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Howard County limits gatherings, schools to pare back in-person learning 11/16/2020 05:58pm • Howard County Public Schools is rolling back its limited in-person learning starting Thursday, the school system announced Monday. County Executive Calvin Ball also announced tighter limits on in-person gatherings. A letter to parents and guardians about the suspension of all "in-person opportuni As cases rise, DC will 'look to the metrics' before making reopening changes 11/16/2020 04:02pm • D.C. will not issue any rollbacks on its Phase Two reopening guidelines at this time, and will allow the science of the coronavirus to guide any decisions going forward, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday afternoon. As its neighboring jurisdictions in Maryland and Virginia announced their decisions Montgomery County moves ahead with school reopening plans — with caveats 11/16/2020 03:45pm • Montgomery County's Board of Education is continuing with its plan to eventually reopen schools — depending on the spread of the coronavirus — and will take a final vote on its reopening plans in a meeting Dec. 3. In a Monday morning briefing on Zoom, Montgomery County Public Schools Superint Virginia hospital has had 7 kids with rare COVID condition 11/16/2020 11:39am • NORFOLK, Va. — A hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, says it has treated seven children with a serious health condition linked to the coronavirus. The Virginian-Pilot reported Sunday that the children are being treated at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters. The condition they have is kn 104 inmates test positive for COVID at Virginia jail 11/16/2020 07:29am • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — About 100 inmates and five staff members at a Virginia jail have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that 74 new cases were discovered among the inmates at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center. The other 30 Boost your immune system for winter with food 11/16/2020 05:07am • You are what you eat, experts say, and that includes foods that will help your body fight off infectious diseases this winter. (Think colds, flu and Covid-19.) "What we eat is very important in terms of how our immune system responds to pathogens and how well it can defend itself against a pathog Poll workers contract virus, but Election Day link unclear 11/15/2020 11:21am • Despite painstaking efforts to keep election sites safe, some poll workers who came in contact with voters on Election Day have tested positive for the coronavirus, including more than two dozen in Missouri and cases in New York, Iowa, Indiana and Virginia. The infections cannot be tied definitiv For NFL, it's Super Bowl or bust as the pandemic rages 11/15/2020 03:02am • The Super Bowl, the crown jewel of American sports, is scheduled for the first Sunday in February at Raymond James Stadium in Florida at a time when total US deaths from the coronavirus are projected to be nearly 400,000 -- about six times the venue's seating capacity. "Our objective is for all t Holiday tree lighting at National Harbor brings seasonal sparkle to a tough year 11/15/2020 12:44am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'b4dc0286-db48-488b-b1f4-775829d479cd' }).render("689615367f315881");}); Holiday traditions are adjusting to the p How a COVID-19 vaccine could change travel for good 11/14/2020 04:47am • It was the good news that gave the world hope. On November 9 it was announced that one of the candidates for a Covid-19 vaccine, made by Pfizer and BioNTech, was over 90% effective in preventing volunteers from contracting the virus. The beleaguered travel industry im Vaccine news gives some DC business leaders hope for the future 11/13/2020 09:06pm • As several businesses try to remain afloat, business leaders hope things will take a turn for the better with the arrival of a coronavirus vaccine. From the pandemic to protests, business activity in downtown D.C. took a nose-dive for many shops, hotels and arts venues. “The vaccine is the u U.Md. to shift undergrad classes online amid COVID-19 spike 11/13/2020 06:50pm • The University of Maryland is moving all undergraduate classes online starting Monday after state and local officials announced more COVID-19 restrictions this week. The switch to all-virtual will remain for the rest of the semester. Graduate courses will stay the same, and the library will be in Northam: Virginia to limit in-person gatherings, more amid COVID-19 surge 11/13/2020 03:27pm • Virginia will enact some tighter COVID-19 restrictions amid a surge in cases across the commonwealth. Those measures include limiting in-person gatherings to 25 people, an expanded face mask mandate, halting late-night alcohol sales at restaurants and increased enforcement of pandemic rules for e Fauci says history can lead us forward in the coronavirus pandemic 11/13/2020 08:02am • Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert, said one way the nation can break free of the coronavirus pandemic might be by paying attention to history. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke at a forum Thursday at the Johns Hopkins health experts on how to safely navigate Thanksgiving gatherings, travel 11/12/2020 11:59pm • The holiday that typically pulls relatives of all ages together for a meal may be vastly different this year as COVID-19 cases surge nationwide. People are considering whether or not to host traditional Thanksgiving gatherings with turkey and trimmings or travel for the holiday, and experts with