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How to improve your respiratory health in case you get COVID-19 05/06/2020 04:43am • COVID-19 is a respiratory illness, meaning if a person is infected, the condition of their respiratory system is one determinant of how they'll fare with the disease. First it's important to understand how the virus attacks our lungs. When people are infected, the virus travels to the mucus membr How Calvert, Howard counties work to quickly disinfect ambulances 05/05/2020 10:45pm • Two Maryland counties recently started using two different methods to quickly disinfect their ambulances. To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, ambulances have to be thoroughly cleaned after every call, whether a COVID-19 patient was transported in it or not. In Columbia, a cleaning team is DC nurse reflects on 50 years in the profession and how it's changed 05/05/2020 10:11pm • Colleagues help nurse Lucille Lynch (holding flowers) celebrate 50 years of service to MedStar Washington Hospital Center with a cake, flowers and balloons back in January. (Courtesy Washington Hospital Center) Wednesday is National Nurses Day, and a nurse who has spent more than 50 years ca Coronavirus: Americans widely oppose reopening most businesses, poll finds 05/05/2020 09:41am • Fear of becoming infected by coronavirus remains high among Americans, and a vast majority oppose reopening many kinds of businesses, according to a new poll. Despite moves by some states throughout the U.S. to relax coronavirus-prompted restrictions, in a Washington Post-University of Maryland p Cold spring may shield Maryland crab fishermen from disastrous 2020 05/05/2020 05:17am • Steamed crabs are a go-to Mother's Day tradition for many people in the area. (Courtesy Profish/Jay Fleming) With stories of poultry farmers culling chickens and potato farmers giving away tons of tubers, it's natural to wonder what crab fishermen and oyster farmers in the D.C. region are dealin With MLB dark, baseball in Taiwan suddenly draws eyes from around the world 05/05/2020 04:21am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '496751cd-e4ca-43e5-bc39-901bd04c4193' }).render("470615361e9ed930");}); There are no peanuts and Cracker Jacks, 'Giving Tuesday Now' means sharing a little kindness during the pandemic 05/05/2020 04:10am • Giving Tuesday always takes place in December, but this year, an additional day has been added on May 5, called Giving Tuesday Now. It's all about being generous with your time, attention or money to help others during the coronavirus pandemic. For instance, you can hang a sign in a window tha Coronavirus update: DC eyes capping food delivery app commissions at 15% to help eateries 05/04/2020 03:54pm • Third-party food delivery apps, such as Grubhub and Uber Eats, could see their commissions capped at 15% under a new bill being considered by the D.C. Council. "Restaurants are trying to eke out some income, and are finding that where third party delivery is involved, that all of the restaurants Northam: Phase 1 of reopening Virginia could happen May 15 05/04/2020 03:38pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gestures duding a news conference at the Capitol Monday May 4, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Northam announced a Phase 1 opening of the state beginning May 15. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Virginia should be able to enter the first phase of reopening the state as soon as May 15, Open up: Virginia dentists see nonemergency patients with measures in place 05/04/2020 01:15pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's executive order prohibiting elective surgeries and limiting dental procedures expired last week and was not renewed. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/Harbucks) Now that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has lifted restrictions to allow nonemergency visits to the doctor and denti Maryland opening drive-thru virus testing site in Hagerstown 05/04/2020 12:17pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland is opening the first state-run drive-thru testing site for the coronavirus in Western Maryland. Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday that the testing site will open in Hagerstown, Maryland at a Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program station. Last week, the governor Rotary seeks volunteers, donations in its pandemic-relief efforts 05/04/2020 11:21am • The Rotary Club has been assisting people in need in the D.C. area during the coronavirus pandemic, and it's looking for help. Rotary District 7620, which covers Central Maryland and D.C., is asking for volunteers to help coordinate grocery and medicine pick up between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. for high- You asked, we answered: 'Can I get sick from meat packaged at factories where COVID-19 spread?' 05/03/2020 03:06pm • Can processing plant workers who've tested positive for COVID-19 send the coronavirus into your home through the food they’ve been in contact with? It’s a question you’ve written in to ask us. The answer has a couple levels and isn’t clear. According to both the FDA and CDC, there’s America's weekend was marked by park days and protests over coronavirus restrictions 05/03/2020 04:01am • This weekend under the coronavirus pandemic drove many people across the nation outside -- some for recreation and others in protest. States across the US are either holding fast to stay-at-home orders or beginning to phase out the restrictions, with several orders alrea Protesters in Maryland call for reopening as states remain divided over restrictions 05/03/2020 04:00am • A protest kicked off in Maryland Saturday with a gathering of people wearing shirts calling for the state to reopen. The group Reopen Maryland, opposed to the state's stay-at-home order, was planning to drive across the state, concluding with a speech by Republican Congressman Andy Harris, accor