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Washington coach Ron Rivera finishes cancer treatment 10/26/2020 03:15pm • The Washington Football Team has yet another reason to celebrate. Less than 24 hours after the Burgundy and Gold knocked out archrival Dallas by 22 points, their head coach finished his treatment for squamous cell cancer. On Monday, Ron Rivera walked out of Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Fair Data Doctors: The value of a 'burner' phone number 10/25/2020 03:27pm • Q: How are so many companies getting my cell phone number if I’m on the Do Not Call registry? A: The Federal Trade Commission launched the Do Not Call Registry in 2003, which gave a lot of people a false sense of what it was going to do. It was designed to stop sales calls from companies tha Maryland group uses old smartphones to help coronavirus patients 10/25/2020 02:57pm • One Takoma Park, Maryland, nonprofit is using old smartphones to help COVID-19 patients. The organization, Secure the Call, is hoping anyone eyeing a new smartphone for Christmas will donate their old phone. Secure the Call takes old smartphones and sends them to hospitals across the country so p Rockville-based business boasts better baby booger picker 10/23/2020 09:48pm • A small Rockville, Maryland, business is partnering with Walmart to sell a unique product the company calls the better booger picker tool for babies. "It's just a better way to clean your baby's nose," said Nina Farzin, the founder of the company and the product Oogiebear. Farzin is the mother Russia insists COVID 'under control' as bodies pile up in a hospital 10/23/2020 09:57am • Moscow — Russia confirmed a record 17,340 new coronavirus cases on Friday, but despite the rise, and mounting deaths, authorities pledged not to reimpose strict lockdown measures across the country and declared the epidemic "under control." The increase in daily cases — Friday was the first Review: 'Rebecca' remake proves it's impossible to improve upon Hitchcock 10/23/2020 12:19am • In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock crossed the pond to direct his first American picture for David O. Selznick, who was fresh off a Best Picture win for "Gone with the Wind" (1939). The result was another Best Picture winner in "Rebecca" (1940), sadly the only time Hitchcock won the prize in his illus Hair Loss for COVID-19 Survivors 10/23/2020 12:00am • COVID-19 causes many different symptoms in the body. Some of the most common symptoms that people have from COVID-19 include the following, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: -- Fever or chills.-- A cough.-- Shortness of breath.-- Fatigue.-- A loss of the sense of taste or Inside One Nursing Home's Fight to Keep COVID-19 Out 10/23/2020 12:00am • Providence Mount St. Vincent in Seattle is a large senior community for older adults. Known as "the Mount," it is home to more than 400 adults who need some type of help with their daily living activities or require 24-hour care. The Mount has 215 skilled nursing beds and 109 assisted living apart Tackling Dangerous Drug Shortages 10/22/2020 12:00am • When Steve Lagoudis was diagnosed with bladder cancer two years ago, his doctor gave him a powerful immunotherapy that was the standard of care: bacillus Calmette-Guerin, a decades-old drug originally developed as a vaccine against tuberculosis. The initial treatment didn't work, but when he sought Work From Home Lunch Ideas 10/22/2020 12:00am • With more folks working from home, the lunch scene has changed dramatically. There's no more ordering from the corner deli or Uber Eats deliveries or heading out to the local diner for lunch. Nowadays lunch is at home and is often made while juggling home schooling and work. As such, you need to th How chores in the middle of the day could help kids improve concentration for virtual learning 10/21/2020 08:27pm • This story is part of “Parenting in a Pandemic,” WTOP’s continuing coverage of how parents are dealing with childcare, schooling and more through the coronavirus pandemic. If kids are having trouble focusing during virtual learning, parents may be left wondering whether it's related to Here's what a health care agent is and why you need one 10/21/2020 11:13am • This content is provided by JSSA. We all wish for a life free from accidents and unexpected health crises. One of the things we have learned this year, however, is that our world can change in an instant and it is important to plan ahead. If you were to experience an emergency or a serious accid NBC4 anchor Wendy Rieger recovering from open heart surgery 10/21/2020 05:00am • Wendy Rieger is recovering from heart surgery. (Courtesy Wendy Rieger) An NBC4 journalist who has been on the job in D.C. for decades has been out of the anchor chair in recent weeks — Wendy Rieger is recovering from heart surgery. Heart disease can strike anyone. "This is something I co How to Weigh Student Loan Debt During the College Search 10/21/2020 12:00am • The college application and decision-making process can be a very exciting time as you picture your life on campus and dream about the future. But it can also be a significant source of anxiety, especially when it comes to paying for tuition and related expenses -- and thinking about how much you m Vote in Person: Is It Safe to Vote in Person in 2020? 10/21/2020 12:00am • Much ink has been spilled over the coming presidential election, which will be historic in many ways, not least of which is the fact that it's being conducted during a global pandemic. This public health threat naturally alters the ability of some people to be able to cast their ballot in person. It