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Virginia mothers have mixed reaction to rollback of mask mandates in schools 02/28/2022 07:34pm • ▶ Watch Video: Parents discuss kids wearing masks in school As more students began returning for in-person learning, schools became battlegrounds over mask mandates. But as COVID-19 cases decline, state and local authorities across the U.S. have started to roll back mask policies. S Montgomery Co. school board says student member subjected to 'vile' social media comments over mask stance 02/28/2022 05:17pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, Board of Education says its student member, Hana O'Looney, has been subjected to "vile" comments on social media after she voiced support for keeping a school mask mandate in place. Montgomery County Board of Education President Brenda Wolff told WTOP she was "app Maryland local school boards will get say on mask policies 02/25/2022 09:30pm • Maryland lawmakers voted in favor of a plan that returns control over mask policies in schools to local boards of education. The General Assembly's Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR), voted 17-1 to approve Tuesday's decision by the State Board of Education Montgomery Co. schools changes mask requirements for new athletic season 02/25/2022 06:16pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, schools are making mask wearing optional for student-athletes and coaches during events such as practice, starting next week. Montgomery County Public Schools' athletics program detailed the policy change in a letter dated Friday, along with adjustments to quarantine Howard County schools to make indoor masking optional in March 02/24/2022 08:27pm • Students in Howard County, Maryland, will no longer be required to wear masks indoors starting March 1. The Howard County Board of Education on Thursday voted to make face coverings optional using the first condition -- at least 80% of the county 's population is fully vaccinated -- of the state Del. Norton: Capitol Police planning heightened security, but truck protest may be losing steam 02/24/2022 06:25am • A small group of vehicles, including one tractor-trailer, arrived in the D.C. area Wednesday afternoon from Scranton, Pennsylvania. (WTOP/Mike Murillo) D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton said a truckers' protest, expected in the Washington area next week, may be losing some steam, but U.S. Capi Fairfax Co. judge dismisses removal petition against school board member Laura Jane Cohen 02/24/2022 06:12am • A Fairfax County, Virginia, Circuit Court judge has dismissed a removal petition, with prejudice, filed against a school board member who a group of parents alleged failed to provide in-person learning for all students during the pandemic. The recall effort to unseat Springfield school board Impact of pandemic-related stress on children persists, experts say 02/23/2022 09:28pm • Experts detailing how the pandemic still is affecting kids' mental health and learning loss want to emphasize that children are resilient and can flourish with good support. "What we've seen are patterns of lost learning persisting," said Jim Soland, an assistant professor of quantitative met 'It's complicated' — Montgomery Co. officials on school masking off-ramps 02/23/2022 05:20pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, school board is expected Thursday to discuss whether and how to lift the school system's mask mandate, but County Executive Marc Elrich said he does not support the move to unmask in schools just yet. "I do think that we will get to a point where masking will safe Booster shot after initial COVID vaccination likely to prevent serious disease for years 02/22/2022 08:01pm • Researchers who are learning more about how a COVID-19 booster shot works after initial vaccination against the coronavirus have new insight into various levels of protection. Protection against an infection is less durable than the longer-lasting protection against serious outcomes from severe d New omicron subvariant not expected to lead to another COVID-19 surge 02/21/2022 09:20pm • As omicron cases continue to decline across the region, health departments in the District, Virginia and Maryland have reported new cases of a subvariant strain of the illness, but one expert said it doesn’t appear the newest version of COVID-19 will lead to another spike in cases. The original The simplest, cheapest and most accurate COVID test yet is coming 02/19/2022 02:00pm • There are strengths and weaknesses to the two most popular COVID-19 tests available right now. With the rapid antigen test, you can get results in just 15 minutes. But each test costs around $10 to $12, and it only measures whether or not you're contagious at the moment you take the test. But Catholic schools in Archdiocese of Washington revise mask policy 02/18/2022 09:33pm • Starting Monday in jurisdictions where it is possible, masks will be optional and voluntary at catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Washington. In a letter to its school community, Secretary for Catholic Schools and Superintendent Kelly Branaman said the archdiocese's approach "balances the des PHOTOS: Winter Olympics, part 2 02/18/2022 08:30am • The events of the 2022 Olympic Games has drawn the world’s elite athletes to compete in China. The COVID-19 pandemic is creating new challenges for the games, including social distancing fans and quarantining athletes who test positive for the virus in hotels. See more photos from the games here. DC council member withdraws proposal to reinstate proof of vaccination requirement 02/17/2022 09:57pm • A council member who drafted an emergency bill to reinstate the proof of vaccination requirement at D.C. businesses one day after the mayor lifted it has withdrawn her proposal. Ward 1 Council member Brianne K. Nadeau said Thursday that although she believes her Public Health Protections Emergenc