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Q&A: What's next for the Tokyo Olympics as virus spreads? 03/02/2020 04:11am • TOKYO (AP) — The spreading virus from China has been reported in more than 60 countries and puts the Tokyo Olympics at risk. The Olympics are to open on July 24 — less than five months away. The Paralympics follow on Aug. 25. IOC President Thomas Bach, in an intervie How Maryland residents can remain healthy in midst of coronavirus outbreak 03/01/2020 02:03pm • While Maryland health officials await the test results for three potential cases of coronavirus in the state, Gov. Larry Hogan is urging residents to be proactive when it comes to their health. “I would encourage all Marylanders not to panic, but to take this seriously,” Hogan said Thursday. PHOTOS: Rain, art and winter wonderlands at Paris Fashion Week 03/01/2020 01:31pm • PARIS (AP) — Haunting music greeted drizzled-on VIP guests, including singer Janelle Monáe, who braved torrential rains in Paris to get to Valentino's experimental fashion show near the Invalides monument on Sunday. At Issey Miyake, a lone artist strode out to create an artistic installation on a Police departments put out fake warnings about coronavirus contaminated illicit drugs 03/01/2020 05:46am • Some police departments are putting out fake warnings that illicit drugs could be contaminated with coronavirus in an effort to make drug arrests. The Tavares Police Department in Florida and the Merrill Police Department in Wisconsin are among those that have taken to s Friendly kissing poses European dilemma as virus spreads 03/01/2020 04:10am • MILAN (AP) — When French President Emmanuel Macron leaned in to give Premier Giuseppe Conte the Italian double-cheek kiss not once, but on two separate occasions, during a Franco-Italian summit in Naples this week, it was much more than a greeting. It was a signal to c Tourism skid expected in DC due to coronavirus 02/29/2020 08:50pm • The outbreak of the novel coronavirus is putting a pinch on travel, and D.C.'s tourism industry is expecting to feel it. Spring is a busy time for tourists to flock to the nation's capital, and, while visitors from other states make up the majority of D.C. tourists, the District is preparing for US schools start planning for possible spread of coronavirus 02/28/2020 04:51pm • Schools across the United States are canceling trips abroad, preparing online lessons and even rethinking “perfect attendance” awards as they brace for the possibility that the new coronavirus could begin spreading in their communities. Districts have been rushing to Test results negative for suspected Virginia coronavirus cases 02/28/2020 04:48pm • The coronavirus tests of two people in Virginia, including one in Northern Virginia, who were awaiting results have come back negative. The Virginia Department of Health posted the results on their coronavirus website on Friday afternoon. There are still three people in Maryland awaiting resul 3rd patient in Maryland now being tested for possible coronavirus 02/28/2020 10:09am • A third patient in Maryland is being tested for possible coronavirus, state health officials say, a day after Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced two people who had recently traveled to China have undergone testing for the virus. As with the two patients Thursday, the third patient met the criter Will coronavirus cause shortages on store shelves? 02/28/2020 09:54am • Customers may soon have to pay more or wait a little longer to purchase various goods if the coronavirus continues to spread, warned a business researcher with Virginia Tech. Barbara Hoopes, a professor of business information technology, says the virus has caused a "blockage" in the global suppl 2 people in Maryland being tested for possible coronavirus 02/27/2020 07:30pm • Two people in Maryland who recently traveled to China are being tested for possible coronavirus, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday at a news conference. Hogan said the two people met the criteria from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be tested for the new virus, known Metro sanitizing trains more frequently as part of coronavirus prep 02/27/2020 01:32pm • Passengers ride Metrorail in Washington, D.C., on Dec.12, 2019. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) Metro is sanitizing trains more frequently, and continues to hold weekly meetings of a pandemic task force as part of preparations just in case the new coronavirus spreads to the D.C. area. DC-area school systems prepare for expected arrival of coronavirus 02/26/2020 05:53pm • No novel coronavirus cases have been diagnosed yet in the D.C. region as of Wednesday afternoon, but area school systems are getting action plans ready. A reminder to wash your hands is one bit of information now being shared by Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. "The spread and the WATCH: Trump says US ‘very ready’ for virus; Pence to lead response 02/26/2020 05:21pm • President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the coronavirus threat brings, and he put his vice president in charge of overseeing the nation’s response. Trump sought to minimize fears of the virus spreading widely across the U.S., saying, “I don� 'Olivia's Law,' aimed at university's outbreak response, advances in Annapolis 02/26/2020 04:10pm • The Maryland Senate has moved closer to final approval of "Olivia's Law," a bill that would require the University System of Maryland to issue an outbreak response plan when there is a life-threatening contagious disease or other health emergency present at any of the system's campuses. The bill