Search

Rabid fox prompts warnings to Fairfax residents 09/27/2012 03:58pm • WASHINGTON - Police are warning residents in one Fairfax neighborhood about a rabid fox recently found in the area. Someone in the area of Chain Bridge Road and Whitehead Street reported a sick fox lying in his driveway for many hours. City of Fairfax Police took the sick animal to a veterin The Situation: The shifting of the guard 09/11/2012 07:40pm • Editor's Note: In the last four years, WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green has tracked the threats, policies and vulnerabilities dominating national security in the U.S. and beyond. Read more here about what went into this series. *************************** Part 2: The shifting of Morning Notes 09/07/2012 09:10am • Rosslyn Jazz Fest to Be Held on Saturday — The annual Rosslyn Jazz Festival will be held at Gateway Park (1300 Lee Highway) from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The musical lineup includes groups and artists like Afro Blue, Rene Marie, Don Byron and Joshua Redman. Some surrounding roadways w West Nile virus and your pets 09/06/2012 06:09pm • Dr. Katy Nelson, veterinarian D.C. reports 1st West Nile virus death 09/06/2012 04:54pm • WASHINGTON - District of Columbia health officials are reporting the city's first West Nile virus death. Health officials also announced Wednesday that another district resident is hospitalized with the virus. The Washington Post (wapo.st/RaDKkr) reported that the number of cases in the Washington Live Chat: Dr. Katy Nelson, veterinarian 09/05/2012 05:32pm • WASHINGTON - The bugs of late summer are biting, and the nation is having its worst West Nile virus season in a decade. While news spreads of various cities taking measures toward mosquito control and more people being infected, many pet owners are left wondering if their furry loved ones can b Website of the Week: Ninite.com 09/04/2012 07:49am • Lacey Mason, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Firefox, Adobe Reader, iTunes, Skype, anti-virus software - these are just some of the everyday software programs you may use without even thinking. That is, until your hard drive crashes or you boot up a new computer for the first time. Each and every applic Back to school? Check your child's immunizations 08/20/2012 03:22am • Paula Wolfson, wtop.com WASHINGTON - It's back-to-school time and for many parents that means making sure their children's immunizations are up-to-date. "There are actually about 14 different vaccines that kids need and they come at all different times," says Dr. Lee Beers, a pediatrician at the Battle against West Nile: Fight back with bug spray, fans 08/19/2012 03:22am • WASHINGTON - It's a war out there - a battle against the mosquitoes carrying the dreaded West Nile virus. What's the best way to fight back? Mike Raupp, an entomology professor at the University of Maryland, says to cover up and wear insect repellent when working outdoors, especially people wh Top 5 morning stories - Friday, Aug. 17 08/17/2012 01:00pm • Snow dump predicted for D.C. winter With persistent heat bearing down on the D.C. area this summer, the last thing on anyone's mind is a snowstorm. But that's what one weather service says to watch out for this winter. http://bit.ly/OropWp 9/11 tribute ride to affect Dulles airport, I-66 traffi West Nile virus pops up across region 08/16/2012 11:54pm • Hank Silverberg, wtop.com FAIRFAX, Va. - It's here again - West Nile virus has turned up in at least two people in Virginia and two people in Maryland, and many places in the region are reporting mosquitoes have the virus as well. The mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus breed in standing Md. adult contracts state's first case of West Nile in 2012 08/10/2012 06:24pm • WASHINGTON - An adult in central Maryland is the state's first person to contract West Nile virus and show symptoms in 2012. The U.S. Department of Defense detected the virus in a pool of mosquitoes collected at a trap site in Montgomery County, according to the Maryland Department of Health a Olympics email scam alleges Gabby scandal, contains malware 08/05/2012 06:51pm • WASHINGTON - The Olympics aren't even over and an email scam has surfaced, posing as a video detailing a scandal on the U.S. gymnastics team. The email says gold medalist Gabby Douglas is facing a lifetime ban and that she has been provisionally suspended. Neither of those things is true. It Scientist: Wildlife the most effective bio-hazard warning 08/02/2012 07:32pm • Hank Silverberg, wtop.com GUNSTON, Va. - The old technique of a canary in a mine still holds true in the 21st century. Wildlife may be a better early warning system of the threat of biological hazards than man-made detectors, according to one local scientist. Animals would be the first to get The face of HIV/AIDS is increasingly female 07/26/2012 06:12pm • Paula Wolfson, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Margot Isaac was five months pregnant when she was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1991. She got the virus from an infected boyfriend, and passed it on to her child during labor. "My daughter, Hollis, only lived for 26 months," she says. Isaac is part of an inc