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Md. senators call on state education board to issue universal masking mandate 08/26/2021 06:31am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. State senators sent a letter to the Maryland State Board of Education Wednesday ahead of its hastily-scheduled meeting Thursday, imploring Virginia health care systems to require vaccinations for staff 08/26/2021 05:06am • Two health care systems that provide care to people in Virginia are requiring their employees to be vaccinated. UVA Health and Sentara both announced the requirement Wednesday. “These vaccines will save lives, prevent unnecessary sickness and help us ensure we have the capacity to provide th As DC education board calls for flexibility, schools chancellor says city committed to in-person learning 08/25/2021 10:12pm • Five days before the start of school in D.C., the District's State Board of Education is urging Mayor Muriel Bowser to adjust the city's fall plans, calling for increased testing, a vaccine mandate for all students 16 and older and the possibility for schools to add a hybrid or fully virtual option. Prince William County schools not imposing staff COVID-19 vaccine requirement, for now 08/25/2021 08:30pm • 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. Days after Fairfax County Public Schools announced that all staff would need to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or subjected to weekly COVID tes Montgomery Co. workers must get vaccinated or tested by Sept. 18; Gayles on his decision 08/25/2021 04:42pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, public workers will have to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing starting Sept. 18. County Executive Marc Elrich at a news conference Wednesday announced the date for the requirement, which had been approved by the County Council earlier this mo 1st human case of West Nile this year confirmed in Maryland 08/25/2021 04:12pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland health officials announced Wednesday that they have confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus in the state this year. The Department of Health says an adult living in the Baltimore metropolitan area has tested positive for the virus. The virus is transmitted DC Council members urge Bowser to drop COVID testing option for school workers 08/25/2021 10:53am • Several D.C. Council members want Mayor Muriel Bowser to remove the COVID-testing option for government employees who don't get a COVID-19 vaccination -- including anyone who has regular contact with kids in a school setting. Earlier this month, Bowser said all D.C. government employees -- includ Montgomery Co. extends program that allows outdoor dining in public spaces; concerns for COVID-19 variants cited 08/25/2021 09:23am • The Montgomery County, Maryland, Shared Streets program, created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be extended to Nov. 28, County Executive Marc Elrich said Tuesday. The extension of the program — which allows public spaces to be used for outdoor dining, retail activity, biking and wal New urgent care facility at BWI will offer COVID-19 tests, vaccines 08/25/2021 04:57am • A full-service urgent care facility offering COVID-19 tests and vaccines is set to open Thursday at BWI Marshall Airport, and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was on hand Tuesday for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “This new state-of-the-art urgent care facility at BWI is a shining example of how Marylan More Equitable COVID-19 Vaccination Needed to Help Africa 08/25/2021 12:00am • In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a fear that Africa would be especially hard hit, given its endemic poverty and under-resourced national health systems. But for more than a year, it has defied those expectations. The continent avoided the coronavirus spikes seen elsewhere in th Anne Arundel Co. exec urges more people to get COVID vaccine 08/24/2021 01:07pm • Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Executive Steuart Pittman urged residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 during a briefing Tuesday. County employees have until Sept. 13 to get vaccinated. Those who are not vaccinated will need to provide their supervisors with a negative test on a weekly basis As COVID cases rise, Hogan tells Biden 'not the time for bureaucratic delays' 08/24/2021 06:16am • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is urging the Biden administration to pursue what he says are critical actions necessary to stem the spread of new, more infectious variants of the COVID-19 virus. In a letter sent Tuesday to President Biden, the Republican governor implored the White House to hasten its Losing Your Sense of Taste and Smell With the Coronavirus 08/24/2021 12:00am • One day in the spring of 2020, around the time much of the country went on lockdown to blunt the spread of the coronavirus, Sara Buursma felt run-down and was battling a low-grade fever. "I was working a lot, and I have three young kids," she says. "I thought it was a common cold." Three days later As pediatric COVID cases rise, more kids in DC area getting respiratory infections 08/23/2021 03:45am • There’s an increased number of respiratory illnesses among children in the D.C. region, according to a pediatric emergency medicine doctor who said they include common ailments in addition to COVID-19. “Respiratory illnesses includes anything from a simple cough and cold, all the way up throu 11 Things That Make Sleep Apnea Worse 08/23/2021 12:00am • Sleep invaderIt's estimated that as many as 24 million adults in the U.S. have obstructive sleep apnea, and for the majority who suffer from the most common form of sleep-disordered breathing, it goes undiagnosed.Untreated, sleep apnea has been linked to high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, m