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Virginia health officials release updated quarantine guidelines for children 07/15/2022 06:01am • Quarantine for teachers and kids exposed to COVID-19 in Virginia's K-12 schools, camps or in child care facilities is no longer routinely recommended. Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Thursday the decision is a result of more access to vaccines and testing, alongside low hospitalization rates. The gui 'Breaking point' -- DC-area school systems grapple with teacher resignations 07/14/2022 04:52am • Bobbie Verdegaal has taught at the same D.C. school for seven years, but she said she recently reached her limit. Before the pandemic, she taught science and most recently worked as an instructional coach. But so many teachers had quit, that school leaders asked her to return to the classroom FDA authorizes Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine 07/13/2022 05:00pm • After weeks of delay, the Food and Drug Administration has authorized emergency use of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine. The Gaithersburg, Maryland-based company's vaccine is the fourth one to be authorized for use in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still must recommend the N US to buy 3.2 million Novavax COVID vaccine doses 07/12/2022 09:02am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax is still awaiting regulatory approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S., but already has a deal to sell the vaccine here. The Biden administration announced on Monday it would buy 3.2 million doses of the protein-based Novavax vaccine, contingent on final e What’s known about BA.2.75, the latest COVID-19 strain 07/11/2022 04:13pm • A new mutation of the coronavirus omicron variant called BA.2.75 is being detected on the West Coast of the U.S., and it's said to be remarkably infectious. However, experts warn against becoming unduly alarmed. Variants BA.4 and BA.5 account for more than 70% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., but B Homebound DC residents can get in-home COVID-19 testing 07/11/2022 12:59pm • Those in D.C. who are homebound now have access to in-home COVID-19 testing services with a registered nurse. DC Health said appointments will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. More DC News More Local News During those appointments, a nurse will come to the Over 300 Virginia state employees quit after Gov. Youngkin changes telework policy 07/09/2022 09:10pm • Some state workers in Virginia have opted to leave rather than return to the office. More than 300 employees from five state agencies have resigned since Gov. Glenn Youngkin changed the state's telework policy in May. According to records obtained by WRIC ABC in Richmond, most of the current exod Fairfax Co. man sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for COVID-19 loan fraud 07/09/2022 11:41am • A Fairfax County, Virginia, man was sentenced to almost three years in prison for his role in a $3 million COVID-19 loan fraud conspiracy. Foad "David" Darakhshan, 47, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his part in the conspiracy that involved submitting at least 63 fraudulent loan applicat 'The District’s doctor': Nesbitt looks back on her legacy 07/07/2022 05:59pm • After nearly eight years as what Mayor Muriel Bowser called “the District’s doctor,” Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt is leaving her post as director of DC Health at the end of the month. On Thursday, she joined WTOP’s Megan Cloherty and Luke Garrett on our DMV Download podcast to talk about her leg LISTEN: Why the DC Health director is stepping down 07/07/2022 04:48pm • DC Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt is stepping down after leading the agency for over seven years. Her last day is expected to be July 29. Nesbitt joined DC Health in January 2015, after serving as the director of the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness. Nesbitt joined Me 6 new COVID-19 testing sites coming to Fairfax Co. 07/05/2022 04:46pm • Six new COVID-19 testing sites are coming to Fairfax County, Virginia. The county's Health Department is partnering with Curative to offer free PCR tests at those six locations. The testing will be available at each site two days per week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., beginning Tuesday. Results will Hong Kong lawmaker photographed with Xi tests positive for COVID 07/03/2022 08:23am • A Hong Kong lawmaker who was photographed standing close to Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this week announced Sunday he had tested positive for Covid-19. Steve Ho Chun-Yin said he tested negative on Thursday when he attended the photo session during the celebrations marking the 25th annive COVID case rates climb in DC region before Fourth of July holiday 07/02/2022 02:21pm • While hospitalizations have stayed relatively level in the D.C. area in recent weeks and deaths remain low, the percentage of people who are testing positive for COVID-19 is climbing. According to the most recent data from the Virginia Department of Health, the 7-day positivity rate for PCR tests Maryland Comptroller Franchot tests positive for COVID-19 07/02/2022 11:30am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Comptroller and Democratic candidate for governor Peter Franchot has tested positive for COVID-19. Franchot tweeted that he tested positive Friday night and was experiencing “very mild” symptoms. Franchot says he is vaccinated and boosted and will be quarantin DC ends COVID-19 contact tracing unit 07/01/2022 11:44am • More than two years after launching the COVID-19 contact trace force to help identify people potentially exposed to the coronavirus and slow the spread of disease, the District says it's winding down operations. The city's contact tracing team officially closed shop Thursday, according to a state