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How pandemic and politics are interfering with the 2020 census 09/14/2020 03:07am • If the 2020 census fails to count everyone in the US, experts warn that the consequences will be serious, widespread and long-lasting. The census is the basis for determining how many representatives each state gets in Congress and how an estimated 1.5 trillion dollars in federal funding are spen COVID-19 jeopardizes decades of work in reducing preventable childhood deaths, report finds 09/09/2020 12:38am • Preventable deaths in children under 5 were at the lowest number on record in 2019 at just over 5 million, down from 12.5 million in 1990, according to a new United Nations/ World Bank report released Tuesday. But the coronavirus pandemic is threatening to undermine the gains in reducing deaths a Maryland Senate President Ferguson pushes bill-limit proposal 09/04/2020 01:44pm • Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson. (Maryland Matters/Bruce DePuyt) This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Members of the Maryland Senate would face a limit on the numb AAA seeing last-minute interest in Labor Day travel 09/03/2020 03:45am • Traffic appears to be a wild card this Labor Day weekend amid the coronavirus pandemic. ���We���re seeing a surge in families planning last-minute trips for the holiday weekend,��� said John Townsend, manager of public and government affairs at AAA Mid-Atlantic. ���We���re seeing an upsurge in Health officials worry nation not ready for COVID-19 vaccine 09/02/2020 09:03am • Millions of Americans are counting on a COVID-19 vaccine to curb the global pandemic and return life to normal. While one or more options could be available toward the end of this year or early next, the path to delivering vaccines to 330 million people remains unclear for the local health offici Loudoun Co. use of libraries for county day care prompts closures, anger 08/31/2020 06:09am • The decision by Loudoun County's Board of Supervisors to utilize two of the Virginia county's libraries as day care facilities for county employees during the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn the ire of library officials. Starting Monday, Aug. 31, the Ashburn and Rust branches ��� two of the county's Elites are flouting coronavirus restrictions ��� and that could hurt us all 08/30/2020 02:26am • When countries impose restrictions to combat coronavirus, there's an implicit pact between the government and people: we're all in this together. So when the powerful or influential break the rules, it provokes fierce public anger and puts society's inequalities on full Virginia Tech has new rules for gatherings, mask wearing 08/24/2020 10:23am • BLACKSBURG, Va. ��� Virginia Tech has announced that it will take ���swift action��� against students who fail to follow new rules that restrict parties to no more than 15 people and require masks at such gatherings. The Roanoke Times reports that the announcement was made Sunday. Frank Shusho 'I don't sleep at night': Maryland school leaders look for added guidance on school reopenings 08/14/2020 02:53am • Legislative leaders and school superintendents from urban, rural and suburban school districts in Maryland say more standardized guidance is needed to help schools as they move from virtual to in-person learning as conditions regarding the spread of COVID-19 allow. Maryland State Senate President Annapolis gets 40,000 mask donations from Chinese city 08/12/2020 06:42am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. ��� A municipal government in China has donated 40,000 medical-grade face masks to Maryland���s capital city amid the coronavirus pandemic. The donations from Changsha, China, were first offered to Annapolis city officials in April, when the need for the masks among public safety w Johns Hopkins study finds immunization programs pay off in long run 08/03/2020 11:00pm • Immunizing kids in low- and middle-income countries against preventable diseases such as measles pays off in the long term, according to a Johns Hopkins study. The findings are from the International Vaccine Access Center based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The goal o Tie-dye on the rise as a pandemic pastime 08/02/2020 07:02am • For Danielle Somers, tie-dye has taken on ritual status during the pandemic. Like all good rituals, it's a mix of order and chaos; the process is deeply familiar while the outcomes remain mysterious. When tie-dying, she takes her time preparing and setting up the different colors, placing the rub Virginia, Maryland, federal officials warn of more mystery seeds in the mail from China 07/27/2020 05:09pm • Hundreds more people in Maryland and Virginia have reported receiving mysterious packets of seeds in the mail that look like they've come from China. The Department of Agriculture is working to identify them and there is concern people could be planting an invasive species. Days after first alert Museums, historians navigate how to write history of COVID-19 with no end in sight 07/26/2020 02:43am • When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in the United States, the California Historical Society received call after call asking for its archive on the 1918 flu. Researchers and journalists were looking for clues into how Americans coped in the thick of a pandemic -- and what we could learn in 2020 f Mayor Bowser issues new mask order for DC 07/22/2020 11:50am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a new mask order Wednesday as officials voiced concern over an upswing in new coronavirus cases. "Basically it says, if you leave home, you should wear a mask," Bowser said. "This means, if you're waiting for a bus, you must have on a mask," she added. "If you a