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Winter storm disrupts COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in DC region 01/31/2021 03:40pm • The winter storm dropping snow across the D.C. region is impacting a number of COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in the D.C. area. Multiple COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites will be closed on Monday, Feb. 1 and may be canceled at sites on Feb. 2 due to winter weather conditions. Thos Md. launches 'aggressive' COVID-19 vaccine outreach campaign aiming to reach 'every corner of every community' 01/29/2021 02:04pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday the launch of an "aggressive" public outreach campaign aimed at promoting the public's confidence in the available COVID-19 vaccines, especially in minority communities that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Hogan announced the "GoVa New heart test can help doctors identify, treat heart disease 01/29/2021 10:17am • This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease, which threatens millions of Americans each year. New technology being used at MedStar Washington Hospital Center helps diagnose coronary artery disease so that docto Data Doctors: Best smartphone apps for scanning documents 01/29/2021 05:00am • If you need to scan a document but don't have a scanner, Data Doctors' Ken Colburn has a solution with your smartphone. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/Prostock-Studio) Q: What’s the best scanner app to use on my smartphone? Our smartphone cameras have become so sophisticated — they’re capabl Md. congressman tries to reduce COVID vaccine confusion, pushes for easier process 01/28/2021 08:30am • Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., addressed confusion about coronavirus vaccine access and sought to alleviate lingering hesitancy in some demographics during an hourlong webinar Wednesday afternoon. With soaring demand and limited supply worsening confusion about who can get a COVID-19 vaccine and how, DC families urged to watch for coronavirus symptoms as schools reopen 01/28/2021 05:46am • Next week will mark a milestone for D.C. students as the city's public school system reopens for in-person learning amid the ongoing pandemic — and education leaders are urging families to be aware of their responsibilities. With the return to classrooms, school officials are asking families to Doctor dispels COVID-19 vaccine myths in conversation with Prince William Co. NAACP 01/28/2021 04:30am • A Woodbridge, Virginia, family medicine physician dispelled several myths about the COVID-19 vaccines during a virtual conversation with Prince William County's NAACP chapter, noting the vaccines were created safely and are not being "tested" on Black people or other minorities. The conversation Maryland senators add $520 million to Hogan’s relief proposal 01/27/2021 03:36pm • Sen. Guy Guzzone (D-Howard), who chairs the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, said the committee will meet Thursday to hash out details of a $520 million amendment to Republican Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.'s proposed Maryland stimulus bill. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. This content was Can schools safely reopen? Doctors weigh in 01/27/2021 01:09pm • ▶ Watch Video: Schools debate reopening as CDC finds low COVID-19 spread with precautions As the Biden administration pushes for more resources toward safely reopening schools, tensions between school districts looking to return to in-person schooling and teachers' unions across the co Column: WTOP anchor shares what Kamala Harris means to her 01/27/2021 04:02am • I lived at 112 Tyler St. for most of my college years. The rickety, old white house was right outside the gates of Hampton Institute, a historically Black college in the Tidewater area of Virginia. If walls could talk, the walls at 112 Tyler St. from 1980 to 1983 would tell you about hourslong ta Anne Arundel County to lift some COVID-19 business restrictions 01/26/2021 01:41pm • Citing a decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman said that restrictions on business capacity put in place in November and December would be lifted later this week. While saying that an executive order with all the details would come out Wednes 'Need to do better': Fauci on WHO, COVID-19 variants, vaccines and more 01/22/2021 05:37pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '4a3806f4-a590-4929-becd-5a0be4b3208b' }).render("672615361f6e6557");}); It's been a big few days for Dr. Anthony Why get the HPV vaccine? 'No one is immune from the potential for exposure' 01/21/2021 04:00am • In this Aug. 28, 2006, file photo, a doctor holds a vial of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil in his Chicago office. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions in people seeking preventive health care, but a Johns Hopkins Medicine doctor is s Get to know Kamala Harris's family 01/20/2021 10:21am • ▶ Watch Video: Kamala Harris and Douglas Emhoff on breaking new ground Kamala Harris, Joe Biden's history-making vice presidential pick in the 2020 election, comes from a family of immigrants whose roots and political views shaped her. Harris, who served four years as a U.S. senator fr WATCH: COVID-19 memorial for lives lost in US 01/19/2021 08:52pm • President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris spoke at a COVID-19 memorial Tuesday evening. The memorial ceremony planned to include illuminating buildings, ringing church bells around the nation and a lighting ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool in Washington, D.