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Tokyo Olympics Begin Despite Public Disapproval 07/22/2021 12:00am • Despite the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics formally commencing on Friday July 23 with the Opening Ceremony, global opinions about this year's games don't reflect the usual fanfare surrounding the sporting event. A recent poll by Ipsos Global Advisor, which surveyed 19,510 people across 28 countries 8 Health Care Stocks Morningstar Loves 07/22/2021 12:00am • Morningstar is bullish on these health care stocks in the second half of 2021.The global health crisis has made health care a key theme on Wall Street during the past year and a half. However, aside from a handful of vaccine makers and specialty health care stocks, the overall health care sector has NBC anchor Rieger after brain surgery: 'I've never felt luckier' 07/21/2021 10:28am • Wendy Rieger, an anchor with WTOP news partner NBC Washington, told colleagues and viewers Wednesday that she has "never felt luckier" following brain surgery to remove a tumor. Rieger said her doctor in Pittsburgh was able to remove "99.99999%" of the cancer. Now, she's getting treatment at John Capital Gazette gunman to be sentenced to prison in September 07/20/2021 11:57pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The gunman who pleaded guilty to the 2018 murders of five Capital Gazette employees will be sentenced to prison on Sept. 28 — exactly thre 10 Universities Where Most Freshmen Commute 07/20/2021 12:00am • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: Coffee won't make your heart flutter, study says 07/19/2021 11:05am • Worried that coffee will make your heart go pitter-patter, and not in a good way? A new study puts to rest the fear that your daily fuel will cause heart palpitations -- or cardiac arrhythmia, as doctors call it. In fact, a habitual coffee habit was associated with a lower risk of developing an a Long-haul COVID-19 symptoms likely less common in kids than adults 07/19/2021 04:45am • A research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that about 2% of children and teenagers who've had COVID-19 suffer symptoms lasting longer than 12 weeks — findings a University of Maryland School of Medicine doctor describes as reassuring. The findings in How to Protect Your Social Security Number 07/19/2021 12:00am • Once your Social Security number has been viewed by potential identity thieves, there's no way for your Social Security number to be secret again. However, there are things you can do to keep your Social Security number safe and limit the risk that a stolen Social Security number can be used agains The Best Jobs That Help People 07/19/2021 12:00am • Careers for do-goodersWe spend just about every waking moment doing our jobs, or so it feels. So it's understandable if you want your career to really mean something.Granted, most jobs, even the most obscure, add value to someone's life and society at large, or else the opening wouldn't exist. But s Data Doctors: Google Photos organizing tips 07/16/2021 07:57pm • Q: I have years of pictures and videos on Google Photos and want some advice on getting them organized. A: By default, Google Photos will display your images and videos in chronological order with the latest ones at the top, but it can do much more. Automatic categories Google has incorporated DC doctor urges continued use of sunscreen, even with Johnson & Johnson recall 07/16/2021 02:32pm • After Johnson & Johnson initiated a recall for five of its spray-on sunscreens due to a potential benzene contamination, a D.C.-area doctor is urging people not to stop wearing sunscreen entirely. "The facts are this: UV radiation from the sun is a known carcinogen. Sunscreens are an effectiv Rainbow Babies: Hope After Loss 07/16/2021 12:00am • We grieved with Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, who publicly shared the deep emotional pain of her miscarriage this past summer. And then this summer, we celebrated the happy announcement of the birth of her rainbow baby, Lilibet 'Lili' Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. The term "rainbow baby" is genera Infectious disease expert warns of more variants emerging without higher vaccination rates 07/15/2021 09:12pm • Parents with young children may be hoping for a complete return to normalcy in the near future, but a pediatric infectious disease expert told WTOP that they should still be exercising caution with their kids. "We're seeing right now the spread of this new variant, the delta variant, and that tha Hogan proposes Washington College endowment in memory of late Senate president Miller 07/15/2021 01:58pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday announced he's proposing an endowment at Washington College named after late longtime Senate President Thomas “Mike” Miller. The Miller Director of Civic Engagement, within the college’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, “will ove Best Medications for Hypertension 07/15/2021 12:00am • Medication is a cornerstone of treatment for high blood pressure, or hypertension. Your doctor has many classes of antihypertensive drugs to choose from, and each class has a long list of possible pills that may help you reduce your blood pressure. The regimen that's right for you depends on your p