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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield reduces barriers to healthcare with untraditional investments, partners 08/05/2022 08:30am • This content is sponsored by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the largest not-for-profit health plan in the mid-Atlantic region, is making investments beyond the traditional world of health care to strengthen communities and improve lives. The company is taking a DC-area organization that helps others needs help 08/04/2022 10:14pm • Six days a week from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., hundreds gather at the parking lot of Lakeforest Mall in Montgomery County, Maryland, and people line up to get free vegetables, fruits and other foods. When the pandemic hit, Montgomery County-based nonprofit So What Else had to stop what they focused on â West Virginia man sentenced to prison for threatening Fauci and others 08/04/2022 09:29pm • A West Virginia man will be spending more than three years in prison for making threats to federal public health officials he didn't like hearing talk about the COVID-19 pandemic, testing and prevention. Fifty-six-year-old Thomas Patrick Connally Jr., most recently of Snowshoe, West Virginia, was Interim Alexandria schools superintendent details approach to mental wellness, security 08/04/2022 04:57am • On a camping trip as a child, Melanie Kay-Wyatt came across another camper who needed assistance in play areas. She stopped and worked to help the girl, and was struck when the girl's parents approached her, thanking Kay-Wyatt for engaging with and including their daughter. The response she recei Montgomery Co.'s COVID community level 'high' as monkeypox cases rise 08/03/2022 08:29pm • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Maryland now has 149 documented cases of monkeypox. But in Montgomery County, the supply of monkeypox vaccine is limited, according to County Executive Marc Elrich. "We won't get any more doses until September, and that's why the Hea 2 portals to help Marylanders determine their vaccination status 08/01/2022 10:38pm • With back-to-school season fast approaching, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has declared August Immunization Awareness Month. The state is promoting two online portals to help you determine your family's vaccination status. Maryland's new Are You Up-To-Date? portal can tell you if you've received a Amid talk of teacher shortages, Fairfax Co. schools 97% staffed, superintendent says 08/01/2022 04:06pm • The superintendent of Virginia's largest school system said in a letter to families last week that the county is 97% staffed across all positions. Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid said parents and staff at schools that still have vacancies at the end of the summer will r DC residents can now get free COVID treatment over the phone 08/01/2022 02:50pm • A new partnership between DC Health and a telemedicine company will soon get COVID treatment into the hands of patients much faster. Color Health is a telehealth service that allows patients to talk with a doctor and quickly get a prescription for Paxlovid, the oral antiviral medicine that shorte What are CDC's COVID-19 community levels? And how does the DC area fare? 08/01/2022 02:40pm • Nearly half the counties in the U.S. are areas where federal health officials say the impact of COVID-19 on the health system is high, and masks are recommended indoors. A map of the U.S. on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website shows large pockets of orange across the U.S., indi Masking requirements to continue at DC-area theatres 08/01/2022 11:32am • Masks will continue to be required in theatres across the D.C. area. TheatreWashington has announced that the masking requirement, which was set to expire Aug. 31, will be renewed indefinitely. More Arts News More Entertainment News More Local News “We will continue to 2.5 million households briefly disappeared during the pandemic 08/01/2022 10:31am • There were many stories during the first few months of the pandemic about the financial hardships that had forced young adults to move back home with family. Census data shows it was an historic shift in the number of U.S. households. "By mid-summer of 2020, there were 2 and a half million fewer New Zealand fully reopens borders to international visitors 08/01/2022 05:28am • New Zealand's borders fully reopened Monday, but the return of international visitors and students is only expected to start with a trickle following the lifting of COVID-based travel restrictions. New Zealand reported 52,538 cases of the coronavirus over the last seven days, yet is ready to welc Prince George's Co. health officer resigns 07/29/2022 06:00pm • Dr. Ernest L. Carter, the health officer in Prince George's County, Maryland, resigned Friday. Carter has served in the position since December 2019, and was acting health officer for a year before that. He'll continue to serve until Nov. 1. "I am extremely proud to have had the opportunity t Former Md. health secretary says coronavirus taught several lessons 07/29/2022 08:01am • There's an explanation for why the viruses we have been seeing lately — COVID-19 and monkeypox — are not contained yet, said Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, former Maryland Health Secretary and professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Sharfstein told WTOP one of the reasons that coronav What's your sign? How astrology aims to help you understand yourself and others 07/29/2022 07:11am • In the D.C. area, "What do you do?" is a typical question that's asked upon first meeting someone. But to those who believe in astrology, it's often, "When, where and what time were you born?" At least two times a year, Pauline Anson-Dross goes to astrologer Misty Kuceris. The Fairfax, Virginia,