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‘Academic booster shot’: Fairfax Co. schools to launch virtual tutoring after spring break 03/22/2022 05:09am • Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia's largest school district, plans to offer free online tutoring sessions to all students as part of its efforts to help students overcome what it's calling "unfinished learning." Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand said unlimited tuto Judge bars DC from vaccinating kids without parental permission 03/21/2022 10:20pm • A federal judge is temporarily blocking D.C. from enforcing a law that allows children to be vaccinated without parental consent. Judge Trevor N. McFadden, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said on Friday that it violates parents' religious liberty. More D.C. Counc 2 Fairfax County COVID vaccination sites to close this weekend 03/21/2022 05:59pm • Two Northern Virginia COVID-19 vaccination sites are closing their doors this weekend. The Virginia and Fairfax County health departments will shut down the Tysons Community Vaccination Center at the old Lord & Taylor store at 4 p.m. Friday. Nurses administered nearly 60,000 shots there si What is avoidant personality disorder? 03/21/2022 08:00am • It's natural to experience some nervousness, anxiety or even a little fear in certain social situations, such as a job interview or meeting new people. But when you have avoidant personality disorder, a type of mental disorder that impairs the way you interact with others, fear and anxiety are so in Addressing the pandemic's mental health fallout 03/20/2022 09:55am • At home with her guinea pigs, Coco and Juliet, Natasha Beltran seems like a happy 12-year-old. But since 2020, she has been struggling with grief beyond her years. "I remember my dad as a very funny guy that has a lot of friends near his neighborhood," she said. "And he likes to go to movie t Ousted Tennessee senator sentenced to probation for fraud 03/19/2022 01:07am • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee state senator expelled from office after a conviction for using federal grant money on wedding expenses instead of the nursing school she operates was sentenced Friday to a year of probation but no prison time. Katrina Robinson had faced four to 10 month Marylanders trade morning commute for work-from-home health benefits 03/18/2022 01:45pm • The morning commute is a thing of the past for many Marylanders, and a report finds their personal lives and health have benefited as a result. The health and wellness company 1And1Life, using data from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, found almost 800,000 Marylanders have Prince William Co. high school welcomes home Paralympics gold medalist 03/18/2022 01:20pm • With a gold medal around his neck and crutches under his arms, high school senior Evan Nichols was escorted by a drum line and cheerleaders through the hallways of Battlefield High School in Haymarket, Virginia, days after returning from the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing. As students and teach What is Title 42, the COVID border policy Democrats want Biden to end? 03/18/2022 06:00am • ▶ Watch Video: President Biden pushes for immigration reform Despite making some changes to U.S. border policy, the Biden administration has maintained the most sweeping border restriction enacted by former President Donald Trump: a pandemic-era order known as Title 42 that has led to Fairfax Co. schools expecting up to 30,000 students to attend summer programs 03/18/2022 05:11am • Virginia's largest school district is expecting between 20,000 and 30,000 students to participate in its summer programming this year, as it works to address gaps that resulted from virtual learning. Levi Folly, the summer program manager for Fairfax County Public Schools, said the district's off Cherry Blossom Festival's 'Bloom Cam' returns 03/18/2022 04:50am • As D.C.'s cherry blossoms inch closer to peak bloom along the Tidal Basin, the Trust for the National Mall said Thursday it's bringing back its Bloom Cam. The nonprofit, in partnership with the National Park Service and EarthCam, will once again provide a 24/7 live, real-time view of the more tha Severity of 'stealth omicron' varies by country's vaccination rate 03/17/2022 08:38pm • As many COVID-19 mitigation measures have been lifted in the D.C. area, a mutant of the virus has been emerging and is now causing a new wave of omicron cases around the world. It's called BA.2, and it's been described as "stealth omicron" because "it lacks a genetic quirk of the original omicron A very happy St. Patrick's Day for a local bar 03/17/2022 11:49am • For the first time since 2019, many people who love St. Patrick’s Day are getting to celebrate it in a more normal fashion. And that really helps out a bar owner in the D.C. area. Greg Whelan, the owner of McGinty’s Public House in Silver Spring, said it’s been a tough few years financially Landover COVID-19 vaccine site to close 03/17/2022 05:17am • With coronavirus cases on the decline in Prince George's County, health officials said Wednesday that the Maryland county will shut down a vaccination clinic and one of its COVID-19 testing sites. The county-operated mass vaccination clinic at the Wayne K. Curry Sports and Learning Complex in Lan More Northern Virginia adults seeing barriers to mental health services 03/15/2022 08:31pm • The number of Northern Virginians dealing with anxiety, depression and other mental health issues is higher than before the pandemic. That is one of the findings from a report called "Finding our Way Back to Mental Health" by the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia's Center for Community R