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Pandemic has lingering toll on smaller National Spelling Bee 05/28/2022 09:18am • Dev Shah's dream of returning to the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in a soccer stadium, of all places. On a cool, windy February day with occasional rain showers, Dev spent five miserable hours spelling outdoors at Exploria Stadium, the home of Major League Soccer's Orlando City club, ultim WTOP wins 3 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards 05/25/2022 03:28pm • WTOP has been honored with three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including one for best newscast for the station's coverage following the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. WTOP.com was also honored for its digital coverage, and WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green was Hall of Fame inventor 'thrilled' to play role in pandemic-era video, audio chats 05/25/2022 07:19am • Marian Croak can clearly picture sharing her family's landline phone when she was growing up. "I definitely remember the days where we all used to have a telephone that was hard-wired to the wall, so we had to stay still," Croak said. "We graduated to having jacks, where we could actually pick up 'Long COVID' symptoms affect 1 in 4 seniors after infection, study finds 05/24/2022 03:51pm • ▶ Watch Video: Senator Tim Kaine on his experience with long COVID, federal aid he is seeking to help others As many as one in four seniors and one in five adults under 65 experienced "long COVID" or "post-COVID" symptoms after surviving a coronavirus infection, a new study from the Ce COVID-19 may be triggering dramatic hair loss in some people 05/23/2022 06:38pm • Pandemic-related stress may be causing people to lose their hair, and a Maryland doctor wants to reassure people that it's not permanent. "COVID-19 infection can lead to a type of hair loss called telogen effluvium," said Dr. Jamie Goldberg, a dermatologist at Kaiser Permanente's South Baltimore DC Health responds to probe from council members on COVID-19 data 05/20/2022 01:54pm • The District's health director has responded to calls from the D.C. council to investigate why the health department didn’t report its COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control for almost two weeks. Six members of the D.C. Council last week wrote a letter calling for an investigation aft School Zone: The state of COVID-19 in DC-area schools 05/20/2022 04:06am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP's weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. The state of COVID-19 in DC-area schools What it is: In the weeks leading up to Winter Break, many D.C.-area schools transitioned to virtual learning due to a rise in coronavir DC doctor urges COVID-19 vaccination, boosters for eligible young children 05/19/2022 10:37pm • Acknowledging significant hesitancy around vaccinating children against COVID-19, a D.C. pediatrician urges parents to reflect upon potentially bad consequences of leaving them unprotected. Parents of kids 5 to 11 years old are being urged to get them vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, now Burgers, bikes and juice coming to Amazon's HQ2 05/19/2022 09:54am • Amazon has a lot of retail space to fill at its HQ2 campuses in National Landing and it has pledged to fill as much of it as possible with local businesses. The latest leases fulfill that pledge and will bring a fitness center, burgers, a juice bar and a bike shop to Metropolitan Park, the first Masks recommended again at some Anne Arundel Co. schools 05/19/2022 07:00am • While masks are not mandated anymore in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, classrooms, they are now being recommended in some schools where COVID-19 is more widespread. All students and staff members at a school will be asked to wear a mask indoors if at least 5% of their school's population tests po Capital One resets return-to-office date, but embraces hybrid work 05/18/2022 01:04pm • Tysons-based Capital One -- which has almost 10,000 employees at its headquarters and elsewhere in the D.C. area -- has once again set a return-to-the-office date, but remains committed to a fully hybrid schedule for its employees. Capital One will now fully reopen all of its U.S. office location Theatre Washington extends masking, proof of vaccination requirements 05/18/2022 08:25am • The entertainment adage dictates "the show must go on." For many Washington-area theatergoers, "with masks and proof of vaccination" will remain part of the script through the end of July. Theatre Washington, an alliance of approximately 35 theaters in the D.C. region's suburbs, has announced it Montgomery Co. recommends masks again with COVID surge 'lasting longer than expected' 05/17/2022 03:35pm • Residents in Montgomery County, Maryland, are being urged to wear masks when indoors, to get tested for COVID-19 when returning from gatherings or travel and to make sure they're up to date on their vaccinations, including booster shots. "Our current surge in cases is lasting longer than expected Pandemic wedding blues: Fewer US couples said 'I do' in 2020 05/17/2022 03:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Far fewer Americans said "I do" during the first year of the pandemic when wedding plans were upended, a new report finds. There were 1.7 million weddings in 2020, a drop of 17% from the year before and the lowest recorded since 1963, the Centers for Disease Control and Prev Search is on again for Montgomery Co. health officer after top pick backs out 05/16/2022 10:06pm • For the third time, Montgomery County's top pick for the Health Officer position has backed out, leaving the Maryland county to continue its search to fill the role that has been vacant since September. In a letter to County Council President Gabe Albornoz, Department of Health and Human Services