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Medical consultation seeing 'astronomical' growth in popularity during pandemic 11/11/2020 09:00pm • Virtual doctor visits have just passed a milestone in the D.C. area — MedStar Health has had more than 500,000 telehealth interactions since the coronavirus pandemic began in the U.S. in March. “The month of February (2020), we had 270 video visits total with patients in their homes. So that New York City will send mental health teams instead of police to some 911 calls 11/11/2020 08:32pm • New York City is creating new teams to respond to emergency mental health calls instead of police, as part of a pilot program that will launch next year. The teams will consist of EMS health workers and mental health crisis workers that will be dispatched through the city's 911 system, officials Charles County weighs tougher COVID-19 restrictions amid rising infections 11/11/2020 06:13pm • With worsening COVID-19 rates, the health officer for Charles County, Maryland, wants the county to impose public health restrictions that are tougher than those in effect statewide. The coronavirus positivity rate in the southern Maryland county jumped to 7.13% on Wednesday, compared to the stat Will college students bring COVID-19 home for Thanksgiving? 11/11/2020 04:19am • Weston Kerekes plans to eat his Thanksgiving dinner alone in his childhood bedroom in Santa Monica, California. If all goes as planned, the Yale University freshman's quarantine will have followed a tightly choreographed trip from his New Haven, Connecticut, campus to ensure he doesn't expose his Virtual job fairs coming to Montgomery, Fairfax counties 11/10/2020 06:46am • The Jewish Council for the Aging has scheduled virtual job fairs in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Fairfax County, Virginia, over the coming weeks. The expos were initially delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but JCA decided to take the events virtual via the video conferencing app Zoom. DC's new coronavirus travel restrictions start 11/09/2020 01:20pm • D.C.'s new coronavirus travel restrictions started Monday, just ahead of the holiday travel season and as daily COVID-19 case numbers are rising across the U.S. Visitors coming to D.C. from a state classified as high-risk will be required to take a COVID-19 test and receive a negative result with AP PHOTOS: Joe Biden and his decades of public life 11/09/2020 07:56am • Joe Biden mounted two previous presidential bids in 1988 and 2008, never making it out of the Democratic primaries. In 2020, the third time’s the charm. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden has been a fixture in Democratic national politics since he won an upstart campaign to become a U.S. Photos: Joe Biden and his decades of public life 11/08/2020 10:43am • Joe Biden mounted two previous presidential bids in 1988 and 2008, never making it out of the Democratic primaries. In 2020, the third time’s the charm. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden has been a fixture in Democratic national politics since he won an upstart campaign to become a U.S. Montgomery County calls for investigation into improper COVID-19 hazard pay 11/07/2020 05:51pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, council said it is "outraged" by certain employees receiving improper COVID-19 hazard pay. The Office of the Inspector General issued a report Friday revealing that Department of Permitting Services inspectors improperly received COVID-19 differential pay. Dur Montgomery Co. postpones new COVID-19 restrictions 11/05/2020 05:10pm • The Montgomery County Council has postponed a vote on new coronavirus restrictions until next week. The county council was set to vote on new restrictions that would reduce capacity at restaurants, retail and other venues to 25%, and require restaurants to hold onto contact tracing information fo Bowser's newest order for DC: Visitors need to get tested 11/05/2020 11:50am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a new coronavirus order Thursday as the region continues its fight against COVID-19: If you're coming to the District, get tested. "Under the new travel advisory, people who are visiting D.C. will need to get tested 72 hours before traveling to the District," Bowse Report: 'Big Noon Kickoff' on-air crew out Saturday for COVID-19 protocols 11/04/2020 10:48pm • Report: 'Big Noon Kickoff' crew out due to COVID-19 protocols originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonFox Sports' pregame college football show "Big Noon Kickoff" will look a little different Saturday morning, as the network copes with coronavirus protocols.According to a report by the Delaware man sentenced for nationwide swatting incidents 11/04/2020 04:26pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Delaware man to three years in prison for making a series of “swatting” calls to police departments and emergency dispatchers across the country. U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss says in a news release that 30-year-old Rodney Phipps of Geo Bowser lauds big wins for women in DC election 11/04/2020 03:02pm • Women will be the majority on the D.C. Council, and Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday the news "makes me very happy." Christina Henderson won one of the District's at-large council seats; Brooke Pinto took the seat in Ward 2, and Janeese George claimed victory in Ward 4. Bowser said she was p How to make your wishes known in a medical emergency 11/03/2020 11:31am • This content is provided by JSSA. Do your family and doctors know what kind of medical care you would want if you couldn’t speak for yourself? Too often loved ones and medical providers are forced to guess at what a person would want during a health care emergency. Making decisions under these