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Americans' confidence in the U.S. economy falls sharply in January to lowest level since 2014 01/27/2026 10:55am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined sharply in January, hitting the lowest level since 2014 as Americans grow increasingly concerned about their financial prospects. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index cratered 9.7 points to 84.5 in January, falling Summer COVID cases rise in DC area, local health expert pushes for vaccinations as Biden tests positive 07/18/2024 11:25am • President Joe Biden has contracted COVID-19 and will be recovering at his home in Delaware with reportedly mild symptoms. He is one of many from the D.C. area experiencing the surge in coronavirus cases. Trying to have a little summer fun in record-breaking heat has forced more people to move the Montgomery Co. students' post-spring break COVID test results are in 04/20/2022 04:31pm • Before spring break, parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, were given COVID-19 test kits and were asked to administer them Monday, the day before the return to classes. By the end of the day, Montgomery County Public Schools reported 503 positive COVID-19 tests, school system spokesperson Chris Is omicron going to be a post-pandemic turning point? 01/17/2022 08:27am • After huge spikes in infections and hospitalizations, there are signs that the omicron strain of COVID-19 is starting to recede, at least in some parts of the country. The highly transmissible strain moved fast and caused a high number of breakthrough cases that infected people who were otherwise Inova set to open testing site in Falls Church 12/29/2021 08:29pm • Inova is opening a vehicle-side testing site in Falls Church, Virginia, in response to the rise in COVID-19 cases, the healthcare system announced Wednesday. The site opens Thursday, Dec. 30 at 2990 Telestar Court and will be open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekend hours may be added Inova, Novant Health hospitals asking patients with COVID symptoms to test elsewhere, avoid ERs 12/29/2021 06:43am • Two health systems that operate hospitals in Northern Virginia — Inova and Novant — are asking those with COVID-19 symptoms to avoid going to their emergency rooms for testing to make space for patients who need emergency care. Amid a surge of coronavirus cases, Inova's emergency rooms are pr 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 Virginia labs screen previous coronavirus positive tests for omicron variant 12/01/2021 11:38pm • Pathologists believe it is likely a matter of time before the omicron variant of the coronavirus appears in the D.C. region, but labs across Virginia are scanning millions of previous positive tests for it. It all depends on the new variant's transmissibility, Dr. Amy Mathers with the University DC parents frustrated with school-based COVID-19 testing program 10/15/2021 05:20am • Excited at the possibility of having his 4- and 6-year-old kids' return to a classroom after months of virtual classes, parent Mark Histed, of Ward 1 in D.C., decided to have the pair attend school in-person for the 2021-22 school year. School staff and teachers have gone above and beyond, he sai COVID-19 outbreak pauses in-person learning at Prince William Co. elementary school 10/09/2021 11:15am • A COVID-19 outbreak is causing problems at Bennett Elementary School in Manassas, Virginia. Starting Tuesday, in-person classes will be paused for the week due to 36 confirmed cases, the school system confirmed to WTOP. In an email to parents Friday night, Prince William County Superintendent LaT COVID-19 home test kit program expands in DC 08/26/2021 08:59pm • The Test Yourself DC program is expanding so that a site will be available within a 20-minute walk of almost anywhere in the District, according to a news release from the mayor's office Thursday. Eleven new sites will open where residents can pick up and drop off at-home COVID-19 test kits. Test Six Flags donates tickets to Prince George's County for vaccine incentives 08/26/2021 11:12am • Six Flags America has donated 4,000 tickets for free admission to its amusement park to Prince George's County for the Maryland county's efforts to get more residents vaccinated. Any county resident 12 and older who gets a COVID-19 vaccine at the Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex will Hogan: 'We're not talking about' bringing back statewide mask mandate 08/04/2021 08:43am • Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday that he is not considering reinstating a mask mandate for Maryland amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. "We had a lengthy meeting with our entire COVID team yesterday with all of our public health doctors and experts," Hogan said during a news conference Northam recommends Virginians 'consider' wearing masks but stops short of new requirement 07/29/2021 02:59pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is recommending — but not requiring — Virginians to "consider" wearing masks indoors in areas where there is an increased risk of COVID-19 transmission as he continued to urge vaccination as the "surest way" to end the pandemic. The recommendation comes amid concer