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DC will offer free KN95 masks at COVID centers 01/27/2022 01:30pm • As D.C. continues to open new COVID Centers, and extends its indoor mask mandate, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday that residents can pick up free masks. Bowser said two KN95 masks will be offered per resident. More COVID Center information can be found online. The website includes informatio Rockville firm gets FDA approval for unique at-home COVID-19 test 01/27/2022 10:50am • Rockville, Maryland-based Maxim Biomedical has received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its at-home COVID-19 antigen test called ClearDetect. Unlike existing at-home COVID tests, it does not require an external reader or dropper bottles. It has three componen 'Stressed and overwhelmed': Md. health care worker keeps fighting to be strong for her patients 01/26/2022 11:09pm • While staffing shortages stretch health care teams to the limit, there are moments for which to be grateful, according to someone on the front lines of personal care. LaToya Francis, 34, of Northwest, D.C., describes her job as a certified nursing assistant at BridgePoint Hospital's Nursing Home $40M fund helps DC small businesses struggling because of COVID-19, 'great resignation' 01/26/2022 08:49pm • Small business owners in D.C. who are struggling to stay afloat amid the staffing shortage created by the omicron variant and the "great resignation" are getting a boost through grant funding. The $40 million Bridge Fund Grant Program will prioritize restaurants, entertainment and retail brick-an DC mayor extends indoor mask mandate until end of February 01/26/2022 06:45pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an executive order Wednesday extending the limited public health emergency in the District until Feb. 15 and the indoor mask mandate until the end of February. In the order, Bowser said that while cases linked to the omicron variant appear to be dropping in D.C., t 'We can't celebrate just yet' — Drop in Montgomery Co. COVID-19 cases comes with warning 01/26/2022 06:30pm • COVID-19 cases are down precipitously in Montgomery County, Maryland, but the county executive and health officials on Wednesday said it’s too soon to pop Champagne. County Executive Marc Elrich, in a media briefing Wednesday, said cases in the county are down 51% since last week, at 579.81 cas Tips to help making a COVID-19 vaccine shot less scary for young children 01/26/2022 04:50pm • Around 20% of America's children 5- to 11-years-old are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. A Mayo Clinic doctor who wants them all to get their shots has advice for parents for talking to their kids about vaccines. "This is a very important issue. We are suffering a pandemic right now. Your ch New COVID Center opening in DC's Ward 4 01/26/2022 02:45pm • D.C. Health will open a new COVID Center in Northwest's Ward 4 on Thursday, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday. When it opens, the site will join similar COVID Centers in Wards 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in offering vaccinations, boosters, take-home rapid antigen tests and PCR tests. The mayor said a Youngkin pens op-ed defending ban on mask mandates; Fairfax supervisors support school mask requirement 01/26/2022 11:01am • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin took to the pages of The Washington Post on Tuesday to defend his ban on mask mandates in the commonwealth's schools, a move which is being challenged in court by seven school districts and ignored by more. In his opinion piece on the battle that has dominated his fi Families vent over Loudoun Co. schools upholding mask mandate, despite Youngkin's mask-optional order 01/26/2022 09:06am • Two days after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order making masks optional, parents and children who showed up maskless voiced contempt for Loudoun County Public School's decision to maintain a mask mandate. During Tuesday evening's school board meeting, almost all of the people who sign Fewer kids enrolled in Md. classrooms, and more are ditching school 01/26/2022 09:04am • The pandemic has led to a drop in the number of kids enrolled in Maryland schools, and of those enrolled, more kids are skipping out on classes. Officials presented the numbers during a Tuesday meeting of the Maryland State Board of Education. Maryland schools face surge in s Maryland schools face surge in students, staff quarantined in last month 01/26/2022 05:58am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Following a holiday break that saw a rapid COVID-19 spike across the state, around 18,100 students from 29 public schools in Maryland were Did you know you can get help with COVID-related funeral expenses? Here's how 01/25/2022 07:41pm • The COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Fund has money to help cover costs of COVID-related funerals in the U.S. into the foreseeable future. And while COVID-19 has claimed nearly 865,000 lives in the U.S., only an estimated 300,000 families have filed for reimbursement, according to an advocate who beli DC students stage walk out for safer learning amid COVID-19 surge 01/25/2022 07:00pm • D.C. public school students walked out of their classrooms and organized a virtual rally Tuesday calling for improved health protocols and a more flexible virtual learning policy amid a COVID-19 surge. In the week since it formed, Students for Safe Learning — which describes itself as a group o Court rules in favor of Anne Arundel Co. mask mandate 01/25/2022 05:54pm • The mask mandate in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, will stay in place. The Anne Arundel County Circuit Court ruled Tuesday against a lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction to overturn the mandate, which was instituted by Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman earlier this month after the County