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Telehealth thrives, health care missions continue despite social distancing 03/25/2020 11:39pm • Telehealth's moment has arrived in the midst of the coronavirus. (WTOP/Kristi King) Telehealth's moment has arrived, and D.C.-area patients are embracing virtual visits with medical providers to get evaluated, diagnosed and treated for common ailments and potentially get coronavirus testing refe Nando's feeds hospital workers for free, keeps all employees on the payroll 03/25/2020 05:39pm • Nando’s Peri-Peri will keep all 92 of its restaurants in the Washington area, Chicago and across Canada open and continue to employ all of its 2,600 employees for at least the next two weeks. Nando’s is also now feeding health care workers and displaced restaurant workers for free, it said. 3 Inova respiratory illness clinics open in Fairfax Co. amid coronavirus surge 03/25/2020 03:32pm • Fairfax County, Virginia, announced the opening of three Inova Urgent Care respiratory illness clinic locations Wednesday to help check the spread of coronavirus. The clinic locations are at Dulles South, North Arlington and Tysons. Medical staff at those locations will evaluate all patients with Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages 03/24/2020 05:24am • CHICAGO (AP) — Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that his friend sews into face masks. Fashion designer Briana Danyele left Italy last month to Coronavirus: Northam closes Va. schools for year; Hogan closes nonessential Md. businesses 03/23/2020 11:40pm • The latest President Donald Trump provided an update Monday afternoon on the COVID-19 efforts. He weighed in on the Senate relief bill that has been stalled. He talked about the possible treatment using malaria drugs. And, he said that critical supplies have been replenished. Find out more. DC children's hospital opens drive-up coronavirus testing 03/23/2020 07:47pm • A children's hospital in D.C. has opened a drive-up location where patients can be tested for the new coronavirus. Children's National Hospital opened a location for COVID-19 testing at a site donated by Trinity Washington University. Patients who are children or young adults up to 22 years old c Prince George's Co. schools CEO promises seniors a prom despite uncertainty 03/23/2020 04:08pm • School administrators in Prince George's County, Maryland, are still waiting to hear from state officials about when — or even if — schools will reopen this year after being ordered earlier this month to close for two weeks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. But Prince George's County How can you tell the difference between allergies and coronavirus? 03/23/2020 03:47pm • If you start coughing and have a runny nose, how do you know if it's allergies or if you could have the new coronavirus? "We're starting to learn more about this virus on a daily basis," said Dr. Bobby Mahajan, director of interventional pulmonology at Inova Fairfax hospital and volunteer spo Marriott furloughs thousands at its Bethesda headquarters 03/23/2020 01:17pm • The Marriott International headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, on Jan. 11, 2018. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu via Getty Images) Marriott International, one of the largest employers in the D.C. region, will furlough two-thirds of its 4,000 corporate headquarters workers, and the same amount in its corporate Coronavirus: 2nd death in DC; cases surge throughout region with more testing 03/22/2020 05:15pm • The latest Three more members of DC Fire and EMS test positive President Trump said in his Sunday briefing that FEMA will send hospital ships to Los Angeles and New York to provide support for the fight against the coronavirus. The ships will be used to treat patients who are not affected by Echoes of 9/11, as New Yorkers 'try to keep calm but we can't quite carry on' 03/22/2020 04:02am • The gates outside the centuries-old chapel in the shadow of the old World Trade Center were padlocked as rush hour descended on Lower Manhattan's desolate streets. "In care for our neighbors, parishioners, clergy, and staff, St. Paul's Chapel is canceling services and ev Increased coronavirus testing coming to Anne Arundel County 03/21/2020 07:04pm • As the U.S. comes to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic, increased testing has shed a light on the spread of the virus. In Anne Arundel County, testing is expected to ramp up in coming days as county health leaders get ready to implement drive-through testing, as well as direct testing inside what Coronavirus: Md. announces 3rd death; DC region sees uptick in cases with more testing 03/21/2020 05:35pm • The latest Maryland has confirmed its third death from the novel coronavirus — a 40-year-old Montgomery County woman who suffered from an underlying condition. In Virginia, Fairfax County reported its first coronavirus-related death, Virginia's third overall as of March 21. Gov. Ralph N Local emergency room doctor pleads with public not to hoard medical supplies 03/21/2020 04:06pm • A D.C.-area emergency room doctor has one plea for the public: if you have any personal protection equipment (PPE) such as N95 respirators and face masks, donate them to your local hospital. “We have very limited supplies available to us in terms of personal protection equipment," said Jared Go Metrobus halts service on all but 20 routes for the weekend 03/21/2020 03:02pm • Metro announced Saturday afternoon it would shut down bus service for the weekend on all but 20 lines. Here's updated list of #WMATA buses running from 5pm Sat thru all day Sun on only 20 high use corridors, all buses every 30 minutes Makes at least a bit more sense 54 S4 70 90 C4 X2 16C