Health

Thanksgiving Day plans remain in limbo for many families as people continue to navigate how to celebrate the holiday amid restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings and rising coronavirus case numbers.

On Monday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she was glad to see more jurisdictions around the District tightening their coronavirus restrictions as cases rise across the country.

With the promising news about COVID vaccine effectiveness, many people are already thinking ahead to next year when a vaccine should be widely available. 

After months without internal testing protocols, members of the U.S. House and their staff will now have regular access to coronavirus testing at the Capitol physician’s office when they return to Washington from their home states.

A D.C. bar frequented by President Trump supporters was fined $2,000 for COVID-19 violations over the weekend as the “Million MAGA March” and allied demonstrations swarmed the nation’s capital.

Just over a couple of weeks after scrapping its plan to resume in-person learning, D.C. officials announced on Monday that it will open schools for CARE classes on Wednesday with COVID-19 precautions in place.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is celebrating five years since announcing that he was cancer free after a series of procedures.

Stocks are rallying again Monday, with the S&P 500 adding more to its record high and the Dow Jones Industrial Average on track to erase the last of its pandemic losses, following another round of encouraging data on a possible coronavirus vaccine.

New measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus are now in place in Virginia as COVID-19 numbers spike across the country.

Time spent playing video games can be good for mental health, according to a new study by researchers at Oxford University.

More than 100 inmates and staffers at a Virginia Beach jail have tested positive for the coronavirus.

President-elect Joe Biden’s scientific advisers plan to meet with vaccine makers in coming days even as a stalled presidential transition keeps them out of the loop on government plans to inoculate all Americans against COVID-19.

Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned that Americans should expect a gradual return to normal after the coronavirus pandemic as Pfizer potentially rolls out its highly-effective vaccine at the end of the year.