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Fairfax Co. to move into Phase 2 as Northern Virginia expects to open up availability soon 04/14/2021 09:27pm • The latest Northern Virginia county to announce that it will move to Phase 2 with the rest of the commonwealth is Fairfax County. According to an emergency release on Wednesday, all individuals in the Fairfax Health District who are 16 or older will be eligible to schedule a vaccine appointment d Jailed students file suit alleging DCPS hasn't offered virtual school since pandemic began 04/14/2021 04:20pm • Two students who are serving sentences in the DC Jail have filed a lawsuit against D.C. Public Schools and the State Superintendent of Education, claiming that the city hasn't offered any virtual or in-person instruction to kids in custody since the pandemic began. In the complaint, the two incar Is the time of obsessive coronavirus cleaning over? 04/14/2021 12:53pm • Are you still obsessively cleaning to try to fend off the coronavirus? A local scientist says it's time to stop. "We can stop spraying down the groceries and wiping down the mail," said Donald Milton, a professor of occupational environmental health at the University of Maryland School of Public Education secretary Cardona visits reopened Prince George's County school 04/13/2021 10:53pm • A newly reopened Prince George’s County, Maryland, school got a visit from the country’s top education official. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has been visiting schools across the country for the “Help is Here” School Reopening Tour. On Tuesday, he visited Mary Harris &# With Nationals Park capacity limit raised, more game tickets are now on sale 04/13/2021 09:14pm • More fans will soon be welcomed back into Nationals Park, after the Nats were allowed to expand the ballpark's capacity limit to 25%. Additional single game tickets are now on sale for the Washington Nationals' four-game homestand with the Arizona Diamondbacks, which is set to begin on Thursday. Nationals monitor halt on Johnson & Johnson vaccine after players received shot 04/13/2021 07:19pm • Nats monitor halt on J&J vaccine after players received shot originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonOne day after most of the players on the Nationals’ roster received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for How to get a ride to the Annapolis mass vaccination site 04/13/2021 05:29pm • Need a ride to the mass vaccination site in Annapolis? Anne Arundel County, Maryland, has you covered. The site at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium will begin vaccinating people starting April 15, and County Executive Steuart Pittman and Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley want to make sure trans What to know if you've received the J&J COVID-19 vaccine 04/13/2021 03:40pm • U.S. health officials are recommending a pause in administering the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while they investigate cases of blood clots in six women. So if you've already received the J&J vaccine, here's what you should know. The six people who experienced clots Volunteers needed to help with COVID-19 vaccinations in Fairfax County 04/12/2021 09:00pm • Interested in helping with the COVID-19 vaccination effort? If you are — and can pass a criminal background check — you could help with Inova Stonebridge's vaccination site in Alexandria. Volunteers are needed daily for at least the next six weeks to help clinical and logistical support teams Nationals Park worker tests positive for COVID-19 04/12/2021 06:00pm • A concession worker at Nationals Park has tested positive for the coronavirus. According to a team spokesman, they are an employee for the stadium’s concessionaire, Levy. And they had last worked at the ballpark on Wednesday, two days before they tested positive. “Both the D.C. Department 'Science is working, and with God's blessing:' Ramadan to include virus precautions, hope 04/12/2021 07:48am • Monday marks the first night of Ramadan — the month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community for Muslims worldwide. For members of the D.C.-area Islamic community, this year's observation will be a far cry from 2020's, which was almost entirely virtual. For the All Dulles Area Muslim So Why one expert is dismissing worries about vaccine 'passports' 04/10/2021 10:09am • One expert believes the idea of a vaccine "passport" will be short lived, and he’s certainly not worried about it leading to any infringement on anybody's rights. Dr. Amesh Adalja is a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, who thinks that, even as more Americans become vac Maryland college, high school students say yes, they want to get vaccinated 04/10/2021 02:12am • When Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced that COVID-19 vaccinations would be available to anyone 16 and older in Maryland, he said recent data was showing a growing number of younger people contracting the coronavirus. "Getting more people -- younger people -- vaccinated faster is certainly a goa University System of Maryland could require COVID-19 vaccinations 04/09/2021 06:16pm • Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh wrote that in his view, the University System of Maryland could legally require COVID-19 vaccinations for people returning to campus. In an advisory letter in response to Maryland state Sen. James Rosapepe, Frosh wrote mandatory vaccinations could be required Virginia becomes 1st state to offer ASL video chats for COVID-19 call center 04/08/2021 09:21pm • Virginia has become the first state to provide real-time video chat access to its COVID-19 information call center for users of American Sign Language (ASL). The face-to-face service for the deaf and hard of hearing aims to offer equal access to state assistance in a format more likely to offer c