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Data: Most DC-area kids have already gotten COVID 08/30/2022 03:31pm • Kids are back in school this week, and while COVID-19 might still be on parents' minds, chances are their children already got it sometime over the past two years. New data from a CDC study show the vast majority of children -- just shy of 80% -- contracted the virus at some time over the past two Doctors, schools worry about the number of kids behind on immunizations 08/30/2022 10:51am • The COVID-19 pandemic has had many effects on children's health, and one of them is a lag in checkups and immunizations. Many parents put off routine checkups for their kids, choosing to avoid doctors' offices for anything except urgent and acute matters. Now those parents are being urged to get Prince George's County schools to end mask mandate next week 08/29/2022 08:05pm • Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland will end its indoor mask mandate next week, CEO Monica Goldson said in a note to the school community. In a newsletter highlighting moments from the first day of school across the county, Maryland's second-largest school system said it plans to im Additional security measures, new curriculum resources coming to Arlington schools 08/29/2022 03:57am • Additional security measures, new curriculum resources and a division-wide dress code are among the changes students in Arlington, Virginia, will see when they return to class Monday. Superintendent Francisco Duran said the school system invested over $5 million in its last budget for projects su Layoffs, losses, plunging share prices: These pandemic winners are now struggling 08/28/2022 12:20pm • Few companies flourished more amid the pandemic's economic upheaval than Peloton. With people unable (or unwilling) to go to the gym, consumers rushed to buy its exercise equipment and, more importantly, sign up for its online classes. Peloton posted its first quarterly profits in calendar year 2 'This will change everything for me': Americans react to Biden's plan to forgive up to $20k in student loan debt 08/27/2022 04:04am • Americans across the country are sharing their mixed reactions to President Joe Biden's decision to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for millions of borrowers. Biden announced Wednesday that borrowers who hold loans with the Department of Education and make less than $125,000 annually a DC public schools push back student immunization deadlines 08/26/2022 04:20pm • D.C. public schools are pushing back enforcement deadlines for students who fail to receive their required vaccinations, including against COVID-19. According to the new attendance guidelines issued Friday, students age 12 or older will have until Jan. 3, 2023, to have received all the needed dos Judge strikes down COVID-19 vaccine mandate for DC employees 08/26/2022 10:35am • City government workers in the District can no longer be punished for choosing not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a D.C. Superior Court judge who effectively threw out the COVID-19 vaccine mandate that applied to all D.C. employees. Judge Maurice Ross ruled Thursday that D.C. Mayor Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement involving COVID-19 vaccines 08/26/2022 09:10am • Moderna sued Pfizer and BioNTech "for infringing patents central to (its) mRNA technology platform," the company said in a news release Friday. "Moderna believes that Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016 covering Moderna's foundat Voting rights of Howard Co. Board of Education's student member upheld by Md.'s highest court 08/25/2022 09:54am • An appeal to a lawsuit trying to limit the vote of the student member on the Howard County Board of Education has failed before Maryland's Court of Appeals, the state's highest court. On Wednesday, the court upheld the school board did not violate Maryland's state constitution by granting voting ri Prince George's Co. prepares families for a bumpy start to the school year 08/24/2022 08:40pm • The school year in Prince George's County, Maryland, starts Monday amid teacher shortages, bus delays and mask policies. In a letter to parents, Prince George’s County schools CEO Monica Goldson warned families there could be some bumps in the beginning. “To date, we have filled just over Citing vaccine disparities, NAACP calls for expansion of DC online learning options 08/24/2022 12:52pm • As D.C. gets set to begin a school year with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for some students, the D.C. branch of the NAACP is calling on D.C. Public Schools to expand their remote leaning programs to better accommodate unvaccinated students. The first day of classes is Aug. 29. The school district s WTOP interview: What Fauci says he'll do after stepping down as top US infection expert 08/23/2022 10:31am • The doctor whom millions of Americans looked to for guidance in daily briefings during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic is stepping down as the nation's top infectious disease expert. But Dr. Anthony Fauci tells WTOP he isn't done working just yet. Along with directing the National Institu Masks in classes at Georgetown University, COVID-19 testing required 08/23/2022 08:40am • For students returning to campus at Georgetown University in D.C., the school is providing public health guidance for COVID-19 and monkeypox ahead of the start of classes Wednesday. In a message to Georgetown faculty, staff, students and the community, Dr. Ranit Mishori, the university's Chief Pu 'Practical solution to a pandemic-related problem': Montgomery Co. plans to preserve 4 streeteries 08/23/2022 04:17am • Four streeteries in Montgomery County, Maryland, originally created as temporary solutions for gathering restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, are now being reevaluated for continued use into the fall. Public streets closed to vehicles and available for activities such as biking, walking and