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Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out COVID's next wave 07/16/2022 08:00am • Gwyneth Paige didn't want to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at first. With her health issues — hypertension, fibromyalgia, asthma — she wanted to see how other people fared after the shots. Then her mother got colon cancer. "At that point, I didn't care if the vaccine killed me," she sai Don’t let summer slip by without making sure kids have routine vaccinations required to start school 07/15/2022 07:27pm • Whether families are as busy as ever, or sliding into the lazy dog days of summer — a D.C. pediatrician is reminding parents to make sure their kids get required immunizations before school begins this fall. “As the parent of two boys, I can certainly understand how busy parents are juggling At least 105 monkeypox cases have been detected in DC 07/15/2022 02:24pm • An outbreak of monkeypox in D.C. has the health department contact tracing to help control the number of people who are exposed. According to Patrick Ashley, Senior Deputy Director at DC Health's Emergency Preparedness and Response Administration, there have been 105 confirmed cases of the diseas What’s known about BA.2.75, the latest COVID-19 strain 07/11/2022 04:13pm • A new mutation of the coronavirus omicron variant called BA.2.75 is being detected on the West Coast of the U.S., and it's said to be remarkably infectious. However, experts warn against becoming unduly alarmed. Variants BA.4 and BA.5 account for more than 70% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., but B Another presumed case of monkeypox reported in Virginia 07/11/2022 10:58am • The Virginia Department of Health said Monday that another presumed case of monkeypox has been identified in the commonwealth, bringing the total number to 27. The patient is a man from Northwestern Virginia who is isolating, VDH said. The health agency added that no further information will be p 'The District’s doctor': Nesbitt looks back on her legacy 07/07/2022 05:59pm • After nearly eight years as what Mayor Muriel Bowser called “the District’s doctor,” Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt is leaving her post as director of DC Health at the end of the month. On Thursday, she joined WTOP’s Megan Cloherty and Luke Garrett on our DMV Download podcast to talk about her leg Hong Kong lawmaker photographed with Xi tests positive for COVID 07/03/2022 08:23am • A Hong Kong lawmaker who was photographed standing close to Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this week announced Sunday he had tested positive for Covid-19. Steve Ho Chun-Yin said he tested negative on Thursday when he attended the photo session during the celebrations marking the 25th annive DC ends COVID-19 contact tracing unit 07/01/2022 11:44am • More than two years after launching the COVID-19 contact trace force to help identify people potentially exposed to the coronavirus and slow the spread of disease, the District says it's winding down operations. The city's contact tracing team officially closed shop Thursday, according to a state COVID reopening, TJ admissions: Outgoing Fairfax Co. superintendent reflects on great debates that marked his tenure 06/30/2022 05:30am • Weeks before talk of masks and stay-at-home orders, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand suspected what at the time was called the novel coronavirus had the potential to severely disrupt Virginia's largest school system. In Jan. 2020, a delegation from Additional 'presumed cases' of monkeypox identified in parts of Virginia 06/29/2022 10:46pm • The Virginia Department of Health identified five more cases of presumed monkeypox in the state. This brings the total number of cases to eight since May 2022. Several countries, including the U.S., are reporting cases of the virus. As of Wednesday, the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prev With monkeypox cases reported in DC, who's at risk and where to get the vaccine 06/28/2022 06:36pm • Several monkeypox cases have been reported in the D.C., and within minutes of the announcement that vaccines are being made available, all appointments had been snagged. But who exactly are those who are most at risk for getting the disease? A total of 240 cases have been reported across the c Montgomery Co. company uses 'building blocks of life' to diagnose diseases 06/28/2022 12:59pm •  A cutting-edge global life sciences company that has its United States headquarters in Montgomery County, Maryland, is utilizing the building blocks of life - including DNA, RNA and proteins - in order to advance science and change the way the world diagnoses diseases. "It is our mission t White House to resume its full tour schedule next month 06/27/2022 03:26pm • Public tours of the White House will return to a full operating schedule next month, after nearly a year and a half of disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Free tours of the executive mansion were suspended when President Joe Biden took office, as officials tightened virus protocols in li DC Health appointments for monkeypox vaccination filled within minutes 06/27/2022 02:53pm • Only 15 minutes after a limited number of monkeypox vaccination appointments were made available this week, DC Health said all 300 appointments had been snagged. Officials said to check DC Health's monkeypox vaccination website, or their social platforms Wednesday morning, to receive updates on f Taking a wait-and-see on COVID-19 vaccines for young kids? You're probably not alone 06/22/2022 02:41pm • This week, many parents of young children across the D.C. area lined up to get COVID-19 shots for their young children. Kids as young as six months old are the final age group eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. At a vaccine clinic at D.C.'s Children's National Hospital, one pediatric