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Montgomery County turns to 'Abuelina' to help with young kids' vaccination efforts  11/05/2021 10:20pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, health department officials say the first offerings of appointments for kids 5 to 11 years old to receive their COVID-19 shots over the weekend were snapped up within 45 minutes after slots were made available. Mary Anderson, spokesperson for the county's Department o DC's developmentally disabled community especially hard-hit by COVID-19 11/05/2021 05:19pm • Members of D.C.'s developmentally disabled community are being disproportionately affected by COVID-19, with lower vaccination numbers and higher rates of death in the population. Testifying in front of the D.C. Council Committee on Health, Robin Shaffert, with Georgetown University's Center for Johnny Artis, staple of the DC music scene, dies of COVID-19 complications 11/05/2021 04:35am • Musician Johnny Artis, who spent decades performing in the D.C. area, was found dead in his home Wednesday of complications from COVID-19. He was two weeks shy of his 64th birthday. Artis sang blues, jazz, R&B, Southern rock, funk, soul, swing, reggae and country with his longtime bandmates at v Loudoun County schools adjust quarantine guidelines 11/04/2021 07:04pm • Some coronavirus-related rules have changed in Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia. On Wednesday, the school district announced that the weekly testing requirement for unvaccinated school staff and student-athletes has been suspended indefinitely because of problems with a vendor. Quaran Mask on, mask off: New data reveals Montgomery Co. will avert indoor mask mandate 11/04/2021 01:24pm • It looks like an indoor mask mandate in Montgomery County, Maryland, won't be coming back, after all — at least not for now. Under health regulations rewritten this week by the county council, acting as the board of health, the county needs to see seven consecutive days of substantial or higher How COVID-19 Affects the Heart in Long Haulers 11/04/2021 12:00am • After recovering from COVID-19, about 10% -- and perhaps more -- of people are experiencing continued health issues a month or more after the initial infection. The combination of symptoms they have is called long COVID or post-acute COVID-19 syndrome. The people who have these symptoms are often r New data on antibody immunity against COVID-19, but the real story is a work in progress 11/03/2021 07:30pm • The flu changes every year, and so does the flu vaccine. Will COVID-19 shots be the same? By this time of year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants everyone 6 months and older to have gotten a flu shot to help protect against seasonal flu. But with COVID-19, another contagious r Anne Arundel Co. rolls out vaccine plan for children 11/02/2021 09:09pm • With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signing off on the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, could be administering vaccines for that age group as early as Friday, county officials said. Anne Arundel is home to about 51,000 children in t Montgomery County relaxes rules on when mask mandate can be reinstated 11/02/2021 05:58pm • The Montgomery County Council, acting as the Board of Health, unanimously voted on Tuesday to relax the coronavirus metrics that dictate when mask mandates in the Maryland county can snap back into effect. The county will now reinstate a public indoor mask mandate only if it sees seven consecutiv Study: COVID-19 antibodies last longer, stay higher in those vaccinated after earlier infection 11/02/2021 09:39am • People who got two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine following an earlier infection have higher antibody levels that last longer, a new Johns Hopkins Medicine study suggests. In a news release, Johns Hopkins said the antibody levels stayed more "durable" in those who got both jabs of the vaccine after Potentially faster-spreading Delta variant AY.4.2 spotted in 8 states 11/02/2021 07:24am • ▶ Watch Video: COVID cases and hospitalizations decline right before the winter months A potentially faster-spreading "sub-lineage" of the coronavirus Delta variant named AY.4.2 has been spotted by labs in at least 8 states, and health authorities in the United Kingdom say they are inv Montgomery County's 'Shared Streets' program extended to at least March 11/02/2021 04:06am • Montgomery County, Maryland, is extending a popular program that allowed residents and businesses in the Maryland jurisdiction to use public streets for leisure and retail activities. The "Shared Streets" initiative started as a response to the coronavirus pandemic, and it has been extended to at Montgomery Co. schools encourage parents to get newest eligible group of students vaccinated 11/01/2021 09:03pm • Montgomery County is expecting 40,000 doses of the pediatric COVID-19 vaccines to arrive from the state of Maryland soon. And when that happens, Dr. James Bridgers, the county's Acting Health Officer, said he expects two-thirds of the allocation to go to private providers, health centers and hosp Vaccine deadline here for DC workers, Fairfax school employees 11/01/2021 03:38pm • The deadline arrived Monday for D.C. teachers, school staffers, school bus drivers and child care workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccinations for those employees are the most effective tool to slow the spread of the virus and protect children who are not yet eligible for the vac Montgomery Co. mask mandate to return Wednesday unless Board of Health intervenes 10/30/2021 07:30pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, has regressed to a rate of substantial virus transmission, which triggers a mask mandate under the current guidelines. The county's mandate will return Wednesday, unless the Board of Health intervenes beforehand, a county health official said. Acting county health off