Making a difference with IHOP & LLS on National Pancake Day

A stack of IHOP pancakes sounds like a good idea any time of day – but it's especially good on National Pancake Day when it benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society!

China says it's been 'open and transparent' in search for COVID origins

China said it has been “open and transparent” in the search for the origins of COVID-19, after questions about how the pandemic began received new attention.

Young entrepreneur’s DC area candle business burns bright with success

It's typical for seventh grade boys to like fictional superheroes that inspire them to dream big and rise to challenges. What’s not typical is to have achieved big dreams by age 12! Kid-entrepreneur Alejandro Buxton did just that!

DC scaling back COVID-19 testing services, rapid test distribution

DC Health has announced they will suspend the COVID-19 Test Yourself DC self-service kiosk program as well as rapid test distribution at libraries and senior centers. 

Children's National Hospital NICU babies celebrate 1st Valentine's Day

It's all love at Children's National Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where these beautiful babies are celebrating their first Valentine's Day!

DC hospital patients settle lawsuit alleging harmful conditions during start of COVID pandemic

Patients at St. Elizabeths settled their lawsuit against the hospital and D.C. for the unconstitutional conditions during a water shut-off in October 2019 and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over 80,000 Marylanders could lose Medicaid eligibility

Maryland officials are preparing for as many as 80,000 residents who could no longer qualify for Medicaid coverage this spring, as the federal government reinstates a requirement that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic for states to verify the eligibility of recipients.

FOX 5 welcomes baby Gianna Noelle Carter!

An official FOX 5 welcome to the latest edition to our newsroom family - Gianna Noelle Carter!

President Biden to end country's COVID-19 emergencies on May 11

President Joe Biden informed Congress that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.

Steve Chenevey celebrates 20 years at FOX 5

Twenty years and still going strong! Steve Chenevey celebrated two decades on the air at FOX 5 Friday!

How to achieve your New Year’s resolutions

The ball dropped, 2023 is officially here – and for a lot of people, so are those pesky New Year's resolutions.

New Omicron subvariant becoming dominant COVID strain in U.S.

A new Omicron variant known as XBB.1.5 is reportedly spreading quickly nationwide as doctors say COVID-19 continues to evolve.

Here's all of FOX 5 DC's 2022 recap stories and a few looks ahead to 2023

Over the past few weeks, we've assembled a bunch of great stories to help you look back on 2022, the year that was, and think ahead to 2023. These are just a few of them.