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COVID-19 vaccines and meals given away at Prince George's Co. event 02/20/2022 03:33pm • In Prince George's County, Maryland, food and vaccines were given away Sunday afternoon in an effort to help those still struggling during the pandemic. "It's a wonderful, beautiful thing," said Ricky Neal, who was driving through the Food 4 Thought food giveaway at the Hemingway Memorial AME Chu School accused of racial discrimination over COVID protocols 02/20/2022 02:01pm • WILMINGTON, Del. — A former University of Delaware police officer has accused the school and its police chief of racial discrimination. He claims in a federal lawsuit that he was fired after calling out his superiors for risking officers’ health during the height of the coronavirus pandemic i Bill to protect mental health of frontline health care workers passes the Senate 02/20/2022 07:40am • A bill designed to reduce and prevent suicide, burnout and mental health conditions among health care professionals has passed the U.S. Senate and is on its way to President Biden's desk for signing. The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, introduced by Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine in New Virginia law makes masking in schools optional, but still required on school buses 02/19/2022 10:17pm • According to a new state law, all Virginia students will soon have the option to not wear a mask in school, but they will still be required when riding a school bus. A federal mask requirement for public transportation is still in place, which means all children and adults still have to mask up. The simplest, cheapest and most accurate COVID test yet is coming 02/19/2022 02:00pm • There are strengths and weaknesses to the two most popular COVID-19 tests available right now. With the rapid antigen test, you can get results in just 15 minutes. But each test costs around $10 to $12, and it only measures whether or not you're contagious at the moment you take the test. But Catholic schools in Archdiocese of Washington revise mask policy 02/18/2022 09:33pm • Starting Monday in jurisdictions where it is possible, masks will be optional and voluntary at catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Washington. In a letter to its school community, Secretary for Catholic Schools and Superintendent Kelly Branaman said the archdiocese's approach "balances the des Prince William Co. schools to end student mask requirement next week 02/18/2022 07:37pm • Students in Prince William County, Virginia, will be able to choose whether to wear masks in class beginning next week. In a letter to the community, Superintendent LaTanya McDade said masks will no longer be required for students effective Feb. 22. The announcement comes days after Gov. Glenn DC police ready for possible anti-mandate trucker caravan 02/18/2022 07:30pm • The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has asked D.C. police to prepare for a convoy of truckers set to arrive in Washington next month with plans to protest vaccine mandates. It remains to be seen if the group plans to cause the type of disruption seen in Canada, when truckers with a similar a Arlington schools move to pause virtual learning program 02/18/2022 05:40pm • Arlington County, Virginia, will pause its virtual learning program to allow the school board to create a comprehensive plan for how to operate moving forward. Members speaking for the school board said the current program does not meet the academic or "social-emotional" needs of students. The Fairfax Co. schools to keep mask mandate for now 02/18/2022 03:13pm • The superintendent of the Fairfax County, Virginia, public schools said the school mask mandate will be lifted March 1 in accordance with a new law, but remains in place for now. Scott Brabrand said in a letter to families and staff that “We recognize our legal obligations” under SB739, the b DC monitoring COVID-19 omicron subvariant in District 02/18/2022 02:40pm • D.C. Health on Friday said they're monitoring the arrival of the BA. 2 COVID-19 omicron subvariant in the District. The good news is, there aren't many cases in D.C. At least, not yet. Deputy Director Patrick Ashley told D.C. Council members during a call that "about four" samples were found l Novavax vaccine approved for use in Canada 02/18/2022 10:05am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax, awaiting FDA approval for use of its COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S., has added Canada to the list of countries that have already approved it. Novavax will make the vaccine distributed there in Canada as well. More Business & Finance News More Judge: DC schools in contempt for failing to provide courses to incarcerated students 02/18/2022 03:55am • A federal judge ruled D.C. schools in contempt of court Thursday for failing to provide full-scale special education courses for students with disabilities at the D.C. jail. District Judge Carl J. Nichols said D.C. Public Schools has had “ample time” to comply with an injunction he issued in Arlington Co. schools to end student mask requirement March 1 02/17/2022 11:59pm • The Arlington County, Virginia, school system says it plans to follow a new state law that enables parents to choose whether to have their kids wear masks in school. In a presentation posted ahead of Thursday's school board meeting, the school system said it will require masks until March 1, the Md. twin brothers charged with stealing over $1 million in COVID relief, unemployment money 02/17/2022 09:59pm • Twin brothers from Prince George's County, Maryland, are accused in an identity theft scheme to collect a large amount of COVID-19 relief money. Jerry and Jaleel Phillips, of Temple Hills, both 24, made their initial appearances in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt Thursday. According to a news