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Arlington County to bring more students back beginning in March 02/19/2021 05:43am • A majority of students in Arlington County, Virginia, are slated to return to the classroom in March. The head of Arlington County Public Schools talked about the phased-in return to the classroom plan at Thursday's school board meeting. For the last few months, the school system has been host U.Md. institutes new measures after rise in coronavirus cases on campus 02/18/2021 10:44pm • The University of Maryland is taking additional measures after seeing a "significant and concerning increase" in positive coronavirus cases on and around campus. "Over the past several days, we have seen clusters (defined as three positive cases within a defined area) and outbreaks (defined as fi DC to expand vaccine appointments in March; what about region's request for federal workers? 02/18/2021 05:30pm • D.C.'s coronavirus response update on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (Courtesy D.C. government) D.C. plans to open COVID-19 vaccine appointments to a much larger segment of the population starting in March, according to officials on Thursday. The new guidelines state that on March 1, D.C. will star Maryland Democratic senators detail additional COVID-19 relief plans for state 02/18/2021 04:14am • Democrats in Maryland's senate are out with their plan to help the state recover from the coronavirus pandemic and to prepare for any future health crisis. In a virtual conference, several pieces of legislation were discussed. Senate President Bill Ferguson and other members of the Democratic Coronavirus variant first identified in Brazil detected in deceased Md. man 02/17/2021 09:37pm • A 65-year-old Maryland man who recently died had the P.1 variant of the novel coronavirus. The variant was first identified in Brazil. The man had recently traveled internationally, and the state is currently in the process of contact tracing to avoid additional spread, according to a news releas DC to open up COVID-19 vaccinations to grocery store workers, more 02/17/2021 07:02pm • FILE — A mural depicting local jazz legend Buck Hill is visible as Trader Joe's grocery store employee Patrice Boyd, left, and her co-worker cross 14th and U streets, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) D.C. will open up COVID-19 vaccination appointments to certain Overdose-related deaths increase amid COVID-19 pandemic 02/17/2021 05:31pm • Drug and alcohol related fatalities in Maryland have increased since the pandemic, and minority communities were hit the hardest, according to a recent report. Between January and September of 2020, there were 2,025 unintentional intoxication deaths involving all types of drugs and alcohol in Mar With Montgomery Co. halfway through vaccinating residents 75+, what's next? 02/17/2021 04:51pm • Health officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, said they are about halfway through vaccinating the county's oldest residents against COVID-19, and also expect to finish vaccinating several thousand teachers who are needed back in classrooms by the school system's planned March 15 reopening. The Baltimore will lift one-hour dining limit on restaurants 02/17/2021 02:47pm • Baltimore will lift its one-hour limit on restaurant visits starting next week, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced Wednesday. Scott said the limit, instituted as part of an effort to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in public spaces, will be removed thanks to improving coronavirus metrics. He noted Ba Religious leaders unveil $150M plan to vaccinate Black, Latino churchgoers across US 02/16/2021 09:56pm • A $150 million plan to vaccinate 106 million African American and Latino churchgoers across the country against COVID-19 was unveiled Tuesday at Mount Zion Baptist Church in D.C. Rev. Anthony Evans, president of the National Black Church Initiative, said his coalition of 150,000 African American Orchestra rebukes flutist's statements on virus, election 02/16/2021 10:42am • BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has distanced itself from its principal flutist over social media posts she made about the coronavirus vaccine and election fraud. The Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday that the orchestra acknowledged the posts made by Emily Skala and publicly rebuked t North Korea apparently tried to hack Pfizer for COVID vaccine info 02/16/2021 07:14am • ▶ Watch Video: Top Pfizer scientist discusses COVID-19 vaccine's efficacy and new variants North Korean hackers tried to break into the computer systems of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in a search for information on a coronavirus vaccine and treatment technology, South Korea's spy agenc Returning to in-person learning may affect a child's emotional health 02/15/2021 11:33pm • As some Virginia students return to in-person learning, COVID-19 is not the only threat to their health. While some parents may focus on their child's sanitizing and mask-wearing, they may not be thinking about the psychological impact of returning to class. Dr. Michelle Rozen, a change exper Md. secretary of health says Prince George's Co. needs to improve confidence in vaccines 02/15/2021 09:24pm • BOWIE, MD - FEBRUARY 06: People wait in their cars inside of a mass vaccination tent 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 Hogan signs billion-dollar RELIEF Act into law 02/15/2021 05:41pm • Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) was joined by Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) as he signed The Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act on Monday. Also at the ceremony were H