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Montgomery Co. holds J&J vaccine in storage, awaiting word from feds 04/15/2021 04:09pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, said the impact of the halt on Johnson & Johnson vaccines, amid reports of possible ties to blood clots, is expected to be lessened in the county by the presence of the other vaccines. County Health Officer Travis Gayles said the timing of the pause h Lawsuit filed over delays at Virginia Employment Commission 04/15/2021 03:57pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Five women are suing the leader of the Virginia agency that handles unemployment benefits, alleging “gross failures” to provide needed help as required by law amid the coronavirus pandemic. The class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday morning on behalf of the plaintiffs 'Pissed off': Prince George's Co. launches new litter cleanup efforts, crackdown on litterbugs 04/15/2021 03:06pm • Officials in Prince George's County, Maryland, say they are cracking down on litterbugs and renewing efforts to clean up trash and debris that have piled up as county employees were sidelined during the coronavirus pandemic. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced Thursday she is naming a ne 2 tigers at Virginia zoo test positive for the coronavirus 04/15/2021 10:07am • NORFOLK, Va. — Two tigers at a zoo in Virginia have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Virginian-Pilot reported Wednesday that the Malayan tigers live at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk. The zoo said it doesn’t know how its tigers were infected. It’s working with health officials and othe Frederick Co. school board OKs more in-person learning for elementary students 04/15/2021 06:50am • The Frederick County School Board in Maryland has voted to increase the amount of in-class instruction available to elementary students starting in May. The move gives parents the option to send their elementary-age children back to the classroom as often as four-days per week now that the county Some States Move Forward on Medicaid Extension to Improve Maternal Health 04/15/2021 12:00am • Several states are taking the first steps in what advocates say could be a big move in improving maternal health in the U.S., using a tiny provision in the American Rescue Plan. That provision would allow states to easily extend Medicaid coverage to low-income people up to one year after they've gi India Faces a Health Crisis As COVID-19 Cases Soar 04/15/2021 12:00am • NEW DELHI -- Earlier this year, it seemed that India had beat COVID-19. "India has successfully contained the pandemic," Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in late January. The country had reported just 12,000 cases in the previous 24 hours, he said, down from 100,000 cases in mid-September. But no Fairfax Co. to move into Phase 2 as Northern Virginia expects to open up availability soon 04/14/2021 09:27pm • The latest Northern Virginia county to announce that it will move to Phase 2 with the rest of the commonwealth is Fairfax County. According to an emergency release on Wednesday, all individuals in the Fairfax Health District who are 16 or older will be eligible to schedule a vaccine appointment d Memorial on National Mall honors gun violence victims 04/14/2021 05:04pm • A group committed to fighting gun violence in the U.S. unveiled a memorial of 40,000 white flowers on the National Mall in D.C., representing the victims of gun violence in the country each year. The memorial was implemented by Giffords, a group led by Gabby Giffords, the former representative fr Jailed students file suit alleging DCPS hasn't offered virtual school since pandemic began 04/14/2021 04:20pm • Two students who are serving sentences in the DC Jail have filed a lawsuit against D.C. Public Schools and the State Superintendent of Education, claiming that the city hasn't offered any virtual or in-person instruction to kids in custody since the pandemic began. In the complaint, the two incar DC gets funding boost from feds to fight homelessness 04/14/2021 04:10pm • A homeless man sleeps on the National Mall near the US Capitol in Washington, DC on March 8, 2021. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) D.C. is getting a significant boost from the federal government in an effort to combat homelessness and housing scarcity in the District. Halfway there: CDC shows 50% of Md. adults have received COVID-19 shot 04/14/2021 04:07pm • Maryland marked another COVID-19 vaccine milestone Wednesday, announcing 50% of the state's adult population has now received at least one jab in the arm. The update on the state's vaccination progress came in an email announcement from the office of Gov. Larry Hogan. The data come from the Cente Call the governor: Loudoun Co. school leaders decry audience limits on plays, concerts 04/14/2021 03:14pm • The interim superintendent and school board members in Loudoun County, Virginia, have asked parents to lobby Gov. Ralph Northam and the state's Department of Education over capacity restrictions that would affect school plays and concerts. During a school board meeting Tuesday, Interim Superinten Is the time of obsessive coronavirus cleaning over? 04/14/2021 12:53pm • Are you still obsessively cleaning to try to fend off the coronavirus? A local scientist says it's time to stop. "We can stop spraying down the groceries and wiping down the mail," said Donald Milton, a professor of occupational environmental health at the University of Maryland School of Public Md. housing advocates say relief funding alone won't stop evictions 04/14/2021 07:25am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Several tenant relief efforts failed in the last hours of the 2021 legislative session Monday, drawing condemnation from fair housing advoca