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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 NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 11/19/2021 02:02pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Myocarditis is often mild, contrary to online claims CLAIM: Myocar Colorado governor says all adults can get COVID booster shot 11/11/2021 05:18pm • DENVER (AP) — Facing a surge in coronavirus infections that threatens to overwhelm Colorado hospitals, Gov. Jared Polis defied federal guidance on COVID-19 booster shots Thursday by issuing an order allowing all state residents 18 and older to get them. U.S. Food and Drug Administration rules allo Casinos have best quarter ever; 2020 total exceeded already 11/09/2021 02:06pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The nation's commercial casinos won nearly $14 billion in the third quarter of this year, marking the industry's best quarter ever, and pushing U.S. casino revenue past what it was for all of 2020, according to figures released Tuesday. The figures from the American Gami Globe bounces back to nearly 2019 carbon pollution levels 11/03/2021 09:24pm • GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The dramatic drop in carbon dioxide emissions from the pandemic lockdown has pretty much disappeared in a puff of coal-fired smoke, much of it from China, a new scientific study found. A group of scientists who track heat-trapping gases that cause climate change said the f 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 'Vaccine apartheid': Africans tell UN they need vaccines 09/23/2021 07:32pm • As wealthy countries begin to consider whether to offer their populations a third COVID-19 shot, African nations still waiting for their first gave this stark reminder to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday: “No one is safe unless we are all safe.” That message was repeated t 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 Preguntas de la audiencia sobre el coronavirus: ¿Puedo contagiar a personas si me infecto con covid-19 posvacunación? 08/16/2021 07:00pm • (CNN Español) -- Las infecciones posvacunación son parte de las preguntas que recibimos esta semana en este episodio de preguntas y respuestas sobre el coronavirus. El Dr. Elmer Huerta aclara estas dudas, además de preguntas sobre la variante delta, los efectos secundarios de la vacuna, entre ot 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 The Latest: US health officials to release new COVID-19 data 07/29/2021 08:05pm • NEW YORK -- U.S. health officials are expected to release new data about the spread of COVID-19 on Friday that led to their decision to recommend that vaccinated people wear masks in some situations, a reversal of previous guidance. The report, to be released by the Centers for Disease Control and P 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 Luis Almagro, secretario general de la OEA, dice que dio positivo por covid-19 07/29/2021 12:48pm • (CNN Español) -- En un tuit publicado este jueves, el secretario general de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), Luis Almagro, dijo que dio positivo por covid-19.Almagro dice que está vacunado contra el virus y que por el momento no tiene ningún síntoma.Luis Almagro se pronuncia sob