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Conronavirus may spur companies to reassess office needs 03/30/2020 08:49am • Millions are working remotely for the first time. (Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Millions of U.S. companies are in the midst of a highly-accelerated experiment in remote working for their employees, and the long-term effect could mean many companies start to reassess Coronavirus: Hogan predicts Md. 'a lot more like NY' by Easter; More than 2,500 positive cases in DC region 03/29/2020 08:52pm • Health care workers wait to swab for samples at a drive-through coronavirus collection site in Arlington, Va., Thursday, March 19, 2020. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite) The latest The District said it recorded 59 new positive cases Sunday, bringing the city's new total to 401. A Charles County, M Coronavirus preys on what terrifies us: dying alone 03/29/2020 03:47am • Steve Kaminski was whisked into an ambulance near his home on New York's Upper East Side last week. He never saw his family again. Kaminski died days later of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Because of fears of contagion, no visitors, including his family, were allowed t Rhode Island door knocks in search of fleeing New Yorkers 03/28/2020 09:23pm • WESTERLY, RI (AP) — The Rhode Island National Guard started going door to door on Saturday in coastal areas to inform any New Yorkers who may have come to the state that they must self-quarantine for 14 days while Gov. Gina Raimondo expanded the mandatory self-quarantine to anyone visiting the sta Data Doctors: Work from home job opportunities 03/28/2020 03:08pm • Q: I’m trying to generate whatever income I can while I’m stuck at home, but I know there are a lot of scams out there. What can I do to find legit ways to make some money? A: Work from home scams were pretty common well before the coronavirus pandemic hit the world’s economies and you can 2nd UK Cabinet member joins Johnson in having virus symptoms 03/28/2020 01:57pm • LONDON (AP) — Another member of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet has developed symptoms of COVID-19, as the number of people with the coronavirus to die in the U.K. passed the 1,000 mark Saturday. Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said he had symptoms of Apple releases COVID-19 app with information, screening tools 03/28/2020 06:40am • Apple has put out a new COVID-19 app that brings information and even a screening tool for the virus right to your phone. If you're not an iPhone user, don't worry, there is a website as well. The most prominent feature on the app is the screening tool, which walks users through a series of qu Maryland day cares increase cleaning, change play structure to combat coronavirus 03/27/2020 10:45pm • (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: 'c0595cad-5c49-4205-9950-6ee399a433d6' }).render("878615368c7eecb6");}); Starting Monday, licensed day care provid Shop sells 'hundreds' of doughnuts starring Dr. Fauci's face 03/27/2020 09:57pm • In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020 photo, donuts bearing the likeness of Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, rest on a plate at Donuts Delite in Rochester, N.Y. Donuts Delite began making donuts featuring Fauci's face earlier in the week. (Shawn Stars of 'Contagion' reunite for a PSA 03/27/2020 02:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The stars of the 2011 virus thriller “Contagion” — a prescient film these days — have reunited for a series of public service announcements to warn about COVID-19. Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Ehle have teamed up with scientists from Colu Coronavirus update: Metro closes 2 stations after contractor tests positive; DC officials call Senate relief bill ‘outrageous’ 03/27/2020 01:21am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks on the COVID-19 crisis Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Courtesy Mayor Bowser's Office) The latest President Donald Trump approves major disaster declaration for Maryland. Van Ness and Tenleytown Metro stations are closed until 8 a.m. on Friday. WTOP has learned t Sibley Memorial Hospital nurse quits over 'lack of protection' 03/26/2020 11:54pm • As the shortage of protective gear worsens at hospitals across the county and in the D.C. region, some health care workers are having to choose between the health of their families and the health of their patients. Kelly Stanton, a nurse at Sibley Memorial Hospital, is among them. She said she ha Local med students become babysitters to support health care workers 03/26/2020 07:16pm • Distance learning may have emptied out college classrooms around the region to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but that hasn't stopped medical students from finding other ways to help.  There are doctors, nurses and lots of others in the health care industry who are working every day a 'Extremely unusual': Md. 7-Eleven employee tests positive for coronavirus after co-worker fakes test result 03/26/2020 03:47pm • Photos of the 7-Eleven on Hallowing Point Road in Prince Frederick, which has closed temporarily after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. It’s one of 2 7-Elevens in Prince Frederick that have closed for now, as a precaution. (WTOP/Michelle Basch) An "extremely unusual" situation played Coronavirus update: DC reports 3rd death as region surpasses 1,000 COVID-19 cases 03/26/2020 03:45am • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan discusses the state's coronavirus response efforts Mach 19. Karen Salmon, Maryland's superintendent of schools, is standing right. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) The latest People who went to Murphy's Irish Pub in Alexandria on March 10, March 14 and March 15 are asked to se