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DCPS drops outdoor mask mandate; masks still required indoors 03/01/2022 03:54pm • Public schools in D.C. are easing some of their COVID-19 restrictions. In a letter to families Tuesday, Chancellor Lewis Ferebee said students, staff and visitors to D.C. public schools will no longer have to wear masks when outdoors at schools. They’re still required while indoors. DC giving away child-size KN95 masks 03/01/2022 01:14pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday that all D.C. Health COVID Centers will offer free child-size KN95 masks starting Wednesday. Proof of residency will be required and residents can obtain two packages of children’s masks, with each containing five masks, for a total of 10 masks per res Raskin tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of State of the Union 03/01/2022 11:50am • Rep. Jamie Raskin said in a statement Tuesday that he's tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address to Congress. "Yesterday I took a COVID-19 test for members planning to attend the State of the Union address and tested positive," Raskin said. "Having be Nando’s pokes fun at anti-vaxxers in new app ads 03/01/2022 09:00am • Flame-grilled chicken chain Nando’s PERi-PERi is launching a new app, and using the occasion to poke fun at conspiratorial COVID-19 anti-vaxxers, an expression of what it calls the company’s exhaustion with customers who refuse to get vaccinated. In a series of parody videos, online ads, post DC dials back masking in most indoor settings 03/01/2022 04:34am • D.C. lifts its mask mandate in most indoor settings on Tuesday. During a briefing on Feb. 14, Mayor Muriel Bowser said she was gradually doing away with the requirement. She cited dramatic drops in COVID-19 cases, a reduction in hospitalizations since the omicron wave, and a rise in vaccinatio DC-area schools revise classroom, bus mask policies 02/28/2022 11:55pm • Following new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that shift focus on positive test results and more on what's happening at hospitals, D.C.-area schools are revising their mask policies in classrooms and buses. This list will be updated as more schools update their poli Maryland Athletics lifts indoor mask mandate at home games 02/28/2022 11:13pm • The University of Maryland Athletics Department ended its indoor mask policy for fans at home games Monday night. According to a news release, the decision comes in conjunction with the university's decision to lift its indoor mask mandate on campus for all faculty, staff, students and visitors. Virginia mothers have mixed reaction to rollback of mask mandates in schools 02/28/2022 07:34pm • ▶ Watch Video: Parents discuss kids wearing masks in school As more students began returning for in-person learning, schools became battlegrounds over mask mandates. But as COVID-19 cases decline, state and local authorities across the U.S. have started to roll back mask policies. S Montgomery Co. school board says student member subjected to 'vile' social media comments over mask stance 02/28/2022 05:17pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, Board of Education says its student member, Hana O'Looney, has been subjected to "vile" comments on social media after she voiced support for keeping a school mask mandate in place. Montgomery County Board of Education President Brenda Wolff told WTOP she was "app The growing importance of naloxone amid setbacks in the opioid crisis 02/28/2022 03:37pm • This content is sponsored by Emergent Biosolutions. The opioid crisis has become much worse across the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, shedding light on the growing importance of medications such as naloxone, which can help save someone's life during an opioid overdose. "We Delaware ending state of emergency, mask mandates 02/28/2022 12:37pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) — Democratic Governor John Carney is terminating a state of emergency he declared because of the coronavirus and ending mask requirements for Delaware schools. Carney’s office says vaccine or testing requirements will expire for teachers and state employees at 11:59 p.m. Mond We’re traveling and going to restaurants. Why not the office? 02/28/2022 10:06am • Falls Church, Virginia-based building security company Kastle Systems has been keeping track of how many people are in office buildings in the D.C. area by tallying building entry card and fob swipes, and it's still just 32.3%. The average in the 10 biggest cities it has been tracking is 36.4%. Wicomico Co. schools end mask mandate in facilities, on school buses 02/27/2022 09:07pm • Wicomico County Public Schools announced that they would be ending their mask mandate "effective immediately" Sunday evening. The school system announced in a tweet just after 7 p.m. on Sunday that masks would be optional for students, staff and visitors inside of their school facilities. Gym owners react to Prince George's Co. lifting mask mandate 02/27/2022 06:56pm • There are mixed feelings as Prince George's County, Maryland, gyms prepare for the end of the local mask mandate. As masks become optional on Monday in the area, Mel Blain, owner of Posh Cycling and Fitness in College Park, says she's still going to be cautious. "It's a very hard decision for COVID-19 rules are relaxing around the DC region. Here's what you need to know. 02/26/2022 07:45pm • Several COVID-19 rules and regulations will be lifted or amended across D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Most of these changes follow a national shift toward an "endemic phase" in the pandemic, changing case rates across jurisdictions, expected coronavirus-related protests and continued vaccine hesit