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How Your Existing Student Loan Debt Affects Graduate School Options 04/14/2021 12:00am • Graduate school enrollment is growing amid the coronavirus pandemic at a faster rate than last spring. According to recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, graduate school enrollment is up 4.3% in spring 2021 compared with 1.5% last spring, whereas undergraduate enrollme 17 Beautiful Maldives Resorts to Visit 04/14/2021 12:00am • The Maldives -- an Indian Ocean archipelago consisting of more than 1,000 islands -- is known for shocking turquoise water, powder white sand and luxurious overwater bungalow hotels. Some Maldives islands are inhabited and used for tourism while many others remain untouched, but each island offers Sinusitis: What to Know About Sinus Infections 04/14/2021 12:00am • Your head is full of holes. No, really, it is. Not just your nostrils, mouth and ear openings, there are also big openings behind the nose, inside the face. Called sinuses, these chambers are "empty spaces in the bones of the face and skull that surround the nose," says Dr. Richard A. Lebowitz, a r 3 Steps Incoming Fall 2021 International Students Should Take 04/14/2021 12:00am • Newly admitted undergraduate international students may feel a mix of excitement and lingering uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic's impact on whether on-campus attendance will commence in the fall. With many U.S. college campuses currently closed and staff working remotely, incoming stude Education secretary Cardona visits reopened Prince George's County school 04/13/2021 10:53pm • A newly reopened Prince George’s County, Maryland, school got a visit from the country’s top education official. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has been visiting schools across the country for the “Help is Here” School Reopening Tour. On Tuesday, he visited Mary Harris &# With Nationals Park capacity limit raised, more game tickets are now on sale 04/13/2021 09:14pm • More fans will soon be welcomed back into Nationals Park, after the Nats were allowed to expand the ballpark's capacity limit to 25%. Additional single game tickets are now on sale for the Washington Nationals' four-game homestand with the Arizona Diamondbacks, which is set to begin on Thursday. Nationals monitor halt on Johnson & Johnson vaccine after players received shot 04/13/2021 07:19pm • Nats monitor halt on J&J vaccine after players received shot originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonOne day after most of the players on the Nationals’ roster received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for Va. woman died, was among 6 who experienced blood clots from J&J vaccine 04/13/2021 06:50pm • The coordinator of Virginia’s vaccination program on Tuesday said that a woman in the commonwealth had died from the effects of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, one of six who experienced clots that prompted a federal investigation. Dr. Danny Avula said during a conference call Tuesday aftern How to get a ride to the Annapolis mass vaccination site 04/13/2021 05:29pm • Need a ride to the mass vaccination site in Annapolis? Anne Arundel County, Maryland, has you covered. The site at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium will begin vaccinating people starting April 15, and County Executive Steuart Pittman and Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley want to make sure trans Maryland's governor signs dozens of bills after 'successful session' 04/13/2021 05:00pm • Before its 90-day legislative session ended Monday, Maryland's General Assembly passed 817 bills. And Tuesday morning, 66 of those bills were signed into law. Gov. Larry Hogan joined Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Adrienne Jones for the signing ceremony inside the Governor's What to know if you've received the J&J COVID-19 vaccine 04/13/2021 03:40pm • U.S. health officials are recommending a pause in administering the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while they investigate cases of blood clots in six women. So if you've already received the J&J vaccine, here's what you should know. The six people who experienced clots DC-area health departments cancel appointments, switch vaccines after J&J pause 04/13/2021 03:22pm • D.C.-area health departments are canceling Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine appointments, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration's recommendation that it be put on hold because of safety concerns. After six reported cases of a rare and seve Mystics announce 2021 regular season schedule 04/13/2021 02:12pm • Mystics announce 2021 schedule originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonFollowing a disappointing 2020 season which was altered heavily by the coronavirus pandemic, the Mystics are set to return to the floor and make another push toward a championship in 2021. The Mystics released their sche Montgomery Co. approves new rules for summer camps 04/13/2021 01:55pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, council on Tuesday approved new rules for the operation of summer camps. Some of the new rules: Only campers from Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. are permitted to attend; Camps must separate participants into groups of 25 or fewer for indoor activit Emotions raw in session’s final hours, but Md. lawmakers hail the finished product 04/13/2021 01:38pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. For the third straight year, the Maryland General Assembly adjourned on Monday night without balloons or confetti — a nod to the serious n