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#TodayForTommy honors Md. Rep. Raskin's late son by passing on kindness 01/30/2022 08:50pm • Local organizations, businesses and volunteers celebrated the birthday of Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin's late son on Sunday by passing on kindness. The Raskin family started the campaign using the hashtag  #TodayForTommy. People on social media responded, saying they were sharing everything from d DC bar's liquor license suspended for violating COVID regulations 01/29/2022 11:00pm • D.C. bar and restaurant The Big Board has had its alcoholic beverage license suspended for violating the city's emergency public health regulations, enacted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The DC Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration issued the suspension Friday, effective immediately to Winter storm churns up East Coast with deep snow, high winds 01/29/2022 08:10am • BOSTON (AP) — People from New York City to Maine awakened Saturday to half a foot (15 centimeters) of snow, and forecasters warned that could more than quadruple as a powerful nor’easter kicked up blinding blizzard conditions with high winds and the potential for widespread power outages and coa Military medical personnel to support Md. health care workers treating COVID-19 01/29/2022 01:00am • A military medical team is coming to Maryland to support health care workers treating COVID-19 patients. The 40-person team from the U.S. Navy will help at the Adventist HealthCare Alternate Care Site in Takoma Park. This comes at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which i Fairfax Co. School Board approves academic calendar with additional days off for religious holidays 01/28/2022 04:45pm • Virginia's largest school system has approved a calendar for the next academic school year that features more time off for religious holidays and includes Veterans Day as a student holiday. Ten Fairfax County School Board members voted Thursday night to adopt the proposed calendar, with two absta Virginia AG: State colleges can't mandate COVID-19 vaccines 01/28/2022 04:35pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State colleges and universities in Virginia cannot require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19, under a legal opinion issued Friday by Virginia’s new Republican attorney general. Attorney General Jason Miyares found that because the state legislature has not passe Tips for using and storing N95 masks for best use 01/28/2022 03:12pm • D.C. is giving out free KN95 masks to residents, and other protective respirators soon will be made available free for all Americans through a federal program. Health officials emphasize that the N95s offer better protection against the omicron variant of COVID-19 compared to cloth face coverings DC considers expanding test-to-stay for students 01/28/2022 02:00pm • D.C. is in talks to expand its test-to-stay program for public school students, weeks after announcing all students and staff would need to show proof of a negative COVID test before returning to school from long breaks. The city is currently piloting a test-to-stay program pre-K students. D.C 4 Montgomery Co. schools to go virtual 01/28/2022 01:58pm • Four schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, will begin virtual learning on Jan. 29, the school system said Thursday. The schools include Harmony Hills Elementary School, Loiederman Middle School, Pine Crest Elementary School and Wheaton Woods Elementary School. The autism program at Westover Ele Prince William Co. libraries to offer free at-home COVID tests 01/28/2022 01:21pm • The Prince William County Government announced it will distribute free at-home COVID-19 test kits at 11 of its public library branches, starting Monday, Jan. 31. “Testing is a critical piece in helping our community stay healthy and managing daily life during the pandemic. We are so glad that w Virginia AG says colleges, universities can’t mandate COVID-19 vaccines 01/28/2022 11:53am • Virginia’s new attorney general has followed the new governor’s lead in striking a blow against COVID-19 safety regulations. Attorney General Jason Miyares said on Friday, in an opinion written at the request of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, that public universities in the commonwealth cannot mandate Israel to buy Novavax COVID vaccine 01/28/2022 10:09am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax, expected to formally apply for U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use approval for its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine next week, has added Israel to countries buying the vaccine. Israel’s Ministry of Health announced an agreement to purchase an ini Tempers flare over Fairfax Co. school masks 01/28/2022 07:55am • For the first time since Fairfax County, Virginia, joined a lawsuit against Gov. Glenn Youngkin's order on school masks, the county's school board held a public meeting Thursday, and the mask issue stirred up a passionate debate. "Most of the teachers know this is lunacy and cruel to kids," Carri Mix-and-match approach to COVID-19 booster shots results in better immune response 01/27/2022 04:14pm • People can get better immune responses from COVID-19 booster shots if the dose doesn't match the vaccine received during initial vaccination, according to a lead researcher on the matter from the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine. Only about 40% of Americans who are fully vaccinated again January could end as Frederick Co.'s worst for COVID-19 deaths 01/27/2022 03:19pm • January could turn out to be the deadliest month ever for Frederick County, Maryland, when it comes to deaths caused by COVID-19. Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner said that the county has seen 55 people die from the virus so far this month, which ties a record high seen in April 2020 when t