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Bird mortality event appears over; feeding, birdbaths can resume 08/20/2021 04:39pm • The bird mortality event that affected the D.C. area appears to have abated, and wildlife officials are dropping their recommendations against feeding wild birds. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources have both announced that reports of dis Fairfax County government, public schools to require COVID-19 vaccinations or regular tests for staff 08/20/2021 01:26pm • The Fairfax County, Virginia, government and the public school system will each require workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to routine testing. Fairfax County Public Schools said in a news release Friday that they will require the vaccinations or tests by late October. The county Member of Maryland superintendents' group on the new school year 08/19/2021 10:36pm • School districts across Maryland are committed to in-person learning for the coming school year, but administrators say the course of the coronavirus could have school systems making changes to mask and vaccination requirements. Superintendents and principals have said they expect the 2021-2022 y Prince George's Co. offering immunocompromised residents 3rd vaccine doses 08/19/2021 04:19pm • Prince George’s County, Maryland, will offer third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to immunocompromised residents beginning Friday. The vaccinations are free and no appointments are necessary. The clinic will be held at the Sports and Learning Complex in Landover. The Prince G Prince William schools release quarantine guidance, rethink cafeteria set-ups 08/19/2021 01:34pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. With its school year beginning Monday, Prince William County Public Schools has released guidance on COVID-19 quarantines, and some count DCPS not considering virtual learning option for new school year 08/18/2021 02:27pm • D.C. government, school and health officials on Wednesday laid out some of the protocols and rules that the District’s schools will operate under during the school year that begins Aug. 30, and a virtual learning option is “not something we’re considering,” Chancellor Dr. Lewis Ferebee said. Maryland's Frederick Co. opens school buildings at full capacity 08/18/2021 08:28am • Things may not look normal yet with everyone wearing masks, but Frederick County, Maryland, took a major step toward normalcy Wednesday when it opened its public school buildings at full capacity. While schools were open for programs over the summer and the county opened buildings last year for " Md. senators urge mandatory vaccines for students before return to school 08/17/2021 10:33pm • Concerned over rising COVID-19 cases in the state, key members of the Maryland Senate are raising the possibility of mandatory vaccines for students returning to classrooms and also urging that the state bring back mask mandates in public places. Members of the Senate Vaccine Oversight Workgroup Dermatology patients might need 3 COVID-19 shots to achieve initial full immunity 08/17/2021 07:55pm • Some people being treated by dermatologists might be subject to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get a third dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to reach full protection against COVID-19. "These include patients who are being treated for chronic inflammatory diseases Metro to require proof of COVID-19 vaccine or weekly testing for workers 08/17/2021 02:46pm • Metro will require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly, starting next month. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's general manager and CEO Paul J. Wiedefeld said in a memo Tuesday that 45% of the transit system's workforce has been fully vaccinated a Visitors must wear masks inside Park Service buildings 08/16/2021 05:45pm • Visitors to attractions maintained by the National Park Service, such as the Washington Monument in D.C., must wear a mask inside all buildings and in crowded outdoor spaces. This applies to both vaccinated and unvaccinated people regardless of community transmission levels. It also applies to ou Ron Rivera speaks out about COVID vaccine misinformation 08/16/2021 10:26am • WFT coach Ron Rivera blasts vaccine misinformation originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonWashington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera has been one of the most vocal leaders within the NFL about encouraging its players to get the COVID-19 vaccine.Yet, getting his players to receive the shots Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? 08/16/2021 04:00am • You hear more now about kids getting sick with COVID-19, but a Maryland pediatrician believes it's only because the Delta variant is so contagious. All evidence thus far suggests the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus impacts children and adults the same way as SARS-CoV-2, the origi Alexandria schools offer early look at reopening efforts amid delta variant wave 08/14/2021 12:13pm • COVID-19's delta variant is infecting more kids than previous waves of the virus. Unfortunately, it's happening right as area schools begin reopening for the new school year. Alexandria City Public Schools has already returned from its summer break, and is giving other school systems in the D.C. Md. House leaders urge Hogan to extend public health emergency 08/13/2021 03:42pm • Six leaders in Maryland's House of Delegates have called on Gov. Larry Hogan to keep the state's public health emergency active beyond its expected expiration this Sunday due to the surging COVID-19 delta variant. A letter from Speaker of the House Adrienne A. Jones, and signed by five others in