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Virginia lawmaker calls for steeper fines to combat pandemic littering 02/04/2021 10:59am • If you have noticed more litter along the roads during the pandemic, a Virginia lawmaker wants you to know that he has seen it too — and he is pushing for a bill that would increase the penalties for people who throw their garbage on the ground. "Restaurants are closed and people are eating mor Race, ethnicity data absent in thousands of DC coronavirus vaccine records 02/04/2021 09:40am • D.C. released early vaccine data on the race and ethnicity of residents who have received the coronavirus vaccine, but the District's health officer said it is missing some key information — namely race and ethnicity. Health Officer Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said the data is incomplete, because the Anne Arundel Co. schools set March for return to hybrid in-person learning 02/04/2021 09:06am • Public schools in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, will incrementally welcome students back to school buildings on a hybrid learning model from early to mid-March. Anne Arundel County Public Schools said Tuesday that elementary school students whose parents previously opted in to a hybrid learning Prince William Co. on track to get kids in classrooms within a month 02/04/2021 08:53am • Students in Prince William County, Virginia's second-largest school district, are on-track to return students to in-person learning in all grades, by March 3. Unlike most Northern Virginia counties that implemented 100% distance learning after a December 2020 jump in positive coronavirus cases, P Virginia is halting deactivations of idle E-ZPass accounts 02/04/2021 08:38am • RICHMOND, Va. — Officials in Virginia say they are temporarily pausing deactivations of idle E-ZPass accounts during the coronavirus pandemic. Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Melodie N. Martin told The Washington Post on Wednesday that the agency will make the change. She s Text of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's State of the State address 02/04/2021 04:59am • Below is the full text of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's State of the State address. 2021 State of the State Address As Prepared for Delivery Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Maryland State House, Annapolis Although it seems like a lifetime ago, just a year has passed since we last gathered with m Vaccine hunters: DC region's residents helping others sign up for COVID-19 appointments 02/04/2021 04:51am • COVID-19 vaccines are hard to come by, and some D.C.-area locals are helping to connect supply with demand. The coronavirus pandemic has created a new type of social network: They call themselves the vaccine hunters. Sometimes they work alone, other times in groups. They’re online for hou Prince George's Co. task force provides pandemic recovery update 02/04/2021 04:13am • A task force helping Prince George's County, Maryland, tackle pandemic-related problems and emerge stronger detailed its recent achievements and ongoing challenges Wednesday. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks created the Prince George's Forward Task Force eight months ago. During a Zoom meeti Some CVS locations in Maryland, Virginia to offer COVID-19 vaccine 02/04/2021 02:54am • Some CVS locations in Maryland and Virginia will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible groups starting next week. In Maryland, some 18 stores will have approximately 11,000 doses available starting Feb. 11, while in Virginia, some 28 stores will have approximately 26,000 doses. “Our p Supply, Distribution Logistics Key to Countries' COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts 02/04/2021 12:00am • Israel has managed to administer at least one coronavirus vaccine to 60 out of every 100 of its residents as of Wednesday, according to figures compiled by the research and data analysis website Our World in Data. On a per capita basis, Israel's coronavirus vaccination performance is the best in th Who Should Not Get Flu Shots 02/04/2021 12:00am • Vaccines are top of mind for everyone these days. The vaccines that protect against COVID-19 show how important immunization is, not just for your own health but for the health of the entire community -- and sometimes the whole world. The fact is that vaccinations are one of the most important publi Johns Hopkins temporarily pauses in-person undergraduate classes due to cluster of coronavirus cases 02/03/2021 10:30pm • Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has canceled in-person undergraduate classes until Friday because of what it called a cluster of COVID-19 cases. The cancellation applies to undergraduate in-person classes and activities on the Homewood campus, according to a letter sent to the campus commun Hogan’s State of the State: More resilient than ever 02/03/2021 09:41pm • Watch the State of the State address: This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) touted the state’s vaccine plan and urged state lawmakers to q Doctor: 'Extremely exciting' to be vaccinating Prince George's County schools staff 02/03/2021 06:27pm • Receiving the vaccine here is Desann Manzano-Lee, an instructional specialist for PGCPS. She was vaccinated at the Kaiser Permanente Lanham Rehabilitation Center. (Courtesy Kaiser Permanente) From teachers and instructional specialists to bus drivers, Prince George’s County Public Schools empl Survey: What factors into nearly half of Americans' willingness to get COVID-19 shot 02/03/2021 05:52pm • There are many reasons to want to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but 49% of Americans say in a recent survey that the desire to travel affects their willingness to get it. The Points Guy reported that 26.5% of those surveyed said that desire had a major impact, while 22.7% said it had a minor i