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First baby born with COVID-19 antibodies to vaccinated mother 03/19/2021 06:55am • ▶ Watch Video: COVID-19 vaccine's effect on pregnant women and nursing mothers At 36 weeks pregnant, a South Florida frontline health care worker received her first shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. She gave birth three weeks later to a healthy baby girl — with COVID-19 antibodie Salvation Army continues to help those affected by COVID-19 pandemic 03/19/2021 12:29am • During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have turned to the Salvation Army for help for the first time. One year after the first cases of the virus were diagnosed in the area, the charity continues to respond to those who have suffered financially. The Salvation Army National Capital Area Com Brokerage Account vs. IRA : Which Should You Invest In? 03/19/2021 12:00am • Saving for retirement is a long-haul kind of game. While there are many ways to save and invest your hard-earned money, you want to make sure you're picking the best investment tools that are right for you. You may be in a situation where you've maxed out your 401(k) and are considering other optio What's Safe to Do After Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine? 03/19/2021 12:00am • Since the arrival in mid-December of a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19, there's been a glimmer of hope at the end of the long, dark tunnel of this pandemic. As shots find their way into arms, many vaccinated people are wondering what's safe for them to do and how to navigate the last fe Now Is the Time to Convert Your Traditional IRA to a Roth 03/19/2021 12:00am • The impact of the pandemic along with low tax rates makes 2021 an opportune time to convert a traditional individual retirement account into a Roth IRA. But a Roth IRA conversion may not be the right financial move for everyone. A Roth IRA conversion makes sense when: -- Taxes are low.-- Your income Should Investors Worry About Rising Interest Rates? 03/19/2021 12:00am • Interest rates in the U.S. hit a one-year high recently, which may be hurting your portfolio. Not only could your bonds lose value, as higher interest rates generally equate to lower bond prices, but your stock holdings may be battling headwinds in the face of higher rates. Recently, the 10-year Tr Long-term substitute teachers in demand as schools shift to more in-person instruction 03/18/2021 08:43pm • The search for long-term substitute teachers is a continual process in most school systems, but area school districts say the pandemic and the return to in-person classroom instruction has intensified their efforts. Lena Cohen, supervisor of the Substitute Office at Fairfax County Public Schools U.Md. medical school to host study on Moderna vaccine effectiveness in young children 03/18/2021 06:38pm • As efforts to get the country vaccinated against COVID-19 continue, the effects of the vaccines are just now being studied on a group who represents about a quarter of all Americans — children. The vaccines that are currently available to Americans — Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Md. to move to Phase 2 of vaccine rollout next week; 16 and older will be eligible by April 27 03/18/2021 03:35pm • Maryland will enter Phase 2 of its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan next week, making Marylanders 60 and over eligible for the shots, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday, laying out an accelerated timeline of the state's vaccine rollout that would make all adults eligible to receive vaccines by th Prince George's Co. schools CEO lays out return-to-school plan 03/18/2021 02:46pm • On the first day back to school for all Prince George's County, Maryland, teachers, they are preparing for students to return in phases next month. The school system's CEO is laying out for county leaders what the return of students will look like. When elementary, special education and high scho Northern Va. kids found to have 'unexpectedly' higher rates of COVID-19 antibodies 03/18/2021 02:16pm • Serology tests on children in Northern Virginia to determine whether they’ve ever been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, show positivity rates twice that of adults. The study was conducted by the Virginia Department of Health, Inova Health System and George Mason Univers Fairfax Co. bakery gives away more than 20,000 loaves of bread during pandemic 03/18/2021 11:13am • The owners of a bakery in Virginia's Fairfax County can't believe what has happened over the past year. Due to food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic, Great Harvest Bread Co. was hoping to donate up to 5,000 loaves of bread to local food banks and shelters, but the business stepped up it Amtrak trains sport 50th anniversary paint jobs 03/18/2021 10:45am • Amtrak trains are being painted with 50th anniversary logos to mark 50 years of service. Six have already entered service on the national network with different versions of the logos. (Courtesy Amtrak) Amtrak has survived, and thrived, throughout its history, and while the pandemic has put it sq Prince William Co. schools plan to offer full-time in-person and distance learning next year 03/18/2021 07:43am • As local school systems announce plans to offer in-person lessons for five days per week in the 2021-2022 school year, the Prince William County School Board wants to ensure families have a variety of options. At a school board meeting Wednesday night, Superintendent Steven Walts said staff has a Activists respond to Atlanta-area killings with late-night rally in Chinatown 03/18/2021 02:18am • D.C. activists led a demonstration Wednesday night in response to the mass killings of eight people, including six women of Asian decent, in three massage parlors in Georgia. Total Liberation Collective, the predominantly Black activism group, organized the rally, saying on Twitter that it was ag