Beachgoers flock to Ocean City after reopening despite pandemic

With most stores still closed and restaurant dining rooms off-limits, the mayor of Ocean City re-opened the beach, boardwalk and Inlet Saturday after they had been closed for more than a month.

Obama calls Trump's coronavirus response an 'absolute chaotic disaster'

Former President Barack Obama on Friday said that the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been an “absolute chaotic disaster” and blamed it on a “selfish” and “tribal” mindset that has become operationalized in government.

Two more White House aides test positive for coronavirus

 Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said Friday, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for the virus this week.

Virginia Gov Northam details what Phase 1 will look like once the state begins reopening

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam stopped short of formalizing May 15 as the date for reopening, but the data he showed during a Friday news conference suggests that the state is on its way.

Suspects arrested for murder of Michigan security guard after asking shopper to wear a mask

Police have arrested the father and son who were wanted for the murder of a Flint Family Dollar security guard who was killed last Friday following a dispute with a customer who would not put on a mask in the store.

Howard University moving to celebrate class of 2020 and 2021 next year

Howard University’s president says he’ll try to organize a joint commencement ceremony next year for both the class of 2020, and the class of 2021.

Report details Sagepoint deficiencies in protecting residents

FOX 5 has obtained the full report that outlines the “widespread deficiencies” that led the Maryland Department of Health to site a Charles County nursing facility with a city penalty of $10,000 per day for their COVID-19 pandemic response.

Prince George’s County still looking for a flattening curve

This is the end of week eight for Maryland’s stay-at-home order.While restrictions are being lifted in some places, officials in Prince George’s County are insisting the COVID-19 curve hasn’t been flattened.

Llama antibodies studied as potential treatment for COVID-19

A new study explores how antibodies from llamas immunized with “prefusion-stabilized betacoronavirus spike proteins” may prove beneficial as therapeutic treatment for COVID-19 patients.

A majority of vaccine skeptics plan to refuse a COVID-19 vaccine, a study suggests, and that could be a big problem

According to someestimates, 50% to 70% of Americans would need to develop immunity to COVID-19 – either naturally, or via a vaccine – in order to thwart the spread of the virus, Kristin Lunz Trujillo writes for The Conversation.

FTC warns of work-from-home scams amid COVID-19 pandemic

Promises of a big income working from home, especially when the “opportunity” involves an up-front fee or giving your credit card information, “should make you very suspicious,” the FTC says.

COVID-19 potentially sexually transmitted after researchers find virus in semen of male patients

The novel coronavirus has been discovered in the semen of infected male individuals, according to Chinese researchers, potentially raising the prospect that the virus could potentially be sexually transmitted.