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Military-Style Response at One Retirement Community Stymies COVID-19 10/08/2020 12:00am • Along with much of the country, Knollwood Life Plan Community in the District of Columbia went into lockdown in mid-March to try to protect residents and staff from the COVID-19 pandemic. The retirement community includes sections for independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing. The lea Bowser expects 'more conversations' with White House as DC offers help with virus response 10/07/2020 07:39pm • D.C. leaders have been trying to coordinate with the White House on a response to an apparent COVID-19 outbreak among federal officials. On Wednesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser said that D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt connected with the White House by phone late Monday. "Dr. Nesbitt was DC extends state of emergency during pandemic through end of year 10/07/2020 07:23pm • D.C. and Maryland have reaffirmed the states of emergency each jurisdiction declared earlier this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. D.C. extended its state of emergency through the end of year, and Maryland renewed its declaration of the COVID-19 state of emergency and catastrophic health emerg In about-face, Trump seeks to salvage parts of virus aid 10/07/2020 01:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to salvage a few priority items after he told aides to halt COVID-19 relief talks, pressing for $1,200 stimulus checks and new aid for airlines and other businesses hard hit by the pandemic. In a barrage of tweets, Trump pressed for p Toilet Etiquette to Reduce Coronavirus Spread 10/07/2020 12:00am • With COVID-19, you want to place barriers between you and the coronavirus at every possible source. That includes masks, physical distance ... and toilet lids? It's clear that respiratory droplets containing COVID-19 particles can transmit through coughing, sneezing and even talking or singing. It' What could complicate the quick arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine to protect kids 10/06/2020 09:47pm • Work to produce COVID-19 vaccines is moving ahead at warp speed for adults, but it's unclear when manufacturers will turn their attention to kids. "Some vaccine manufacturers have committed to doing the testing in children, but not really that timeline yet," Children's National Hospital pediatric MCPS superintendent says it will take 'tremendous amount of planning' to open schools 10/06/2020 09:31pm • There is still no date set for students in Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools to return to their classrooms, but the Board of Education did hear from the superintendent on the issue this week. "Everyone understands that we're not going to open the schools tomorrow," Superintendent Jack Fairfax County teachers union again calls for delay in resuming in-person learning 10/06/2020 08:41pm • The Fairfax County Federation of Teachers has again asked Virginia's largest school system to delay this month's start of in-person learning. Fairfax County Public Schools said it's ready to safely bring back special education students and English language learners — about 3.5% of its nearly 18 DC police union suit alleges unpaid overtime during pandemic 10/06/2020 08:20pm • The union representing D.C. police officers is accusing the District and the police department of not fully compensating them for work done during the pandemic. The D.C. Police Union names Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine and the department in a federal lawsuit filed in D.C. DC-area lawmakers: White House coronavirus spread 'out of control' 10/06/2020 05:55pm • Members of Congress from the D.C. area, saying they are "alarmed and dismayed" by the Trump administration's response to the spread of the coronavirus at the White House, are calling for expedited contact tracing to help determine who is at risk. The Democratic lawmakers, from D.C., Maryland and Expert: Concerns of White House positives valid as DC sees bump in COVID-19 cases 10/06/2020 05:30pm • D.C. reported the highest daily number of new COVID-19 cases it has seen since early June on Tuesday in a development a doctor from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health called "concerning." "The increase in new cases is concerning in D.C., and there is enough community spread that Virginia's governor says he's developed mild COVID symptoms 10/06/2020 08:51am • RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s governor says he’s developed “mild” symptoms of the coronavirus. Ralph Northam told The Washington Post on Monday afternoon that he “had a little bit of cold-like symptoms over the weekend” and had lost his sense of taste or smell. But other than that, How does a haunted attraction scare during a pandemic? Md.-based Markoff’s Haunted Forest brings socially-distanced frights 10/06/2020 04:22am • You find yourself in a dark and eerie wood, surrounded by close friends and family, and that is some comfort. You know you're being watched, but don't know where your tormentor is hiding. Suddenly, in the tree-line, you get a glimpse of a grotesque, shambling thing. Its gray skin, blotched and ra Round House Theatre kicks off virtual fall season with political game show 10/06/2020 12:24am • You've heard of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" What about "Who Wants to Be an American?" That's the premise of the new political game show "American Dreams" (Oct. 5-11), which kicks off the fall season at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland. "'American Dreams' is an online imagin What to Know About Myocarditis 10/06/2020 12:00am • It seems like we have been in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic forever, but in reality the disease has been around for less than one year. That's not a long time, as far as new diseases go, and scientists are learning more and more about it all the time. Indeed, given this relatively short timesp