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Poor sleep decreases vaccine effectiveness, especially for men 03/13/2023 11:03am • If you're scheduling an appointment for a vaccination — whether for Covid-19, the flu or for travel to another country — make sure you're getting a long, restful night's slumber before you head to the doctor. Sleeping less than six hours the night before you get the shot may limit your body's GW Cancer Center leads efforts to harness nature to prevent cancer 03/03/2023 02:48pm • As a young child, you may have been told, “Eat your vegetables,” at the dinner table. As it turns out, that was probably sage advice when it comes to fighting diseases, including cancer. There are several things that can affect your risk of getting all types of cancers. Prime among them a Anne Arundel Co. health officer stepping down for public health post with state 03/03/2023 02:24pm • Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman, who led the Maryland county through the COVID-19 pandemic, is stepping down from his post to take a top public health role with the state. Kalyanaraman's last day with the county will be March 21, before he becomes the deputy secretary f Student loan payments are coming back since the pandemic. Here's how to prepare 03/01/2023 06:22pm • During the coronavirus pandemic, student loan payments were halted as part of the U.S. response. As the country recovers, payments are expected to resume at some point this year. If you have student loans, here's what you need to know. More Local News More Education News More Bus Baltimore COVID testing site to close this week, cites declining hospitalizations 02/23/2023 07:41am • The State Center Vaccination, Testing and Treatment site in Baltimore, Maryland, is set to close Saturday after over a year of providing free COVID-19 services to residents. The site opened in November 2021 and offered free vaccinations and boosters, on-site testing services, at-home tests and KN Restaurants, jobs asked for proof of COVID vaccine. So did it increase DC’s vaccine rates? 02/22/2023 08:51am • When the COVID-19 vaccines started becoming readily available, several cities around the country, including D.C., rolled out indoor vaccination mandates. These required restaurants to check for a customer's proof of vaccination before seating them inside, and they required some people to get a va U.Md. no longer requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination 02/10/2023 06:14pm • Students and the campus community at the University of Maryland will no longer need to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, effective Thursday. Widely available vaccines and other treatments, as well as a population that has reached a "sufficient level of immunity," have reduced the impact of the Nasty norovirus making kids, teens sick in DC region 02/10/2023 04:15pm • Having a Super Bowl party this weekend? Well, hosts may want to reconsider. Fairfax County, Virginia's health department warned that the norovirus is hitting the D.C. region hard, and it's making kids very sick. The gastrointestinal virus, which usually lasts one to three days, is most commonly s Fairfax Co. to end COVID emergency declaration on March 1 02/08/2023 04:51am • The local emergency declaration that has been in place since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in Fairfax County, Virginia, will end in March. The declaration, which allowed the county to mitigate the effects of COVID-19, has been in place since March 2020. The Fairfax County Board of Supervi Heart-related deaths rose sharply in first year of COVID pandemic, report shows 01/26/2023 07:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Raising awareness of women's heart health and sudden cardiac arrest The annual pace of Americans dying from cardiovascular-related causes accelerated during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic to the worst it has been since 2015, according to final figures gathered t Lawsuit halts Alexandria program aimed at helping minority-owned businesses 01/25/2023 07:04am • A program aimed at helping minority-owned small businesses has been delayed following a lawsuit against the City of Alexandria in Virginia. First reported by ALXnow, the city said on Monday that it's currently reviewing the details of a lawsuit challenging the BIPOC Small Business Grant Program, wh Long COVID can be debilitating, even for healthy kids 01/14/2023 06:07pm • Jessica Rosario loved watching her 15-year-old, Eliana, play flute with the rest of the marching band during Open Door Christian School football games. But after the homecoming game in 2021, she got an alarming call from the Ohio school's band director. Rosario's daughter was on the floor of the National Zoo stands by timed-entry passes despite DC delegate's concerns over limited access 01/11/2023 09:50pm • The National Zoo in D.C. is standing by its decision to keep time-entry passes in place after most Smithsonian museums stopped using them. Zoo director Dr. Brandie Smith, in a letter to D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, said using the passes allows the zoo to better manage visitor capacity, reduce As more dogs get canine flu, Montgomery Co. urges dog owners to consider skipping dog parks 01/09/2023 09:53pm • More dogs in the D.C. region are getting sick, and the Montgomery County Office of Animal Services in Maryland is encouraging pet owners to consider skipping dog parks until the spike in canine influenza begins to come down. Suspected cases of canine flu appear have been on the rise, and the illn Most people who ended up with long COVID started with a mild case, new study shows 01/08/2023 08:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Millions suffer from long COVID as scientists search for answers Sarah Wulf Hanson is the lead research scientist of Global Health Metrics at the University of Washington and Theo Vos is a professor of health metric sciences with the University of Washington. The