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How to support household employees during coronavirus pandemic 03/25/2020 11:59pm • Many coronavirus-related conversations have been about supporting local restaurants and other small businesses to help keep these operators afloat. But what about babysitters, landscapers, house cleaners, dog walkers, handyworkers and the legions of other household workers who typically venture out Telehealth thrives, health care missions continue despite social distancing 03/25/2020 11:39pm • Telehealth's moment has arrived in the midst of the coronavirus. (WTOP/Kristi King) Telehealth's moment has arrived, and D.C.-area patients are embracing virtual visits with medical providers to get evaluated, diagnosed and treated for common ailments and potentially get coronavirus testing refe University of Maryland postpones in-person move out 03/25/2020 10:03pm • Students at the University of Maryland will have to wait to get their belongings from the dorms, as the school follows health guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The university said in a statement it is postponing in person move-outs from campus residence halls until further noti Basement discovery at National Cathedral leads to mask donations to hospitals 03/25/2020 02:12pm • More than a decade ago, the Washington National Cathedral purchased thousands of the now highly-sought N95 masks just in case the bird flu ever started wreaking havoc here. It didn't. But ever since they were bought sometime in 2006 or 2007, about 5,000 masks have sat in the crypt of the National Homeless encampments should not be evicted during coronavirus outbreak, CDC says 03/25/2020 12:30pm • People living in outdoor homeless encampments should not be evicted during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus unless they can be moved to individual housing units, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended late Sunday. Living outside for prolonged periods of time has long been What does a remodeling job site look like during COVID-19 03/25/2020 10:56am • This content is sponsored by Sun Design. Check out our Job Site Precautions video! Sun Design has been engaged in preparations for preventing and minimizing the spread of the Coronavirus.  We take the risks associated with this virus very seriously.  Our primary concern is the health and w Of America and sacrifice: Is the country ready to step up? 03/25/2020 10:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — For most Americans alive today, the idea of shared national sacrifice is a collective abstraction, a memory handed down from a grandparent or passed on through a book or movie. Not since World War II, when people carried ration books with stamps that allowed them to purchase m Coronavirus update: DC positive cases jump to 183; nonessential businesses to close Wednesday 03/25/2020 03:30am • Cyclists ride past the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2020. (WTOP/Dan Friedell) The latest Congress and the White House have agreed on a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered more nonessential businesses to close starting 10 p.m. Wednesday. DC charities get creative during coronavirus outbreak 03/24/2020 11:14pm • D.C.-area charities have been forced to establish new ways to raise money as traditional methods and planned events have been altered by the coronavirus outbreak. Spring is the time of year when many outdoor charity events are usually held. But the pandemic has challenged some charities to get cr How a DC-area restaurant chain is working to help more than 1,700 laid-off workers 03/24/2020 11:14pm • A D.C.-area restaurant owner is reeling from the reality of having to fire 85% of his employees, when just a few weeks ago, conditions were flourishing. "It's heartbreaking to let people go after 30 years," Silver Diner co-founder and executive chef Ype Von Hengst said. "For 30 years, we have man DC-area law enforcement concerned over potential spike in domestic violence 03/24/2020 05:54pm • As stress levels rise among millions working from home and spending extra time with family during the coronavirus pandemic, law enforcement across the region, including the D.C. area, are focused on the potential for an increase in domestic violence cases. One of the most recent incidents was in Staying protected during the coronavirus scare 03/24/2020 12:06pm • This content is sponsored by WAEPA. Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has proved to be one of the most infectious viruses to ever hit the United States. This virus is far from the first epidemic to hit the US in the past few years, but these first few months have been alarming, to say the least. The grou Coronavirus: Virtual reality helps GW Hospital see inside lungs of COVID-19 patient 03/24/2020 09:44am • A VR image of a patient's lungs with coronavirus at GW hospital. (Courtesy GW Hospital) After receiving its first coronavirus patient earlier this month, George Washington University Hospital turned to virtual reality to help fight the disease. The patient, a man in his 50s, had been transfer Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages 03/24/2020 05:24am • CHICAGO (AP) — Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that his friend sews into face masks. Fashion designer Briana Danyele left Italy last month to Annapolis Film Festival stays open by going virtual amid coronavirus closures 03/24/2020 03:06am • Two weeks ago, the founders of the Annapolis Film Festival were gearing up for their eighth annual event, planning public screenings and inviting celebrity filmmakers. Then the world changed due to the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Just up the street from the festival at the Ma