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Woman brought to ER by Redskins player died of accidental fentanyl overdose 01/14/2020 06:19am • The 21-year-old woman who was brought unconscious to a Loudoun County emergency room by Washington Redskins player Montae Nicholson and a friend in November died from an accidental overdose of the drug fentanyl, according to an autopsy. A Virginia medical examiner determined that Julia Crabbe, of DC-area health-focused startups share the spotlight at CES 01/14/2020 05:53am • Three startups from the D.C. area made inroads into the growing health-technology field at last week's Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. With so much attention on focusing on health, wellness and senior care technology, companies worldwide are creating products and services designed to imp Federal government blasts PG&E's deal with California fire victims 01/14/2020 03:00am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tensions between the U.S. government and Pacific Gas & Electric are boiling over as the two sides battle over whether a taxpayer-funded agency should be allowed to stake a claim on a $13.5 billion settlement covering most of the losses from catastrophic wildfires blamed on Virginia woman found dead in Frederick County, Maryland, roadway 01/13/2020 10:13pm • A Winchester, Virginia, woman was found dead in a roadway in Frederick County, Maryland, over the weekend. Deputies were called to the intersection of English Muffin Court and English Muffin Way in Frederick, Maryland, around 2 a.m. Saturday to investigate a person who was lying on the roadway. New generation of wearables not just for wrists 01/13/2020 09:03am • Why stop at smartwatches? For the past several years, watches capable of capturing users' steps, heartbeats and sleep patterns have been gathering popularity. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show 2020, a number of wearable devices that sit on body parts other than wrists were on display. So Climate activists hang banners on I-395 overpasses during morning commute 01/13/2020 07:40am • Climate activists placed banners on overpasses throughout the D.C. area early Monday morning. Shut Down DC, a network of local activists advocating for urgent action to mitigate climate change and fossil fuel use, said on their website they would "hang banners over the sides of overpasses at a nu The majority of women feel relief, not regret, after an abortion, study says 01/12/2020 09:15pm • One of the largest studies about women's emotions after an abortion finds most feel relieved and don't regret their choice, even if they struggled beforehand or worried about stigma. The study, one of the largest to date on the topic, was published Sunday in the journal Social Science & Medic Sydney Opera House illuminates its sails in moving tribute to Australian firefighters 01/12/2020 08:38pm • The Sydney Opera House honored Australian firefighters over the weekend with a moving tribute. For several hours on Saturday evening, the performing arts center illuminated its iconic sails with images of firefighters battling bushfires across the country. One of the images was a simple, hand- Weekend traffic restrictions in Fairfax City for police memorial service 01/11/2020 10:00am • A memorial service for a recently deceased Fairfax City Police Sergeant is expected to impact traffic and some police services in the City of Fairfax this weekend. The memorial service for Sergeant George Moskowitz, an eight-year veteran of the Fairfax City Police Department, is scheduled for 11 2nd assassination attempt by US creates more tension with Iran 01/10/2020 08:42pm • Hours before Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed at Baghdad's airport on Jan. 3, another Iranian military official was targeted in Yemen. The Washington Post first reported Abdul Reza Shahlai was that figure. According to U.S. Treasury documents, detailing sanctions against him, Shahlai, Garden Plot: It's seed catalog time 01/10/2020 05:03am • Put down those pruners! Yikes! Out of the deep freeze and into the month of May! Please enjoy the warm weather this weekend, but please resist the temptation to do any pruning! Yes, winter pruning is the rule for big trees and such, but winter means real winter and not this false spring (at leas DC-based developer of sports betting app hoping appeals court takes up case 01/10/2020 03:47am • He took the District to court challenging the way it awarded a lucrative mobile sports betting deal, but ultimately lost. Now Dylan Carragher, of D.C., is hoping for the D.C. Court of Appeals to take up the case. “Mr. Carragher is bringing this case as a D.C. tax payer, and he is saying that DC tops New York Times' 'Places to Go in 2020' list 01/09/2020 10:24pm • D.C.-area denizens, turns out your wanderlust may have already been satisfied. Two cities in the area made it on a list of places to go this year. The New York Times put D.C. at the top of its “52 Places to Go” in 2020. The nation’s capital topped the list, in part, to mark the imp Maryland sees slight decline in opioid overdose deaths; state tackles crisis with new plan 01/09/2020 04:00pm • For the first time in a decade, Maryland has seen a slight decrease in the number of deaths caused by opioid overdoses. From January through September 2019, the state recorded 1,574 deadly opioid overdoses — 79 deaths fewer than the same period in 2018, according to numbers released by the Mary Adapting to uncertainty in the health care industry 01/09/2020 11:21am • This content is sponsored by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. At the start of a new year and a new decade, the ever-changing health care industry is more complicated than ever. Institutions and agencies worked throughout the 2010s to comply with the Affordable Care Act