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Prince William School Board considers later high school start times for 2022 06/17/2021 08:00am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. The first bell at Prince William County Schools could be ringing a lot later for high schoolers in fall of 2022, as the division will Advocates continue efforts to close vaccine gap for Latino communities in Md. 06/15/2021 05:46pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Last May, the University of Maryland���s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health started clinical trials to test vaccine candidates Children's National again one of US News & World Report's best hospitals for kids 06/15/2021 05:06am • A D.C. hospital has once again scored well in U.S. News & World Report���s annual ranking of the nation���s best children���s hospitals. And the one ranked second-best overall is just a few hours away. Children���s Hospital of Philadelphia ranked second in the annual U.S. News Honor Roll, Best children's hospitals 2021-22: honor roll and overview 06/15/2021 12:00am • The annual U.S. News Best Children's Hospitals rankings, now in their 15th year, offer guidance to parents seeking the best place for their very sick child. The top 50 medical centers are ranked in 10 specialties, including pediatric cancer, pediatric cardiology & heart surgery and pediatric ort Prince George's County's summer school programs look to address student needs 06/14/2021 11:15pm • The school system in Prince George's County's, Maryland, stayed in a virtual learning format longer than other jurisdictions in the rest of the state. Now, it is offering summer classes to do more than just address "learning loss." Dr. Kia McDaniel, director of curriculum and instruction for Prin New Maryland law will expand adolescents��� access to mental health care 06/14/2021 08:19am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Following contentious debate during the 2021 legislative session, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) has allowed a bill to let minors as young CDC: 'Serious public health threat' possible if kids don't make up missed vaccinations 06/14/2021 04:01am • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is concerned about a ���marked decline��� in routine childhood vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, and health officials want parents to schedule doctor���s visits for kids right away. ���People are often saying, ���We���ll wait until later in Nonprofit to hold virtual conference for people who have siblings with disabilities 06/13/2021 04:50pm • A global conference for siblings of individuals with disabilities will be held virtually on June 18 and 19. The conference will be held by national nonprofit Sibling Leadership Network (SLN) for the eighth year. It will feature researchers, service providers, policymakers and other experts on dis Former college swimmer on trans representation 06/12/2021 08:12am • ▶ Watch Video: Former NCAA swimmer Schuyler Bailar discusses attacks on transgender Americans' civil liberties When Schuyler Bailar is in the water, he has an out-of-body experience. Bailar, a former award-winning swimmer at Harvard University, said this sharpens his attention and h Montgomery County town hall aims to help women return to work 06/11/2021 06:05pm • With vaccination numbers up and COVID-19 restrictions going away, Montgomery County, Maryland, is trying to help more women get back into the workforce. At a Friday town hall called "Bringing Women Back to Work," Lynne Stein Benzion, with the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation, sa Loudoun County Public Schools to appeal court order on reinstating teacher 06/11/2021 02:23pm • Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia plans to appeal a judge's order to reinstate physical education teacher Byron Tanner Cross, who was suspended days after telling the school board he would not refer to transgender students by their preferred pronouns because of his religious beliefs. In a Understanding senior housing options as America grays 06/11/2021 01:45pm • This content is sponsored by Watermark Communities. America���s population is graying. By 2040, approximately one in five Americans will be age 65 or older, a marked increase from one in eight in 2000, according to the Urban Institute. As baby boomers enter their retirement years, there is a grow Md. man, 2-year-old dead in apparent murder-suicide on Appalachian Trail 06/11/2021 11:33am • A Frederick, Maryland, man, appears to have killed his 2-year-old son and then himself Thursday night. The Maryland State Police said in a statement Friday that the bodies of Dawson Thomson, 2, and his father, Sean, 34, were found along the Appalachian Trail in Washington County at about 3 a.m. F Montgomery County graduates killed in W.Va. crash identified 06/11/2021 10:48am • Two recent Montgomery County, Maryland, graduates were killed and two others were seriously injured in a crash in West Virginia on Wednesday night. Camelle Gagne, 18, of Kensington, and Jaidon Smith, 18, of Silver Spring, died when the car Gagne was driving went off the road and over an embankmen DC lawmakers weigh how to fund police, violence prevention programs 06/10/2021 04:13pm • After a year of back-and-forth over initiatives to defund the police, D.C. lawmakers are again considering how much of the city's budget should go toward officers and how much should be directed to other violence interruption programs. The D.C. Council's Committee on Public Safety and the Judicia