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When can you be around others? CDC updates coronavirus guidance 05/27/2020 12:21am • People who have been sick with coronavirus infections should stay away from other people until they've gone at least three days with no fever, have seen symptoms improve, and until it's been 10 days since they first noticed symptoms, the US Centers for Disease Control and P How to communicate expressions that masks cover 05/27/2020 12:04am • Wearing a mask in public and during daily situations could be the norm until there is a vaccine for the coronavirus. An expert told WTOP how you can convey messages when facial expressions are partially concealed. "This may end up being something that becomes more ubiquitous in our society longer Some DC-area restaurants will operate differently upon reopening 05/26/2020 11:58pm • As the D.C. area inches closer to reopening, some restaurants are taking major steps to keep customers safe. When you walk into Tony and Joe's, Nick's Riverside Grill or Ivy City Smokehouse in D.C. when they reopen, you will have the option to sign-up to be notified if someone dining or working a Antibody tests for COVID-19 wrong up to half the time, CDC says 05/26/2020 07:53pm • Antibody tests used to determine if people have been infected in the past with COVID-19 might be wrong up to half the time, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance posted on its website. Antibody tests, often called serologic tests, look for evidence of an immune DC-area members of Congress urge cancellation of July 4 military parade 05/26/2020 05:10pm • A National Guard vehicle sits parked at a security perimeter near the National Mall in Washington before Independence Day celebrations, Thursday, July 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Congressional leaders who represent the national capital region are urging the Trump administration to cance 'New way of acting': Local health leaders discuss DC-area reopening 05/26/2020 03:57pm • Working together across borders is crucial in controlling the coronavirus pandemic in the D.C. area, according to a group of local health experts. Five local health experts from D.C., Maryland and Virginia discussed on a video panel Tuesday reopening the D.C. area and what that means for controll What coronavirus Phase 1 reopening looks like around the DC area 05/26/2020 02:55pm • People wearing face masks walk past a mural in front of a store displaying a hopeful message amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 13, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images) Some parts of Maryland and Virginia began relaxing coronavirus restrictions on May 1 DC reports no new coronavirus deaths, 13 days of downward trend in community spread 05/26/2020 12:30pm • A man with a mask walks past almost an entire city block of boarded up storefronts in the Shaw neighborhood in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) For the first time since March 31, D.C. reported no new deaths from COVID-19, as well as a 13-day sustained decrease in commun Poll: Md. coronavirus restrictions 'about right'; Hogan approval up, Trump down 05/26/2020 10:34am • Most Maryland voters appear to agree on one thing when it comes to current coronavirus restrictions: It's been worth it. According to a new Gonzales Maryland poll, a majority of residents surveyed (63%) said restrictions to temper the spread of the virus "have been about right." Another majority Arlington County holds free COVID-19 testing Tuesday 05/25/2020 10:14pm • Arlington County, Virginia, is holding a free COVID-19 testing Tuesday. It will be at the Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center at 4200 S Four Mile Run Drive from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Hosting testing in this location is a conscious effort to concentrate resources in an area easily reachable to th Northern Virginia could enter Phase 1 of reopening this week 05/25/2020 09:16pm • Northern Virginia could transition to Phase One of reopening later this week, joining the rest of the state in easing coronavirus restrictions. In a letter to Gov. Ralph Northam, regional officials said their jurisdictions have met four of the critical benchmarks for moving to Phase One. These in 'There will be blood': Mosquitoes make their annual return in DC region 05/25/2020 06:11pm • As temperatures warm up, an annual pest with a nasty bite is making its return to the D.C. area. Mosquitoes are back and chances are you may have already encountered one or two — or more — while outdoors. Mike Raupp, an entomologist known as “The Bug Guy” at the University of Maryland, Events at RFK Stadium, DC Armory canceled indefinitely 05/25/2020 05:04pm • Events that would have been held at the RFK Campus starting June 8 — including at the stadium and D.C. Armory — have been postponed until further notice. Events DC, which operates the venue, said in a statement Monday, that it has determined the closure to be in the "best interest of all our Man accused of assaulting officer who broke up Southeast DC basketball game 05/25/2020 04:27pm • Police said an officer was assaulted when he tried to stop a basketball game in Southeast D.C. Sunday afternoon. Under the District's COVID-19 stay-at-home order, playgrounds and basketball courts are closed. Police said about 50 people had gathered on the courts at Randle Highlands Elementary Northern Virginia has met 4 of 6 reopening metrics, health officials say 05/25/2020 03:12pm • Northern Virginia has reached four of six benchmark metrics required to begin reopening, health officials from five localities said Sunday in a letter to local leaders. In the letter, health officials from Alexandria and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties said the region has ac