 05:15pm • Busy and getting busier is how Children's National Hospital described current cases of pediatric respiratory ailments in the D.C. area. Viruses that typically surge in winter got started early this season and are currently affecting kids hard, according to Dr. Sarah Ash Combs, attending physician DC reports large increase in city-wide school enrollment for 1st time since pandemic 11/14/2022 11:34am • The number of students attending schools in D.C. this year is the highest it has been since the city started an annual tally in 2007, revealing significant growth for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. Enrollment across the city increased by over 2,600 students, or about 3%, D.C. Mayo Partnership seeks to make Montgomery County ‘the Silicon Valley of health computing’ 11/12/2022 10:11am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A new partnership between Montgomery County and several of the state’s largest institutions has the potential to spur ground-breaking me Fredericksburg man guilty in COVID unemployment benefits scheme that netted up to $3.5M 11/10/2022 07:35am • A Fredericksburg, Virginia, man pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge for his part in a scheme where he and others obtained somewhere between $550,000 and $3.5 million in pandemic unemployment benefits. The scheme involved mail theft, bank fraud and pandemic unemployment benefits. Arlington closing COVID-19 vaccination clinic 11/09/2022 02:40pm • The public COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Arlington County, Virginia, will close next month. The county government said in a statement that the clinic will close due to a drop in demand “with COVID-19 vaccines now widely available in the community through pharmacies, urgent care centers and med Novavax cuts losses and nears 100 million COVID-19 doses 11/09/2022 09:02am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax turned in better-than-expected third quarter results, cutting quarterly losses, reporting higher revenue and trimming research-and-development spending. Novavax also reported that to date, it has distributed 94 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine worldwi Survey of Virginia students finds alarming rates of anxiety, suicidal thoughts 11/09/2022 04:45am • More students considered suicide and more teachers quit their jobs. A look at Virginia’s education system post-COVID-19 is filled of disturbing numbers. If you have middle or high students in Virginia, chances are they, or one of their friends contemplated suicide over the last year. That’s t 2022 DC election: Bowser wins historic 3rd-consecutive term as DC mayor 11/08/2022 11:59pm • Muriel Bowser thanks the crowd after being declared the winner of the D.C. mayoral race. (WTOP/Mike Murillo) Muriel Bowser has sailed to victory and into history as only the second person to secure three consecutive terms as D.C. mayor. The only other person to have achieved the feat was Mari Montgomery Co. monitoring wastewater for COVID-19 11/08/2022 09:19am • In Maryland's Montgomery County, wastewater is now being monitored to detect COVID-19, with the aim of getting ahead of any winter surges. “Wastewater surveillance will be a game changer for our efforts to better predict outbreaks and prevent them from happening,” said County Executive Marc E Veterans pitch in at the polls to 'help make democracy happen' 11/07/2022 11:55pm • When D.C.-area voters head to the polls on Election Day, chances are some of the people assisting in the process are veterans who've volunteered to help address the growing shortage of election workers across the country. Some of those veterans got involved through "Vet the Vote," a nonpartis Paxlovid reduces risk of long Covid, Veterans Affairs study finds 11/06/2022 04:10pm • Paxlovid, the antiviral pill that reduces the risk of hospitalization and death from Covid-19, also reduces the risk of long Covid, according to a new study by researchers at the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The study, posted online as a preprint on Saturday, analyzed electronic records for 2022 DC election: The District's mayoral candidates on the issues 11/03/2022 05:18pm • D.C. voters will elect the city's next mayor in November. Three candidates are seeking to challenge Mayor Muriel Bowser, who is vying for a third term. If elected, Bowser would become the District's first mayor since Marion Barry to serve three terms. Bowser's second term coincided with the co COVID-19 continues to impact DC-area live theater performances, survey finds 11/02/2022 05:43am • Almost three years after the first outbreak of COVID-19, a new survey of more than 2,700 people finds the virus is still having an impact on D.C.-area theaters with live performances. According to a survey for the local theaters by Limelight Insights by Shugoll, a national marketing research, the DC-area pantry launching baby food drive 11/02/2022 12:44am • Rising costs are impacting food pantries across the country including in the D.C. area. Corinne Cannon, executive director of the Greater DC Diaper Bank, said that the organization's "shelves are empty and the needs are really great." She said that many families who had previously donated baby fo