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Maryland expands screening of variants; names next mass vaccination site in Southern Md. 02/23/2021 04:55pm • Maryland is increasing its screening and genetic sequencing of coronavirus test results to look for the presence of more-contagious variants that appear to already be circulating around the state. In a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced the state has signed agr Maryland lawmakers absent after positive rapid virus tests 02/23/2021 03:43pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Nine Maryland state senators have missed their morning floor session as a precaution after positive rapid tests for the coronavirus. Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson made the announcement Tuesday at the start of the session. Thirty-eight senators were present and wo Where things stand on vaccine shots for 75+, teachers in Montgomery Co. 02/23/2021 01:23pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, provided an update on their COVID-19 vaccination efforts, including a general timeline for moving into the next phases of the rollout and where things stand with an effort to finish vaccinating hundreds of teachers before a phased return to classrooms next w Virginia confirms 5 cases of pediatric illness linked to COVID-19 02/23/2021 10:42am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Department of Health has confirmed five cases in the Richmond area of a pediatric inflammatory illness associated with the coronavirus. The department said in a news release on Monday that the condition is known as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Is your posture causing issues as you work from home during the pandemic? 02/23/2021 03:50am • The combination of less-than-perfect posture practices and more sedentary work-from-home conditions is prompting more people than usual to seek help, according to a Maryland physical therapist. "We're seeing postural issues; we're seeing a lot of low back and neck pain and a lot of deconditioning DC in healthier financial shape than projected at start of pandemic 02/22/2021 11:06pm • D.C. is taking its financial temperature and finding that it is healthier than what was projected at the start of the pandemic. Unemployment claims are still higher than they were before the pandemic began, but hiring is coming back as D.C. added more than 14,000 jobs in December, according to a Charles County welcoming all students back to in-person learning 02/22/2021 10:34pm • Students will be making a return to in-person learning in Charles County, Maryland, this spring. The school board has approved Superintendent Kimberly Hill's recommendation to allow any students in K-12 to return to in-person classes two days a week beginning April 19. Hill said when kids come Washington National Cathedral honors COVID-19 victims as US reaches 500,000 deaths 02/22/2021 08:55pm • The Washington National Cathedral rang its bells 500 times Monday, once for every 1,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. The United States topped 500,000 virus deaths, a number that all but matches the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined, the Associat Maryland plans statewide preregistry for mass vaccination coronavirus sites 02/22/2021 08:29pm • BOWIE, MD - FEBRUARY 06: A mass coronavirus vaccination site is seen in the parking lot of Six Flags on February 6, 2021 in Bowie, Maryland. Maryland officially entered Phase 1C of COVID-19 vaccine distribution including people over age 65, U.S. Postal Service employees, and workers in manufacturin Funeral home 'running out of granite for headstones' amid pandemic 02/22/2021 01:19pm • ▶ Watch Video: More Americans have died from COVID-19 than from both World Wars, Vietnam War combined The number of lives lost from COVID-19 in the U.S. is expected to reach half a million Monday, with the real total likely higher. The figure represents roughly one in 670 Americans who Montgomery Co. seniors hit the hardest by COVID-19 receive vaccinations 02/21/2021 03:31pm • Elderly residents living in one of the hardest hit areas by COVID-19 in Montgomery County, Maryland, were finally able to get their first dose of the vaccine Sunday at the East County Community Recreation Center in Silver Spring.  Residents 75 and older were eligible to receive their vaccine at Alexandria seniors receive second dose of COVID vaccine 02/20/2021 04:00pm • Residents at an apartment complex for seniors in Alexandria, Virginia, received their second vaccine shots Saturday in an effort to create more accessibility for those vulnerable to COVID-19. The clinic at Ladrey Senior Highrise Apartments, organized by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Au Side effects from COVID-19 vaccine might show up after 2nd dose 02/19/2021 09:34pm • As more people get vaccinated against COVID-19, some are puzzled that they are developing symptoms after the second shot that they did not notice after the first. "It's very variable. It's hard for me to say who is going to get those side effects and if they're going to be more profound after tha Experts: Genetic analysis of COVID-19 samples could help in virus fight 02/19/2021 06:38pm • While there is a lot of COVID-19 testing going on in the U.S., some Johns Hopkins experts say more detailed testing will give them priceless information in the battle against the coronavirus. Right now, when a person tests positive for COVID-19, the only information gained is that they have the v Md. processes nearly 98% of stimulus payments to low-income taxpayers 02/19/2021 05:28pm • After a law passed earlier this week that would give low-income families and individuals some much needed help, Maryland has processed most of the stimulus payments. Gov. Larry Hogan signed the bipartisan RELIEF Act into law Monday, which would give low-income taxpayers who filed for the Earned I