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Inova Health's canceled COVID-19 vaccine appointments to be rescheduled 01/27/2021 08:52pm • Days after Inova Health System was forced to cancel many first-dose COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Northern Virginia because of a lack of supply, a limited amount of vaccine has been secured and new appointments are opening up. Inova said the limited vaccines will be provided to public and priv Md. offers COVID-19 antibody treatment to high-risk patients with mild symptoms 01/27/2021 08:26pm • There's a relatively new treatment for certain COVID-19 patients that Maryland's Health Department is making available for residents to consider. Monoclonal antibody therapy can help prevent mild COVID-19 symptoms from developing into issues that are more serious. The Food and Drug Administrat Indoor dining, sports practice, more: Anne Arundel Co. loosening restrictions Friday 01/27/2021 05:50pm • Anne Arundel County, Maryland, will ease some restrictions for many businesses as COVID-19 health metrics show promise, and some that were shuttered entirely may open their doors to limited capacity starting Friday. After saying he would a day earlier, County Executive Steuart Pittman signed Exe Clearing up COVID-19 vaccine confusion: Where and how to get vaccinated in Montgomery Co. 01/27/2021 04:39pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are clearing up confusion about how to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the county amid continued tight supply and an increasing number of hospitals and grocery store pharmacies that have been provided with vaccine doses to distribute. Though there are Maryland senators add $520 million to Hogan’s relief proposal 01/27/2021 03:36pm • Sen. Guy Guzzone (D-Howard), who chairs the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, said the committee will meet Thursday to hash out details of a $520 million amendment to Republican Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.'s proposed Maryland stimulus bill. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. This content was Can schools safely reopen? Doctors weigh in 01/27/2021 01:09pm • ▶ Watch Video: Schools debate reopening as CDC finds low COVID-19 spread with precautions As the Biden administration pushes for more resources toward safely reopening schools, tensions between school districts looking to return to in-person schooling and teachers' unions across the co More than $400M in rent relief coming to Md. from feds 01/27/2021 11:29am • The federal government is providing more than $400 million to Marylanders who need help paying their rent. Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday that the federal government was providing $258.1 million to the state, to be administered through the Department of Housing and Community Development, an Richmond mayor has COVID-19, postpones State of the City speech 01/27/2021 10:52am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The mayor of Richmond, Virginia, has announced that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Mayor Levar M. Stoney said in a statement that he was informed of his positive test result on Wednesday morning. The mayor said he began to experience mild symptoms on Monday. WATCH: White House COVID-19 briefing 01/27/2021 10:50am • The White House COVID-19 response team and public health officials are held a briefing Wednesday to discuss the status of the federal government’s pandemic response. An archive of the briefing is below. Pandemic fuels beach home sales in Delaware, Maryland 01/27/2021 09:50am • Home sales in the Delaware and Maryland Eastern Shore beach communities saw a huge spike in 2020, and real estate agents and buyers alike say it was largely fueled by the pandemic, with buyers, many from the D.C. area, seeking a refuge away from the city but within driving distance of home. The m Loudoun Co. school board considers plan to return some students to schools 01/27/2021 08:16am • Virginia's Loudoun County School Board will vote next Tuesday on a plan that would have prekindergarten through fifth grade students — whose parents chose hybrid learning — back in school buildings no later than Feb. 16. If approved, middle and high schoolers whose parents have already opted Georgetown University to discipline ineligible students who received COVID-19 vaccine 01/27/2021 07:21am • Georgetown University is seeking disciplinary action against students it says received the coronavirus vaccine despite not currently being eligible under D.C.'s vaccination rollout. As it stands, the COVID-19 vaccine is only available to third- and fourth-year Georgetown medical school students b 6,000 meals to be distributed in Arlington 01/27/2021 06:46am • A food tech company based in Arlington, Virginia, will distribute 6,000 chef-prepared meals to those in need Wednesday. HUNGRY will host the free drive-thru event from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Central United Methodist Church Parking Lot at 4201 Fairfax Drive in Arlington. Each vehicle can r Howard Co. approves phased start to hybrid in-person learning in March 01/27/2021 05:59am • Howard County, Maryland, school officials approved a phased hybrid model for the incremental return of students to in-person learning this March. The Howard County Board of Education on Tuesday voted to approve a model that will have public school students return to classrooms over four distinct January is pandemic's deadliest month with nearly 80,000 Americans dead so far 01/27/2021 03:14am • January has already become the worst month for US Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. As of Tuesday, there have been more than 79,000 coronavirus fatalities, topping the previous record set in December by more than a thousand, according to data from Johns Ho