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Maryland comptroller: $585 million fund balance should go to small businesses 09/09/2020 05:17pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP's news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters' free email subscription today. Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) wants the state to direct a general fund surplus to small businesses coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. F Delaware investigating slight increase in coronavirus cases 09/09/2020 08:52am • WILMINGTON, Del. — The state of Delaware is investigating what might be behind a slight increase in coronavirus cases over the past week or so. The cities of Wilmington, New Castle, Newark and Dover are seeing a rise in cases. The News Journal reported Tuesday that Gov. John Carney said that What it's like working as a travel nurse right now 09/09/2020 07:14am • Two years into travel nursing, Sierra Levin had no plans to settle down. Working around three months at a time at hospitals in California, Massachusetts and Texas — and taking time off in between to explore France, Australia and New Zealand — the 26-year-old was enjoying the adventure too much t Parents and other caregivers are more stressed and in poorer health due to pandemic, report finds 09/09/2020 06:03am • When Raquel Minina's 11-year-old son Syrus came home from school in Paulding County, Georgia, last week with a sore throat, runny nodse and diarrhea, she was devastated. A hairdresser by trade, she knew a diagnosis of Covid-19 would put her out of work for a month or more, despite all the careful 2020 NFL Preview 09/09/2020 04:54am • Welcome to the most unpredictable season in NFL history. The novel coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on sports, canceling or postponing football at the lower levels and causing entire leagues to quarantine in a so-called bubble to finish their seasons. While the NFL had the benefit of time to s What to do if your kid has a COVID-19 symptom 09/09/2020 04:23am • Under two weeks after school started, Savannah Gardiner's 8-year-old son woke her up at 4 a.m. complaining of an upset stomach, nausea and a sore throat. By the next morning, her two youngest children, ages 3 and 6, had lost their voices. "They just feel miserable," said How to Best Seek Medical Treatment During the Pandemic 09/09/2020 12:00am • The coronavirus pandemic that took hold this past spring upended normal life for just about everyone, and for many people, that meant delaying health care appointments. Everything from mammograms and other routine cancer screenings to annual physicals, blood pressure checkups and other non-emergenc Teacher's pet: Anne Arundel County teacher's dog assists with virtual learning 09/08/2020 10:49pm • One Anne Arundel County, Maryland, fifth-grade teacher found a great resource for bringing lessons to life right at her feet: her dog, Bear. Teachers are always looking for ways to keep kids engaged in the day's lessons, and that's especially true in the era of virtual learning. Becky Hamilton Maryland added to New York travel advisory list 09/08/2020 08:52pm • Maryland again has been added to New York's coronavirus travel advisory, the state announced Tuesday. As a result, anyone arriving in New York from Maryland will be required to quarantine for 14 days. New York says it's list is based on a seven-day rolling average of positive tests in excess o Permanent telecommuting could fuel increase in homeownership 09/08/2020 06:02pm • Many companies have realized over the six months of the COVID-19 pandemic that their employees can be just as productive working from home as at the office. And for workers renting in expensive areas, such as D.C., homeownership may be within reach now that they don't have to live where they work. Sewage suggests wider spread of COVID-19 in Stafford County 09/08/2020 09:52am • STAFFORD, Va. — An analysis of sewage in one Virginia county indicates that it has 10 times as many people walking around with the coronavirus than test results suggest. The Free Lance-Star reported Friday that Stafford County has been conducting experimental testing at two wastewater plants si Immunotherapy for Blood Cancer 09/08/2020 12:00am • Blood cancer is a type of cancer that's caused by abnormal blood cells that reproduce quickly. Those cells affect how normal blood cells function. Blood cancers usually start in the bone marrow, which is the part of the bone where the body makes new blood cells. There are three main types of blood Saliva Test for COVID-19: Researchers Enable Alternative to Nasal Swabs 09/08/2020 12:00am • Saliva samples instead of deep, "brain-tickling" nasal swabs: A new wave of noninvasive, less tech-intensive testing is the latest advance in the battle against COVID-19. Dedicated researchers like Anne Wyllie and Andrew Berglund are making it possible. The need couldn't be more urgent. University 'Significant pain': Metro begins planning possible cuts 09/07/2020 06:35pm • With an emergency boost of federal funding set to run out by the end of the year, the D.C. Metro system, which is reportedly losing millions of dollars a day, is beginning to plan for significant cost-saving measures, including the cutting of rail and bus service next year. Metro General Manager So far, so good: 3 weeks in, no COVID-19 cases at Virginia's Randolph-Macon Academy 09/07/2020 01:17pm • Back in mid-August, retired Air Force Brigadier Gen. David Wesley said he'd be surprised if COVID-19 didn't mess up the safety plans in place as students arrived for an in-person semester at Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia. "As in so many other things, I was wrong," said Wesley, t