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Montgomery County pausing new rental assistance applications on New Year's Eve 12/30/2021 07:42am • Those seeking rental assistance in Maryland's Montgomery County will not be able to submit applications for the Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program after 5 p.m. Friday. Applications submitted before the deadline using the county's rent relief website will be reviewed and processed, but no Staffing challenges hit Fairfax County Fire and Rescue as COVID cases rise 12/29/2021 05:40pm • Virginia's Fairfax County Fire and Rescue is being hit by rising COVID-19 cases, and the department is temporarily shifting its staffing in response. "Currently, 66 employees have tested positive for COVID. An additional 12 FCFRD staff are in quarantine," the department said in a news release Wed Maryland passes 2,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations 12/29/2021 01:41pm • Many Maryland hospitals are overwhelmed as Gov. Larry Hogan announces the state has surpassed 2,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations. "As we have been projecting, our statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations have now reached record levels," Hogan said. He added that it's, "a surge driven primarily by unvacci DC’s FiscalNote grows its 'alternative data' business with latest acquisition 12/29/2021 11:20am • D.C.-based FiscalNote continues to expand its data-driven information business with plans to acquire South Korean software maker Aicel Technologies for an undisclosed sum. Aicel is an alternative data company for emerging fintech markets, which means it evaluates company profiles based on more th 'It's just been a nightmare': Md. health department licensing platforms experience outages 12/29/2021 10:30am • The platforms used to issue licenses on the Maryland Department of Health website are seeing "temporary system outages," as nursing and other health professions face shortages created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue appears to stem from the cyberattack on the Department of Health website. The Maryland-based Novavax adds India to COVID vaccine's approval list 12/29/2021 09:39am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax, which still hasn't filed for Food and Drug Administration emergency use approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S., adds India to the growing list of countries where its vaccine is eligible to be distributed. The approval in India comes a week after Novav Inova, Novant Health hospitals asking patients with COVID symptoms to test elsewhere, avoid ERs 12/29/2021 06:43am • Two health systems that operate hospitals in Northern Virginia — Inova and Novant — are asking those with COVID-19 symptoms to avoid going to their emergency rooms for testing to make space for patients who need emergency care. Amid a surge of coronavirus cases, Inova's emergency rooms are pr COVID-19 surge pushes a Maryland health system into 'contingency protocol' 12/29/2021 01:25am • The number of new COVID-19 cases this month are starting to overwhelm hospitals again. Citing a 325% spike in hospitalizations this month, Luminis Health has declared “contingency protocol” at the two hospitals it operates in the D.C. area. Luminis operates two hospitals in Maryland: Anne Aru Montgomery Co. fire department makes staffing changes due to COVID-19 surge 12/29/2021 12:07am • COVID-19 is causing more emergency services in the D.C. area to alter how they conduct business and staff their departments. For Scott Goldstein, fire chief for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, the omicron variant has heavily affected his department, as more people call out sick due to Md. county leaders weigh actions in light of surging COVID-19 hospitalizations 12/28/2021 08:45pm • Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman is urging county residents to get their COVID-19 booster shots, noting that the number of coronavirus hospitalizations in the Maryland county have doubled to 134 within a one-week period. "Three-quarters of those people are not vaccinated" said Pittma Some 415 Marylanders died from COVID-19 in less than 30 days 12/28/2021 05:11pm • For the first time in nearly a month, the Maryland Department of Health website has included information on the number of deaths across the state. The MDH website shows that at least 415 Marylanders died from COVID-19 between Dec. 4 and Tuesday bringing the state’s total to 11,437, The Associat DC emergency services see major jump in COVID-19 cases among employees 12/27/2021 11:33pm • D.C. Fire and EMS has seen an increase of COVID-19 cases in its department as the District experiences its own citywide surge. There were 356 D.C. Fire and EMS employees who are currently out of service because of the coronavirus as of Monday, according to D.C. Fire and EMS spokesperson Jennifer Man dead after Christmas Eve shooting in Northeast DC 12/26/2021 06:39pm • A 24-year-old man is dead after a shooting Friday evening in Northeast D.C., police say. Officers who responded to reports of gunshots in the 200 block of 56th Street found an adult male suffering from gunshot wounds when they arrived, D.C. police said in a statement. He was later transported Desmond Tutu, South Africa's moral conscience, dies at 90 12/26/2021 01:28pm • Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, shown in this 2016 file photo, was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File) JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apar COVID spike prompts 'disaster' declaration at Md. hospital 12/26/2021 11:55am • University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health declared a "hospital disaster" and implemented crisis standards-of-care protocols at UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air because of a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. This move will allow hospital staff to streamline processes,