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Texas family celebrates at NIH after daughter's transplant, chance for cure 11/28/2019 08:52pm • (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: '1474cf95-f995-4ce7-a50b-3929c49b11c0' }).render("20861535ef3ab922");}); A Texas family spending time at the Natio Things to do around DC this weekend: Nov. 29–Dec. 1 11/28/2019 12:09pm • (Courtesy Theo Kossenas; Tony Powell; Sean Gardener/AP; Christopher Polk/Getty; Allen Berezovsky/Getty) All Weekend The Festival of Trees at the Maryland State Fairgrounds features a magical wonderland of trees, displays, rides, games and entertainment. If Santa had a theme park, this would be it With flu cases surging in the DC area, here's a doctor's advice 11/25/2019 09:28pm • The number of influenza cases has triggered a precautionary policy at Children's National Hospital in D.C. An influenza-related alert to take extra precautions is going out to staff and visitors. "With visitors to the hospital, we're extremely cautious if anyone has any kind of cold or flu sympto Data Doctors: What to know about the MacOS Catalina upgrade 11/22/2019 04:34pm • Q: I upgraded to Catalina on my Mac and now Microsoft Office won’t work. What can I do? One of the common side effects of tech companies taking their platforms to new levels is older software programs that no longer work. The most recent version of Apple's MacOS — known as Catalina — is To help protect kids from predators, parents might need to control, limit and track their devices 11/22/2019 03:44pm • Protecting kids from predators can be particularly challenging if they're using apps for social media chats. An investigation by The Washington Post on Apple App Store offerings, such as Yubo, ChatLive, Chat for Strangers, Skout and Holla, reveals that one of the most common complaints is minors Officials warn Pentagon cuts could force closing of Bethesda military medical university 11/21/2019 11:10am • Dan Novak, Correspondent WASHINGTON — The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the military’s medical school in Bethesda, Maryland, has been targeted by the Defense Department for significant budget cuts that could force its closure, officials said. As a part of a Pentagon Dentophobia: Managing a child's fear of the dentist 11/20/2019 12:30pm • One in five children have a real fear of the dentist, making routine checkups a stressful encounter for dentists, patients, and parents alike. (Courtesy Getty Images/iStockphoto/Zinkevych) Children can have many different fears. Depending on their age, they may have a fear of strangers, monsters Four big spending assumptions in Warren's Medicare for All plan 11/19/2019 06:58am • Sen. Elizabeth Warren has promised that "Medicare for All" will not cost the middle class one penny more in taxes (Courtesy Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images)   Sen. Elizabeth Warren has promised that "Medicare for All" will not cost the middle class one penny more in taxes. That vow, Maryland investigating reports of E. coli infection linked to salad pack 11/18/2019 11:29pm • The Maryland Department of Health is investigating a cluster of E. coli infections in various individuals who reported eating ready-made salad bought at a warehouse store. Seven patients reported eating Ready Pac Bistro Bowl Chicken Caesar Salad purchased at various Sam's Club locations in Maryla Mystery Newsmaker November 30 & December 1 11/18/2019 11:02am • Test your newsmaker knowledge this Saturday and Sunday morning in the 8 a.m. hour with the WTOP Mystery Newsmaker Contest. Be the first caller at 855-885-1035 to call and identify the Mystery Newsmaker and you could win a pair of tickets to see Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise at Arena Sta White House: Trump undergoes exam at Walter Reed 11/16/2019 10:50pm • BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump spent more than two hours at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday for what the White House said were medical tests as part of his annual physical. The appointment wasn’t on Trump’s weekend public schedule, and Data Docs: Upgrade or replace Windows 7 PC? 11/14/2019 09:56pm • Q: How hard will it be for me to upgrade my 5-year old computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10? A: As the January 2020 "end of life" deadline approaches for Windows 7, anyone still running the old OS needs to make some decisions about how to transition. Minimum System Requirements If you want to Loudoun Co. teen seeks cure for genetic disorder he shares with just 100 others 11/13/2019 04:00am • Though he's not afraid to die, a Sterling, Virginia, teenager with a rare genetic disorder is doing everything he can to stay with his family. Ryan Alam, 15, is among fewer than 100 people in the world known to have the progressive neurodegenerative disease known as MPAN that's a type of NBIA — Walking 10,000 steps: Healthy guideline or rigid goal? 11/11/2019 07:00pm • Recently, a colleague of mine had worked with an internationally renowned combat athlete to manage his weight loss prior to a major competition. My colleague, a doctor of physical therapy and performance expert, was taken by the reaction of this athlete to the goals my colleague had put in place for Doctored sample ballots mar Fauquier County, Va. school board election 11/11/2019 08:13am • Sample Republican ballots in Fauquier County, Virginia were allegedly doctored to indicate an incumbent earned the GOP endorsement. Courtesy Shelly Norden The chairman of the Fauquier County Republican Committee has confronted an incumbent school board chairman in Northern Virginia after sample