COVID-19 at the National Zoo
The Smithsonian National Zoo saw a COIVD-19 outbreak among their great cats in September. Nine lions and tigers were infected. One of their older lions almost died from the delta variant of the corona...
18 Okt 202116min
New COVID Rules at DC Public Schools
Last week, the D.C. Council unanimously approved a limited expansion of virtual learning for city public schools as part of an emergency bill addressing parents’ concerns about in-person learning. Bef...
11 Okt 202116min
'In America: Remember'
"In America: Remember" memorialized the more than 700,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19. Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg created the exhibit, which ran from September 17 to October 3. This ...
4 Okt 202114min
A Local Hospital Amid Delta
Hospitals nationwide are losing resources to the most recent surge of COVID-19, causing bed shortages and increasing wait times. This week, we asked two medical specialists at MedStar Washington Hospi...
27 Sep 202117min
‘A Perfect Storm:’ Montgomery County Public Schools Pivot
Montgomery County Public Schools are a month into full in-person learning and the school system has made a series of COVID-19 policy changes as it tries to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Quar...
20 Sep 202113min
Jabs for Jocks
Maryland high school athletics resumed Sept. 3 and within a week both Prince George’s and Montgomery counties announced vaccine mandates. Originally, the school districts had left the decision up to t...
13 Sep 202114min
In-Person School: Virginia
In-person learning is back at all Virginia Public Schools this fall, but class is far from normal. Coronavirus cases continue to rise in the Commonwealth. With many elementary students still ineligibl...
6 Sep 202117min
Venues, Vaccines and Variants
The entertainment industry has a new weapon against this latest COVID-19 surge: vaccines. This week, we talked to WTOP's entertainment editor Jason Fraley about how venues, entertainers and arts patro...
30 Aug 202115min
