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DC judges respond to mayor's accusation of a lack of urgency to justice 07/30/2021 02:05am • D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring says 25 courtrooms are open, but half of those are hearing cases virtually. Judge Juliet McKenna, on the right, who leads the criminal division said that courtrooms will be fully operational in September. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty) D.C. Mayor Muriel Fauci talks mandates, vaccine boosters as mask requirements return to some communities 07/29/2021 08:09pm • Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended the wearing of masks indoors for vaccinated people in places of substantial or high community transmission, and Dr. Anthony Fauci told WTOP this could all be behind us if an overwhelming proportion of the population Northam recommends Virginians 'consider' wearing masks but stops short of new requirement 07/29/2021 02:59pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is recommending — but not requiring — Virginians to "consider" wearing masks indoors in areas where there is an increased risk of COVID-19 transmission as he continued to urge vaccination as the "surest way" to end the pandemic. The recommendation comes amid concer Amid new delta-driven mask guidelines, Montgomery Co. takes a wait-and-see approach for now 07/28/2021 04:05pm • The day after the Biden administration announced new masking guidelines for large swathes of the county where coronavirus cases are rising — including in D.C. and Alexandria, Virginia — officials in Maryland's Montgomery County are taking a wait-and-see approach to implementing stronger restrict Indoor mask recommendations return even for the vaccinated. Blame delta, doctor says 07/28/2021 10:29am • Parts of the D.C. area are now seeing what federal health officials classify as substantial rates of COVID-19 transmission, triggering a recommendation that people in those areas once again wear masks. When it comes to COVID transmission rates, D.C. and Alexandria are seeing rates in the substant Montgomery Co. to require masks in schools 07/27/2021 03:45pm • Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland will require masks for all students and staff in school buildings — regardless of vaccination status — when the new school year starts next month. The school system, which is Maryland's largest, unveiled the universal mask requirements during the M Uptick in COVID-19 cases in Loudoun County; majority of new infections among unvaccinated 07/26/2021 11:09pm • Loudoun County, Virginia, like other places throughout the U.S., is reporting an increase in the number of new cases of COVID-19 that health officials say is fueled by the delta variant. "The number of cases is clearly headed in the wrong direction," Loudoun County Health Director Dr. David Goodf Montgomery Co. Council president: Time to reopen community centers being used as homeless shelters 07/26/2021 09:37pm • Montgomery County Council President Tom Hucker said residents of two Silver Spring, Maryland, neighborhoods saw their community centers closed to serve as homeless shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its time for people to have access to their recreation programs. In a July 21 letter to Co Your bed probably isn’t as clean as you think — a microbiologist explains 07/26/2021 10:53am • This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. There’s nothing quite like crawling into bed, wrapping up in your blankets, and nestling your head into your pillow. But before you get too comfortable, you might want to know that you Lawmakers press Hogan administration for more data on COVID-19 deaths in state 07/25/2021 10:39am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The top lawmakers on the House Health and Government Operations Committee continue to press the Hogan administration for data on who is ge DC’s public health emergency status expires 07/25/2021 12:01am • The public health emergency declared nearly 18 months ago in the nation’s capital expired at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, according to an executive order issued Saturday by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, but a public emergency will remain in effect until Oct. 8. Bowser cited increased vaccination rates and im Md. strongly recommending but not requiring masks for unvaccinated students returning to school 07/23/2021 09:13pm • The Maryland health and education departments are strongly recommending but not requiring those who are unvaccinated to wear a mask inside when they return to in-person learning this fall. This includes all indoor settings outside of their home and in outdoor settings when social distancing canno DC releases report on 'lessons learned' from the coronavirus pandemic 07/23/2021 04:09pm • With the end of the District's public health emergency on Sunday, Mayor Muriel Bowser, along with DC Health, released a report on lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic. Bowser called it moving toward a "new normal." The 43-page report set forth many proposed goals and changes including No COVID-19 vaccination, no dining in at one Fairfax restaurant 07/22/2021 09:59pm • If you are not vaccinated for COVID-19, a Fairfax, Virginia, restaurant is not letting you dine inside. Pho, Banh Mi & Grill has put in place a new policy that only allows people to eat inside its dining room if customers show their completed vaccination card. The restaurant's owner Franci DC schools release COVID-19 measures but parents, staff criticize communication 07/22/2021 05:31pm • School starts in D.C. in about a month, but parents and teachers said they don't have answers to simple questions. The District's schools chancellor offered what information he has, but he said it could change. When classes start Aug. 31, Lewis Ferebee said anyone entering a school must wear a ma