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Free coronavirus tests kits at some DC-area libraries are available but going fast 12/09/2021 04:12pm • Rapid, at-home coronavirus test kits that are free at some Maryland and Virginia libraries are flying off the shelves and not always available. Libraries in Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties in Maryland and throughout Northern Virginia are restocking supplies as soon as they come in. C FDA expands Pfizer COVID booster, opens extra dose to age 16 12/09/2021 11:50am • The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer's vaccine. The U.S. and many other nations already were urging adults to get booster shots to pump up immunity that can wane months after vaccination, calls that intensified with the discovery Md. child care providers say they need higher enrollment and funding to survive 12/09/2021 10:25am • Ruthie Claytor is the owner of a child care center called Grannie Annie’s Child Care and Learning Center in Anne Arundel County. Claytor told the comptroller’s Workgroup of Pandemic Spending how pandemic stimulus funding has helped stabilized her business but asked for more help to sustain it. Montgomery Co. high school COVID-19 outbreak grows 12/08/2021 06:36pm • The COVID-19 outbreak at a Montgomery County, Maryland, high school has grown. Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville reported six additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday, according to a letter to parents from the school system. That brings the total number of COVID-19 cases reported at the school Fairfax Co. libraries to get more COVID-19 test kits after quickly running out last week 12/08/2021 05:25pm • The Fairfax County, Virginia, libraries participating in a statewide program to make rapid, at-home coronavirus tests more accessible have received a new shipment of BinaxNOW test kits after quickly running out last week. The pilot program, launched in partnership with the Virginia Department of Maryland school-readiness rates drop after pandemic-related learning disruptions 12/08/2021 04:07pm • Maryland students appear to have suffered heightened levels of learning loss after nearly two years of pandemic-related disruptions, the state's department of education said Wednesday. A preliminary review of a learning assessment test found an overall decline in student proficiency for English l COVID-19 Booster Shots & Variants: What you need to know 12/08/2021 01:06pm • This content is written by Dr. Daniel Winn, Chief Medical Officer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. Recently cases of COVID-19 are on the rise again across much of the United States. While unknowns are swirling around the new Omicron variant, the best protection against COVID-19 today are the vac How a Fairfax Co. military mom helped fill substitute teacher shortage 12/08/2021 09:43am • Fairfax County, Virginia, substitute teacher Ashley Salas. When Ashley Salas moved to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in March, she planned to continue running her photography business at night and during weekends. Despite attending Penn State University and taking early childhood education classes, Omicron has 'robust ability' to evade vaccines, but there is good news 12/08/2021 06:41am • ▶ Watch Video: Pfizer shot offers partial protection against Omicron variant, study finds Johannesburg — South African scientists who've been testing the current COVID-19 vaccines against the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus have released some early findings that show the stra Prince George's County sees progress in battle against COVID-19 12/08/2021 05:00am • While Maryland's Prince George's County still has what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers a substantial transmission rate for COVID-19, the county is starting to see the numbers decline, Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said during a townhall-style telephone c Doing rapid tests for COVID-19 should be part of holiday plans 12/08/2021 01:26am • The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is suggesting that people gathering for the holidays should do rapid tests for COVID-19 before getting together. "An at-home test can tell you if you have disease right now and whether you might transmit it to somebody else," Dr. Rochelle DC-area traffic congestion remains below 2019 levels 12/07/2021 11:08pm • Nearly two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, traffic analysis indicates that many in the D.C. area who commuted each day are still working from home. Traffic congestion remains about 65% below 2019 levels, according to INRIX, a company focused on traffic analytics. Driving fell o Boys' basketball on hold at Paint Branch High after over a dozen COVID-19 cases 12/07/2021 08:55pm • Health officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are investigating a COVID-19 outbreak at Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Maryland, involving more than a dozen students that has temporarily put the boys' basketball team's season on hold. Since Friday, there have been 14 positive COVID-1 DC Council moves forward renaming Wilson High and requiring students to get COVID-19 vaccine 12/07/2021 08:03pm • The D.C. Council has voted to rename Northwest's Woodrow Wilson High School in honor of two Black pioneers from the school's history. The council also voted to add COVID-19 vaccines to the list of shots required for D.C. students. Both bills passed on first reading, and will have to pass again be Md. Board of Education sets up framework to drop school mask mandates 12/07/2021 03:13pm • Maryland’s Board of Education on Tuesday passed a new set of regulations that would lead to the dropping of mask mandates in the state’s public schools. On a 12-1 vote, the board approved an emergency regulation that lets counties decide to drop the mandates if one of three criteria are met: