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CDC to conduct COVID-19 survey house-to-house in Manassas area 06/21/2020 09:03am • 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. As part of its COVID-19 response, the Centers for Disease Control will be conducting a survey in communities in Manassas, Manassas Pa French protesters decry racism, other systemic injustices 06/21/2020 02:24am • PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of people in protested Saturday in Paris against racism and police violence and in memory of Black men who died following encounters with French police or under suspicious circumstances. The protesters marched to the former home of Lamine Dieng, a 25-year-old Franco-Senega Northam changes position, releases nursing home virus data 06/19/2020 10:05pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is releasing the names of nursing homes that have had a coronavirus outbreak. The announcement reverses his earlier policy of withholding the information over privacy concerns. Northam announced Friday that he is directing the Virginia Department Maryland family names their newborn 'Covid' 06/19/2020 05:05pm • Ferguson C. Colin is only two days old, but he will never forget the times in which he was born. He'll have his middle name, Covid, to remember. Ferguson's parents chose the middle name "Covid" for their third child when he was in the womb. It was a virus of that exact name that kept them in fear American Red Cross is testing blood donations for COVID-19 antibodies 06/19/2020 12:07am • Giving blood to the American Red Cross these days is more than a good deed — it's a way to find out if you have the antibodies that show you've already been exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19. Blood donations in the D.C. and Baltimore region are now being tested for COVID-19 antibodies, Virginia's Phase Three details revealed, but no set date yet 06/18/2020 03:39pm • Diners take advantage of a mild summer day and the further opening of businesses as Northern Virginia moves into Phase II of reopening on Friday, June 12, 2020. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam laid out key details about what Phase Three Mosquito maintenance: Maryland's advice for homeowners 06/17/2020 10:37pm • Heading into the official start of summer this weekend, the state of Maryland is offering some tips to reduce the number of pesky mosquitoes during the season. The Maryland Department of Agriculture's Mosquito Control Program said the best way to do that is to identify and remove any standing wat Bethesda high school student creates visiting lab for kids 06/17/2020 09:51pm • A rising senior at a Montgomery County, Maryland, high school has come up with an ingenious way to entertain children stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic and teach them a thing or two about science. Walter Johnson High School student Olivia Michael, 17, of Bethesda, has created a visiti Montgomery County officials detail Phase Two, announce youth jobs program 06/17/2020 03:44pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, is set to enter Phase Two of the lifting of COVID-19 safety regulations on Friday at 5 p.m., but officials on Wednesday emphasized caution as they provided details. Saying the county had seen a “significant reduction in cases last week, per day,” County Executive Bowser: DC Phase Two coronavirus reopening could start Monday 06/17/2020 12:26pm • The District is on the right track for the Phase Two coronavirus reopening, Mayor Muriel Bowser said during a Wednesday news conference, but officials are exercising caution. Bowser could sign an executive order to move D.C. into Phase Two on Monday, as long as virus data continue the downward tr Montgomery Co. approves $10 million assistance program for child care centers 06/16/2020 11:03pm • The Montgomery County Council signed off on a financial assistance program for child care centers in the Maryland county that are struggling with reopening and with the general losses suffered during the coronavirus pandemic. The Child Care Recovery Program sets aside $10 million in emergency fun Lyme disease from summer ticks can spark symptoms similar to COVID-19 06/16/2020 10:30pm • People remaining inside because of coronavirus concerns are encouraged to commune with nature outdoors, where ticks that can carry Lyme disease could be found. To complicate matters, the symptoms of Lyme disease are similar to those associated with COVID-19. Many tick-borne illnesses can be as Md. scientists want to study whether polio vaccine temporarily halts COVID-19 spread 06/16/2020 07:29am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Two scientists from Maryland — including a groundbreaking AIDS researcher — are pursuing government funding for a study to determine w Ocean City mayor: It's time to grant police request for more officers 06/16/2020 04:16am • After a string of violent incidents on the city's boardwalk, the mayor of Ocean City, Maryland, said Monday that it is time to grant the police department's request for more officers. Mayor Rick Meehan said what happened last week was "ugly." "Yes, we expected June, but we didn't expect June o Fairfax County schools release more info about fall reopening plan 06/15/2020 10:20pm • Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia have released more details about plans for reopening this fall. The school district's draft plan, presented Monday during a school board work session, includes three scenarios based on different levels of coronavirus-related restrictions. In the first,