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Maryland to honor COVID-19 victims with twilight ceremony Friday 03/03/2021 05:18pm • Friday will mark the first anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Maryland, and Gov. Larry Hogan will declare the date a day of remembrance for those lost to the virus. According to a news release, a twilight ceremony will be held at the Maryland State House on Friday night, where Va. vaccination director: J&J shot a game-changer 03/03/2021 04:46pm • The director of Virginia’s COVID-19 vaccination program said the introduction of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine into the mix this week creates “a very different scenario” for those working to get residents immunized against the coronavirus. Dr. Danny Avula described the 69,000 doses of t DC teachers' union announces COVID-19 'situation room' 03/03/2021 03:17pm • The Washington Teachers' Union will have a coordinated "situation room" with D.C. Public Schools designed to immediately respond to coronavirus-related issues at District schools. WTU President Elizabeth Davis spoke about the situation room during an online address to teachers and parents Tuesday Virus prompts Naval Academy to move more midshipmen to hotel 03/03/2021 08:27am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A second wave of nearly 100 midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy is going to move to a hotel because of a COVID-19 outbreak at the school. The Capital Gazette reported Tuesday that nearly 200 students are now being housed at the Graduate Hotel and the Hilton Garden Inn. Th New report offers framework to address COVID-19 vaccine racial equity in DC 03/02/2021 07:32pm • The D.C. Council's Office of Racial Equity issued a report tackling the challenges that Black and brown communities are encountering as they try to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The report also provides a series of new suggestions to improve access, distribution and address policy barriers. The offi Doctors find way to treat lingering headaches in post-COVID patients 03/02/2021 05:50pm • Some people who have recovered from COVID-19 have reported getting headaches that can persist for months, but new findings are leading to COVID-19 specific treatments. According to a neurologist specializing in headache pain, "We have a treatment that not only controls the headache pain, but in a Baseball to return to Nationals Park — but without fans, for now 03/02/2021 04:46pm • Baseball fans that have eagerly waited to catch a Washington Nationals home game will likely have to wait a little longer. The D.C. government has approved the Nationals to play home games in their park this season, but there will be no fans in the stands because of the on going pandemic. In a Slow action on COVID-19 led to deaths at St. Elizabeths Hospital, report finds 03/02/2021 04:05am • More than a dozen patients at St. Elizabeths Hospital have died from COVID-19, and a new report suggests the hospital was slow to react to the pandemic. The report from Disability Rights DC, an advocacy group for people with disabilities, said that St. Elizabeths did not take aggressive and effec US Naval Academy moves students to hotel for COVID-19 quarantine 03/02/2021 02:36am • A coronavirus outbreak at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, sent midshipmen into quarantine with 98 students moved into a hotel to recover from the virus. The academy said it drove the 98 midshipmen to the Hilton Garden Inn in Annapolis on Monday to quarantine away from the rest of c Alzheimer's deaths spike in Va. and Md. during COVID-19 pandemic 03/02/2021 12:41am • The number of deaths from Alzheimer’s and dementia is up by double digits — and advocates are concerned. “We have noticed a significant increase,” said Carter Harrison, director of state affairs for the Alzheimer’s Association. Compared with averages over the previous five years, Alz Single dose COVID-19 vaccinations for some Virginians begin this week 02/28/2021 08:34pm • Starting this week, you may only have to book one appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Virginia. On Saturday, the Johnson & Johnson one-dose COVID-19 vaccine was given emergency approval by the FDA. That means cases of the newly-approved vaccine are heading out, and the Virginia Departmen U.Md. drops some COVID-19 restrictions in light of optimistic virus data 02/27/2021 11:51pm • Positive news in their COVID-19 data motivated the University of Maryland to relax some of its campus restrictions. As of Feb. 27, the university said its positivity rate dropped to 1% after its latest three-day stretch of testing. The university lifted its sequester-in-place order at noon Saturd Va. first responders with COVID-19 expected to receive pay protections 02/27/2021 04:06pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's signature is all that's needed to make the state's first responders who become sick with COVID-19 eligible for workers compensation. A bill from State Delegate Jay Jones (D-Norfolk) allowing first responders who contract the virus to be included in the state’s work Rare but severe illness striking some children with COVID-19 02/27/2021 03:07pm • Parents are being told to look out for the symptoms of a rare, but serious disease that is affecting some children who are infected with COVID-19. Doctors call it MIS-C, multi-inflammatory syndrome in children. "A lot of different organs and systems in the body can be effected and sometimes ve DC schools plan for summer school catch-up programs for students 02/27/2021 01:29am • Parents of students in D.C. public schools will soon have a better idea of what summer options are available for their children. During a virtual hearing with the city council’s Committee of the Whole on combating learning loss due to the coronavirus pandemic, Deputy Mayor for Education Paul Ki