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DC offers some essential health care workers discounted rides 04/22/2020 10:36pm • D.C. wants some of its essential health care workers at two hospitals to have a way to get home and to their jobs during the public health emergency. Essential health care workers at Howard University Hospital and United Medical Center could be eligible for a service that would cost them a $3 fla No evidence to suggest contact lens wearers more at risk for COVID-19 04/22/2020 09:16pm • (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: '90c9f97f-0eae-4c1c-b62c-737c9f122830' }).render("261615366408c0f6");}); There is no evidence to suggest contact l DC, Loudoun County small businesses may be eligible for Facebook grant 04/22/2020 04:30pm • Small businesses in D.C. and Loudoun County, Virginia, that the coronavirus pandemic has affected could be eligible for a Facebook grant. The social media company is offering $100 million in cash grants and ad credits to up to 30,000 eligible small businesses in more than 30 countries where Faceb Virginia Tech develops method to quicken COVID-19 testing results 04/22/2020 03:16pm • It's a partnership that's speeding up COVID-19 testing results in Virginia: At Virginia Tech, researchers have developed a new COVID-19 test and the facilities to process those tests quickly. "We have a test that’s been working very well and think it’s going to be extremely accurate and also How one commercial real estate firm is envisioning the '6 Feet Office' 04/22/2020 02:03pm • Bringing workers back to an office environment will take some creative planning by companies, revolving around continued social distancing measures put in place during the coronavirus pandemic. Big commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield, which manages about 55 million square feet of Lawsuit alleges unsanitary conditions, COVID-19 spread in Prince George's jail 04/22/2020 11:36am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A civil rights group filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday alleging unsanitary conditions at the Prince George’s County Jail and seeking rele Johns Hopkins cuts pay, warns of layoffs in wake of virus 04/22/2020 09:10am • BALTIMORE — Johns Hopkins University says it will halt contributions to employees’ retirement plans and cut salaries in its leadership. The school in Baltimore also said that some employees are expected to be furloughed or laid off. The Baltimore Sun reports that university President Ronal Coronavirus reshapes Virginia's budget 04/22/2020 08:52am • Virginia lawmakers are headed back to work in Richmond, faced with a completely different economy than they had back on March 12 when they passed their $135 billion two-year budget. Reconvened sessions normally happen on the sixth Wednesday after adjournment of each regular or special session, bu Virginia's Inova Health System lays off hundreds due to financial challenges amid coronavirus 04/22/2020 06:27am • Hospitals are on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus, but they’re still facing serious financial challenges. Inova Health System in Virginia is the latest to be impacted, and has announced it will lay off 427 employees amid growing demand for more resources to treat the cor How to help kids understand the importance of wearing masks in public 04/22/2020 04:00am • In areas where social distancing might be difficult to maintain, doctors recommend everyone older than two years wear face masks, so a D.C.-area pediatrician has advice for parents taking that coronavirus-related precaution with children. How do you convince kids to wear masks and get comfortable Ovechkin set to take on Gretzky via Xbox — and it's all for charity 04/22/2020 03:17am • (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: '3c92bc22-9e3e-4e3f-b8d9-4e478a343557' }).render("583615360e32d83f");}); Wednesday night is hockey night in D.C. â Virginia lawmakers to meet in unusual circumstances 04/22/2020 03:03am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers are set to hold a one-day legislative session unlike any other in the state’s 400 year history as they grapple with how to handle fallout of the coronavirus. House Delegates plan to meet under a canopy outside the Capitol while the Senate is meeting at Coronavirus update: Trump announces immigration restrictions; Va. hits pause on field hospitals 04/22/2020 02:44am • A medical worker prepares to test a young man for COVID-19 at a Children's National Hospital drive-through (drive-in) coronavirus testing site at Trinity University, Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) The latest President Donald Trump announced what he described Montgomery Co. council approves $5M aid for retail shops, restaurants 04/21/2020 11:07pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve $5 million in emergency aid to retail shops and restaurants that have been hit financially hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The aid is in addition to the $5 million in aid for small businesses that the county approved How is distance learning going in Montgomery County? 04/21/2020 08:38pm • How have schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, been faring since the coronavirus pandemic pushed school systems to switch to distance learning? Deputy Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight updated the school board Tuesday on how the Continuity of Learning plan has been working. The first hurdle