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Virginia Department of Health won’t mandate COVID-19 vaccines in schools 12/07/2021 12:53pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A petition to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for school employees and all eligible students failed this week when the Virginia Department of After flub, Montgomery Co. Board of Education revotes on adding 3 half-days to school calendar 12/07/2021 12:08pm • After a procedural flub last week during a vote to add three early-release days to the current school calendar, the Montgomery County Board of Education met Tuesday to revote on the measure and affirm the change. The vote Tuesday was 6-1, with only board member Lynne Harris voting no. That's the Maryland's health department back online following weekend cyberattack 12/07/2021 08:26am • The Maryland Department of Health's website is back online after it experienced a cyberattack over the weekend. Health department officials are scrambling to find out the size of the security breach that forced the agency to take medical records down. In a tweet late Monday night, the agency s DC to debut new coronavirus testing program for pre-K students in January 12/06/2021 08:31pm • After months of parents and D.C. council members expressing frustration with the city's saliva-based coronavirus testing program, officials are evaluating alternative testing options for prekindergarten students. Since the start of the school year, parents and lawmakers have maintained that the c Md. pharmacies see closures, 'tremendous' increase in demand since coronavirus pandemic 12/06/2021 06:29pm • Pharmacies have been front and center of the coronavirus pandemic as patients seek them out for shots and counseling. The Maryland Pharmacists Association says it's having a major impact on business. "There has been a tremendous increase in patients in the pharmacies," the Executive Director of the Amid uptick in cases, Montgomery Co. gets largest shipment yet of vaccine doses for kids 12/06/2021 03:44pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, is seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases, but officials are hoping the county's high rate of vaccinations and a swift effort to get shots in the arms of young children will keep the uptick in check. This week, the county received its largest shipment yet of pediatric doses University of Maryland invests $5.1 million into recruiting nurses from community colleges 12/06/2021 03:08pm • The University of Maryland Medical System announced Monday a $5.1 million initiative to recruit nurses and other clinical bedside experts from the state's community colleges. “As a System, we are committed to improving health outcomes for the communities that we serve,” UMMS Senior Vice Presi DC expands vaccine access, at-home vaccinations for families 12/06/2021 06:50am • The District is making significant changes to city-operated COVID-19 vaccination sites effective Monday, expanding vaccine availability and ease-of-access for families. Starting Monday, parents and their children can get vaccinated together instead of seeking appointments at separate clinics. Acc At least 6 Leesburg police resignations partially caused by vaccine mandate 12/05/2021 08:01pm • Vaccine mandates brought members of the Leesburg Police Department to a council meeting with threats of mass exits in October. The department and the city have since confirmed that they have started to see these resignations. Betsy Arnett, a spokesperson for Leesburg, Virginia, told WTOP that six Maryland health department website goes offline after apparent cyberattack 12/05/2021 07:36pm • The Maryland Department of Health's website went offline over the weekend, and instead redirected visitors to the state's general government website after a network security breach, a department official said. The outage was first reported by The Washington Post on Sunday evening. Their reporting DC's forensic lab keeps looking for coronavirus variants 12/05/2021 02:30pm • Health officials are finding more and more cases of the omicron variant here in the U.S., including several cases found in Maryland. The D.C. forensic lab is responsible for identifying variants within the city and even finding new ones that may spread. Right now, the lab sequences nearly 8% of a Biden admin announces plan to reimburse at-home COVID-19 testing 12/04/2021 06:31pm • This week, President Biden signaled a new path in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic: expanding on demand, at-home testing. During an event at the National Institutes of Health Thursday, the president announced that private insurance companies will soon be required to cover cost of at-home COVID-19 t Maryland man faces federal charges for selling fraudulent COVID-19 cards through the mail 12/04/2021 02:25pm • A Maryland man has been charged after he allegedly sent fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards through the mail, according to authorities. A criminal complaint was filed charging Amar Salim Shabazz, 23, of Owings Mills, for the federal charges of mail fraud and obstruction of justice in connection US drugstores squeezed by vaccine demand, staff shortages 12/04/2021 09:45am • A rush of vaccine-seeking customers and staff shortages are squeezing drugstores around the U.S., leading to frazzled workers and temporary pharmacy closures. Drugstores are normally busy this time of year with flu shots and other vaccines, but now pharmacists are doling out a growing number of C How Johns Hopkins Medicine is empowering kids with COVID-19 information 12/03/2021 11:07pm • Want kids in your school to be knowledgeable about COVID-19? You can invite experts from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Maryland to make regular virtual visits. The Johns Hopkins Health Education and Training Corps is getting experts into communities as a way to fight the pandemic. Working with kids i