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DC launches $5 million child care relief fund, renews calls for contact-tracing cooperation 09/21/2020 01:47pm • D.C. will provide $5 million to child care facilities throughout the District as part of its pandemic relief efforts, the city said Monday. The D.C. Child Care Provider Relief Fund will provide emergency money to all licensed child care providers. “Expanding access to high-quality child care Delaware, W.Va. and 3 more states added to DC's high-risk list of coronavirus states 09/21/2020 07:16am • Delaware and West Virginia are among five states added Monday to D.C.'s list of high-risk coronavirus states. Both states are popular weekend getaway destinations for people in the D.C. area. The other three states the health department added to the list are Alaska, Arizona and Wyoming, bringi Maryland reaches new lows in key COVID-19 metrics, Gov. Hogan announces 09/20/2020 01:20pm • Md. Gov Larry Hogan announced an array of upbeat coronavirus metrics on Sunday as the state continues its fight against the virus. In a news release, Hogan said that the daily and 7-day positivity rate dipped below 2% and 3%, respectively, with hospitalizations falling below 300 and ICU levels dr As coronavirus skyrocketed in the US, so did stress and depression 09/20/2020 03:51am • As the Covid-19 pandemic got worse in the United States, so, too, did levels of stress and depression, according to a new report. Since the virus broke out in the US more than six months ago, cases have climbed to more than 6.7 million and 199,259 people have died, accor Coronavirus can spread on airline flights, two studies show 09/18/2020 09:28pm • The young woman and her sister had traveled across Europe just as the coronavirus pandemic was taking off there, visiting Milan and Paris before heading to London. When the woman left London on March 1, she had a sore throat and cough as she boarded a flight home to Vietnam, but no one noticed. Amid rise in coronavirus cases at U.Md. dorm, school tells residents to restrict activities for 2 weeks 09/18/2020 04:46pm • The University of Maryland is telling students at one of its College Park residence halls to restrict their activities for the next two weeks amid a recent rise in coronavirus cases in the dorm. The students being asked to restrict their activities all live at Denton Hall, which houses 247 studen GWU starts new 'highly accurate' coronavirus test 09/18/2020 09:17am • George Washington University launched a new coronavirus testing protocol Thursday — a "highly accurate" one that can provide results within a day or two. According to a news release, the new test "uses a powerful technique called polymerase chain reaction to detect genetic material from the vir DC reveals more insight to contact tracing, considers hybrid return to schools in November 09/18/2020 02:37am • A D.C. health official urged more residents who tested positive for coronavirus to better help contact tracers complete necessary interviews within three days. "We know that we are better able to get to people who need to be quarantined if we can complete interviews for new positive cases within As many as 51% of all school employees are at increased risk of COVID-19, study finds 09/18/2020 01:02am • School districts across the country are navigating how to reopen safely amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic, and the results of a new study could make those decisions more difficult. Between 42% and 51% of all school employees in the US met the Centers for Disease Contr Pandemic prompts surge in pet adoptions in Montgomery Co. 09/17/2020 09:42pm • Montgomery County, Maryland's, Office of Animal Services has been undergoing major transition — in the middle of a pandemic. The office's executive director, Tom Koenig, told council members that he never would have believed it, "But that's what we're doing!" The OAS had formerly operated un UVA discovers cluster of coronavirus cases at residence hall 09/17/2020 11:45am • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia says its increasing testing of students after it identified a cluster of coronavirus cases in a residence hall. The Daily Progress reports that the school in Charlottesville reported five cases on Wednesday that were identified through wastewate Pr. George's Co. lets indoor pools, banquet halls reopen and some youth sports resume 09/17/2020 05:55am • Indoor pools, meeting rooms, tanning salons and vape shops can reopen with capacity limits, and some youth sports can begin in small groups as Maryland's Prince George's County announces additional Phase Two coronavirus reopening guidelines. Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks sa Survey: DC-area telework growth not expected to end after pandemic 09/16/2020 08:19pm • Will telework return to pre-pandemic levels once offices in the D.C. area are able to return to full capacity? Likely not, and some employers expect working from home to continue expanding, even after pandemic restrictions are over. That's according to a regional survey of employers, made publ 'Testing fatigue?' COVID-19 case numbers tick up in Montgomery Co. but fewer people getting tested 09/16/2020 04:27pm • Fewer people in Montgomery County, Maryland, are getting tested for the coronavirus even as the county has expanded its testing capacity, and the number of COVID-19 cases is on the rise. That's according to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles, who briefed Maryland removed from New York's high-risk list 09/15/2020 09:59pm • Those traveling to New York from Maryland won't need to quarantine, as New York updated its list of high-risk places. Maryland has been taken off the latest list that was updated on Tuesday. The list is based on a seven-day rolling average, of positive tests in excess of 10%, or number of positiv