City Schools update COVID guidelines
In efforts to continue to protect students, staff, their school communities, Baltimore City Public Schools have announced updates to their COVID health and safety procedures and precautions
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In efforts to continue to protect students, staff, their school communities, Baltimore City Public Schools have announced updates to their COVID health and safety procedures and precautions
The Democratic members of Maryland's congressional delegation have banded together to secure $67 million in federal emergency funding for the state's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, according to congressional staff.
Here's what you should know about COVID-19 and updated boosters to prepare for a possible fall or winter surge.
More than 522,000 Maryland residents have received a bivalent booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Maryland Department of Heath said.
The decision by federal health officials expands access to the updated shots for younger children.
The BA.5 variant from the summer wave of cases has now fallen to 81.3% of new infections.
Six GOP-led states are suing the Biden administration to try and halt its plan to forgive student loan debt.
Lauren Garder's dashboard became a key resource and now tracks global cases, deaths, vaccines and more.
Baltimore City Public Schools used a forum known as "Super Outreach Sunday" to connect with the parents and guardians of its students on Sunday.
Regulators want new vehicles to use blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving.
The announcement comes a day after the CDC approved the adapted vaccine. Everyone 12 and older is eligible for the new shot.
Federal health officials say thousands of updated booster shots are already being shipped around the country.
A lawsuit alleges that Kevin Ward, who died by apparent suicide in January, used the money to purchase cars and sports memorabilia.
"The dollars are there to make sure that we can open up our schools with sufficient educators," the education secretary said.
After two and a half years of social distancing and quarantine after exposure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has relaxed its guidelines for COVID-19.
The agency says the new revisions acknowledge "the pandemic is not over" but should not disrupt daily life as much as it used to.
There are big question marks around what might happen next, as the coronavirus' evolution remains quite elusive 2½ years into the pandemic.
President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again after recovering from a bout with the deadly virus.
U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time this year.
COVID-19 cases continue to spike as the Omicron BA.5 subvariant spreads across the country.
Unlike Moderna's and Pfizer-BioNTech's mRNA vaccine, Novavax's vaccine was created using a trace amount of the COVID spike protein, resulting in immune response from the human body, which is boosted by another substance.
COVID-19 remains a constant problem even as many Americans continue to venture out after more than two years of the pandemic.
COVID-19 vaccines for young children are on the way to Maryland days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided the shots should be made available to children under the age of five.
Side effects most commonly included pain at the injection site, and sometimes there was swelling or redness.
The first COVID-19 vaccines for children under the age of five will soon be administered in Maryland and across the country.
