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COVID rent protections, programs end in Virginia 07/01/2022 08:44am • There are concerns over a pending boost in evictions after several protections and programs for renters that began during the coronavirus pandemic ended in Virginia on Friday. As of July 1, Virginia landlords now only have to give renter five days — instead of two weeks — to pay overdue rent. As school deadlines near, a quarter of DC students are missing routine childhood vaccines 06/30/2022 01:37pm • More than 27% of all students in D.C. are missing routine childhood immunizations, according to data from the District of Columbia. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a drop in the number of "well child visits" to doctors, which has caused nearly 28,000 students in D.C.'s public, public charter, paro COVID reopening, TJ admissions: Outgoing Fairfax Co. superintendent reflects on great debates that marked his tenure 06/30/2022 05:30am • Weeks before talk of masks and stay-at-home orders, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand suspected what at the time was called the novel coronavirus had the potential to severely disrupt Virginia's largest school system. In Jan. 2020, a delegation from Montgomery Co. company uses 'building blocks of life' to diagnose diseases 06/28/2022 12:59pm •  A cutting-edge global life sciences company that has its United States headquarters in Montgomery County, Maryland, is utilizing the building blocks of life - including DNA, RNA and proteins - in order to advance science and change the way the world diagnoses diseases. "It is our mission t White House to resume its full tour schedule next month 06/27/2022 03:26pm • Public tours of the White House will return to a full operating schedule next month, after nearly a year and a half of disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Free tours of the executive mansion were suspended when President Joe Biden took office, as officials tightened virus protocols in li Nationals' Davey Martinez to coach in 2022 MLB All-Star game 06/27/2022 01:15pm • Nats' Davey Martinez to coach in 2022 MLB All-Star game originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonNationals manager Davey Martinez will serve as one of the National League coaches in the 2022 All-Star Game, Major League Baseball announced on Monday.The NL will be managed by Braves skipper Br Undrafted DMV college basketball players land with NBA Summer League teams 06/24/2022 04:45pm • Undrafted DMV college basketball players land with NBA teams originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonOn Thursday, the NBA Draft gave 58 young men the opportunity to chase their basketball dreams at the next level.Just one of those players spent their college career at a university in D.C., Maryl Taking a wait-and-see on COVID-19 vaccines for young kids? You're probably not alone 06/22/2022 02:41pm • This week, many parents of young children across the D.C. area lined up to get COVID-19 shots for their young children. Kids as young as six months old are the final age group eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. At a vaccine clinic at D.C.'s Children's National Hospital, one pediatric Loudoun Co. schools tighten social media access for middle school students 06/22/2022 02:01pm • Public schools in Loudoun County, Virginia, are attempting to rein in misuse of social media by middle school students on school-issued Chromebooks. The School Board's Technology Steering Committee Wednesday night will discuss social media access for students, and hear about recent challenges and Bowser, Norton win DC Democratic primary 06/22/2022 08:10am • Incumbent Muriel Bowser withstood the challenge to her leadership and emerged victorious as the Democratic candidate for mayor of D.C. Bowser effectively sailed into her third term Tuesday — a feat managed only by predecessor Marion Barry, who was nicknamed "Mayor for Life." In deep-blue D.C COVID-19 shots for tots: Where to get children under 5 vaccinated in DC, Md. and Va. 06/21/2022 04:45pm • After many months of many parents anxiously waiting, COVID-19 vaccines are now approved for young children and infants as young as six months old will be able to get vaccinated. For children between the ages of six months and five years old, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is a three-dose series For once, the tears are a relief: DC parents line up to get young kids COVID shots 06/21/2022 02:06pm • It’s a day that some parents have been waiting for since the day their children were born: Kids under the age of 5 are now eligible to get vaccinated for COVID-19. So this time, the tears that filled an auditorium inside Children’s National Hospital’s Research Campus in Upper Northwest Doctor answers questions on COVID-19 vaccines for younger kids 06/20/2022 02:28pm • As COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have been authorized for children ages 6 months and older, a doctor from Children’s National Hospital has answers to common questions. “The most common question I get," said Dr. Cara Biddle, interim division chief of general pediatrics and What’s open and closed for Juneteenth holiday Monday 06/20/2022 08:53am • Editor's Note: This story has been updated from an earlier version to clarify Metro's service on Monday. On June 19, 1865, a Union general notified slaves in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and that they were freed — over two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Em The COVID frontlines: How NYC doctors faced the outbreak 06/19/2022 09:19am • As head of a top intensive care unit in New York City, Dr. Lindsay Lief is no stranger to emergencies. "If the organs are failing, and you need to be placed on life support, you come to us," she said. When asked how much death she actually sees, Dr. Lief replied, "A lot. A lot." But in Mar