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Another round of free COVID-19 antigen tests available for residents 05/16/2022 08:43pm • ▶ Watch Video: 1 million COVID-19 deaths in the United States A third round of free at-home COVID-19 tests are now available for Americans. The free tests were first introduced as part of a Biden administration push to increase testing capacity and is now a major part of the ongoing C COVID-19 cases expected to keep rising in Montgomery Co. 05/16/2022 08:21pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, can expect to see an increase in COVID-19 cases, according to county health officials. As of Monday morning, the county's COVID-19 dashboard showed 319.7 cases per 100,000 residents in the past seven days, putting Montgomery County in the "medium" range. In a weekl Metro removes some train operators over lapsed recertification 05/16/2022 05:30pm • Nearly half of Metro's 500 operators have lapsed recertification, WMATA said in a statement Sunday. As a result, train services will be delayed beginning Monday. Green and Yellow line services will be running six-car trains every 20 minutes instead of every 15 minutes. WMATA said that, before Still not back at your DC office? BIDs want you to see what you’re missing 05/16/2022 09:24am • Foot traffic and the share of office workers throughout the District is still hovering below 40% of pre-pandemic levels, slightly lower than the overall D.C. metro. The 11 Business Improvement Districts in D.C. have just launched an online initiative called Return to DC to get more people back. � As virus cases go up and down, some DC restaurants keep COVID restrictions in place 05/16/2022 02:11am • COVID-19 may be moving into a more manageable phase, but some D.C. businesses are keeping their pandemic-era protocols alive for the foreseeable future. "As long as (hospitalizations and cases) are still going up and down, and up and down, I'm comfortable with keeping policies that we have in pla Md. Gov. Hogan gets 2nd COVID booster, encourages others to follow 05/14/2022 05:58am • Gov. Larry Hogan and first lady Yumi Hogan received their second COVID-19 booster and are asking eligible Maryland residents to follow in their footsteps. Gov. Hogan said these booster shots, given by vaccinators with the University of Maryland Medical Center, are the reason why the state has bee Johns Hopkins doctor doesn't think overdoses will slow down, even though pandemic has 05/13/2022 10:46am • The nation's opioid crisis hit record highs during COVID-19, but one expert in Maryland said even though the pandemic has eased, he doesn't think the opioid situation will automatically move in the right direction. "We saw an increase during the pandemic, but I don't know that the numbers have su DC Council members call for probe after health dept. didn't report COVID data 05/13/2022 05:56am • Six members of the D.C. Council are calling for an investigation after the city's health department didn't update COVID-19 data for nearly two weeks. D.C. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau said that she and five of her colleagues want DC Health to "restore public trust." In a letter signed by Nadea School Zone: How some DC-area school systems are using tutoring to address learning loss 05/13/2022 04:20am • D.C. has announced a $20 million investment in what it calls high-impact tutoring to address learning loss during the pandemic. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/monkeybusinessimages) Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP's weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region DC-area nurse says nursing system is 'very broken' 05/12/2022 11:09pm • Thousands of nurses rallied in D.C. Thursday for the National Nurses March 2022, culminating in National Nurses Week. Marchers used the opportunity to spread awareness about the hardships many nurses are facing on the job,  including staffing shortages, pay caps and limited time off. "DMV Downlo PHOTOS: Nurses march for fair wages, end to violence on health workers 05/12/2022 08:38pm • As the U.S. marked one million deaths from COVID-19, nurses from around the country marched through D.C. on Thursday morning. Several nurse’s organizations gathered at the White House before marching to Audi Field, where they held a memorial service. Nurses said they marched to fight for fair Metro exploring possibility of mask-only cars 05/12/2022 04:49pm • Metro officials say they are considering designating some Metro rail cars as mask-only. During a meeting of WMATA's Board of Directors Thursday, Bryna Helfer, an alternate board member, mentioned that she'd been working with the Rider Advisory Council and said, "Somebody had suggested, can we hav Prince George’s County recommends mask-wearing in indoor public spaces 05/12/2022 12:01pm • The health department in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is recommending mask usage in indoor public places as COVID-19 cases remain on the rise. “COVID-19 cases have been steadily rising in Prince George's County and the state over the last six weeks,” the department said in a statement Montgomery Co.'s latest COVID wave lasting longer than originally thought 05/11/2022 03:59pm • An uptick in COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County, Maryland, is lasting longer than health officials initially thought it would. COVID-19 cases in Maryland's most populous county have been on the rise since late March. But while officials once described the uptick as a "wavelet," it's proving to b DC Health: District’s coronavirus numbers back in sync 05/11/2022 02:42pm • DC Health on Wednesday said that its COVID-19 statistics are once again being transmitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a gap of nearly two weeks. “This week, it was discovered that between April 27, 2022, and May 8, 2022, the data that normally submitted manually no