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Data Doctors: Is the Brave browser safe to use? 02/14/2020 06:24pm • The private web browser Brave. (Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) If you’re like most users, you spend more time using a browser than any other program on your computer or smartphone. You probably don’t think about what browser you’re using; the Simple detection tool saves babies around the world — and it was developed in DC 02/14/2020 04:45pm • A screening procedure that started as a pilot program in the D.C. area is credited with saving the lives of babies around the world. Pulse oximetry (or "pulse ox") is simple, cheap, painless and quick. It involves an oximeter — that little clip that is placed on a finger to check blood oxygen l Longtime DC civil rights activist reflects on progress within community 02/13/2020 12:00pm • FILE — WASHINGTON, DC- JULY 18: ANC Commissioner Shirley Rivens Smith expresses her support for D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray on Wednesday July 18, 2012. Ms. Smith was attending a pro-Mayor Gray rally outside the Wilson Building. (Photo by Tracy A. Woodward/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Shir Doctor caring for homeless in Alexandria seeking donations, volunteers 02/12/2020 11:00pm • Dr. William Mazzella has set up a nonprofit to help the homeless people of Alexandria, Virginia. (WTOP/Michelle Basch) Dr. William Mazzella has a message for the homeless living on the streets of Alexandria, Virginia. "I have the medicines," Mazzella said. "I have the bandages, the training, DC doctors, patients learning to cook with 'Mediterranean' diet to help chronic conditions 02/12/2020 03:11am • George Washington University Medical School in D.C. has become the first in the region to roll out a program aimed at educating doctors and community members to consider food as medicine. Changing a patient's diet can improve symptoms when it comes to dozens of chronic conditions, including dia Va. woman 'feeling just great' while quarantined in Japanese hospital with coronavirus 02/11/2020 11:59am • In this Feb. 9, 2020, photo, a passenger stands at the balcony of the cruise ship Diamond Princess anchored off the Yokohama Port in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Japan’s health ministry said Monday, Feb. 10 about 60 more people on the quarantined cruise ship have tested positive for a new virus. (AP Pho 6th Virginia, 2nd Maryland patients test negative for coronavirus 02/10/2020 10:47pm • The results of the latest patients being tested in Virginia and Maryland for possible cases of the new coronavirus infection have tested negative. The states' health departments indicated the results on their websites Monday. Five other patients in Virginia have been cleared of the virus. One Md. woman wins insurance fight to fly seriously ill husband home from China 02/09/2020 10:35am • This is Naliyah Kaya and her husband Kevin Scriber II. Two educators from Prince George's County are back in Maryland after a frightening and challenging ordeal that began last month, half a world away in China. Kevin Scriber II of Bladensburg, Maryland, is a candidate for a Ph.D. in biology 'SNL' takes aim at New Hampshire primary in opening skit 02/09/2020 12:51am •  NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” cast aside the impeachment vote for a cold open with the Democratic primary debate in New Hampshire. Former cast members Jason Sudeikis and Rachel Dratch returned Saturday to play Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar in the NBC comedy. But the debate fron Data Doctors: How much data is needed for streaming? 02/07/2020 04:48pm • If you're planning to stream high quality video or audio, you'll always be better off using an Ethernet cable instead of a wireless connection. Q: How fast should my internet connection be for streaming TV services? A: With so many options for streaming TV, making sure your network is up to t New patient being tested for coronavirus in Virginia 02/07/2020 01:36pm • The Virginia Department of Health is testing a new patient for possible coronavirus infection, the agency said Friday. This marks the sixth patient to be tested in Virginia. Five other patients in Virginia have been cleared of the virus. Earlier in the week, the Maryland Department of Heal Election security at the heart of bills before Maryland General Assembly 02/06/2020 11:05pm • Maryland lawmakers in Annapolis heard a cluster of bills designed to make certain that the election process is not subverted. Del. Alice Cain, whose district includes Anne Arundel County, told the members of the Ways and Means Committee that "deepfakes" — doctored videos or images altered to ma Undocumented immigrants could get driver's licenses under proposed Virginia bill 02/06/2020 05:45am • People who are in the country illegally would be able to obtain driver's licenses in Virginia under legislation that is advancing in the state's General Assembly. The bill passed through the Senate's Finance and Appropriations Committee Wednesday with 11 Democrats voting for it and five Republica Signs of a bad heart: Don't overlook these cardiac symptoms 02/05/2020 07:00pm • Don't just wait for symptoms. Take care of your heart -- before you have a scare. "Waiting for the symptoms sometimes can be treacherous," says Dr. Clyde Yancy, chief of cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. With sudden cardiac arrest, collapse and even death can o Va. patient tests negative for coronavirus 02/05/2020 11:35am • The Virginia Department of Health cleared a patient Wednesday who was being tested for coronavirus infection. It was the fifth such potential case in Virginia, and the second in Central Virginia. On Tuesday, the Maryland Department of Health announced that a patient was being tested for the vi