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New competition for inventors looking to create new, innovative mask designs 04/07/2021 01:40pm • Masks can come with a number of challenges, like those foggy glasses and difficulty breathing, but there’s a new competition that’s giving designers a chance to make some improvements. The Mask Innovation Challenge is awarding $500,000 to help support designs that will make a difference when Anne Arundel Co. drops preregistration requirement for vaccination appointments 04/07/2021 11:22am • Anne Arundel County, Maryland, no longer requires preregistration for COVID-19 vaccination appointments. The Anne Arundel County's vaccination website on Tuesday began scheduling appointments directly, without preregistration, the county health department said in a statement. “Preregistratio What's next: Keeping teens from spreading, catching COVID-19 04/07/2021 08:33am • As the number of COVID-19-vaccinated adults continues to rise, public health experts are looking toward their next steps in keeping younger members of communities safe. "We want to prioritize high schools, as soon as we can go into Phase 2," Dr. David Goodfriend, director of the Loudoun County He Gaylord National Resort to reopen July 1 04/07/2021 08:26am • The D.C. area’s largest hotel, the Gaylord National Resort at National Harbor, will reopen July 1, 16 months after the COVID-19 pandemic closed it in March 2020. Hotel owner Ryman Hospitality Properties lost more than a year of convention and conference business but used the time to give the ne Prince George's Co. school official answers student questions on return to in-person learning 04/07/2021 07:32am • Some Prince George's County students are returning to classrooms Thursday for the first time in over a year since the pandemic forced learning to move online. Ahead of their return, the Maryland school system answered questions from students and parents during a telephone town hall. One hot to What Coronavirus Means for College Decision Day 04/07/2021 12:00am • Pushing back National College Decision Day in 2020 was one of the many shifts in higher education due to the coronavirus pandemic. But as the world slowly returns to some sense of normalcy with vaccine rollouts across the U.S., 2021 marks a return to May 1 for many schools. "For the most part, it s Max Scherzer wants to know why more fans can't attend Nationals games 04/06/2021 08:34pm • Scherzer wants to know why Nats can't have fans in upper deck originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonAs Max Scherzer took the mound for the Nationals on Tuesday, he and his teammates played in front of fans for the first time in over a year.While it wasn't a sellout crowd of 41,313 bu Loudoun Co. official gets COVID-19 shot with company to encourage vaccination 04/06/2021 06:33pm • Loudoun County, Virginia's, top elected official is leading by example and rolling up her sleeves to encourage residents to get the coronavirus vaccine. Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Phyllis Randall asked a handful of people to join her in getting vaccinated, including 18-year-old food service Re: Opening Day -- Nats (finally) ready to take on Braves 04/06/2021 04:51pm • It's Opening Day! Again! After coronavirus cases sidelined the Nationals last week, they're finally ready to take on the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday at Nats Park. The first pitch was slated for 4:05 p.m. COVID-19 safety protocols are limiting attendance to 5,000 fans, and they're sitting in p CDC awards Maryland $54.6 million to boost vaccine distribution, equity 04/06/2021 04:13pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced roughly $54.6 million to ramp up vaccine efforts in Maryland Tuesday as the state l Officer killed in Capitol car attack to lie in honor in Rotunda 04/06/2021 02:40pm • The veteran Capitol Police officer who was killed last week after a man rammed his car into officers at a security barricade will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the ceremony Tuesday, hailing Officer William "Billy Montgomery Co. 'not there' on herd immunity 04/06/2021 02:23pm • A growing number of Maryland residents in Montgomery County are getting vaccinated, but a Montgomery County official said Tuesday that "we are not there" in terms of herd immunity. Roughly 35% of people across the state have some protection. And 20% of Montgomery County residents have been fully Fairfax Co. schools to feature 'traditional' instruction for expanded in-person learning 04/06/2021 01:37pm • In Virginia, the superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools said that with the expansion of in-person learning to four days per week, students will begin to see more traditional and hands-on learning. During hybrid learning, students would be in the classroom, and they will still primarily u Kennedy Center reopens this fall for 50th anniversary season 04/06/2021 12:33pm • It's official: The Kennedy Center is reopening this fall after months of pandemic closures. The prestigious venue will return with a special 50th anniversary season in September. “I can think of no better way to reemerge from the darkness of these last many months than to reopen with a vibra Fairfax County Public Schools expands in-person learning 04/06/2021 06:34am • In Virginia, Fairfax County Public Schools is expanding in-person learning to four days per week starting Tuesday for certain students in pre-K to grade 12. The first group moving to four days per week includes students of any grade who have the greatest learning challenges, as identified by scho