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All Virginia adults are eligible for coronavirus vaccine appointments. But some are still waiting. Jenna Portnoy, Antonio Olivo While all adults in Virginia are now eligible to make coronavirus vaccine appointments, supply constraints mean it could be weeks before residents in Fairfax and other areas with high demand are able to make appointments, officials said Monday. An additional 3 million people became eligible for the vaccine on Sunday in Virginia, with Gov. Ralph Nor...

D.C. expands vaccine eligibility to all but seeks to control appointments to boost equity Julie Zauzmer © Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser receives the first of two doses of the coronavirus vaccination from nurse Rishea Casselle at Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health on Jan. 25. As eligibility for the coronavirus vaccines expanded to all D.C. adults on Monday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) made clear that the city will keep its focus on equ...

Teachers in Montgomery County vote ‘no confidence’ in reopening plan Donna St. George Montgomery County teachers voted “no confidence” in their school system’s plan for reopening in March, demanding that employees get the chance to be vaccinated first and pushing for more staffing, and a “coherent” contact tracing and testing program. The vote followed an emergency meeting Monday of the representative assembly of the Montgomery County Education Association, wh...

State education officials review complaints of impropriety in Prince George’s Donna St. George Six weeks after a new chairwoman took over, the school board in Prince George’s County is mired in a controversy involving alleged improprieties in contracts and overreaches by leadership, claims that are being examined by Maryland education officials. The contentiousness follows the appointment of Juanita Miller, a former water utility commissioner who in January became chair...

Beloved D.C. teacher and salon owner remembered for dedication to Southeast Washington Perry Stein When Helenmaire White closed her Anacostia hair salon in 2014, her children hoped she would retire. She and her husband raised five children, and they operated a bustling salon for 30 years on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue that doubled as a friendly and spiritual gathering spot for so many Southeast Washington residents. Her son Tony White II thought it was time. But White was...

As CDC weighs coronavirus testing requirement for domestic flights, industry voices fierce opposition Lori Aratani, Michael Laris, Ian Duncan U.S. public health officials are weighing whether to require domestic travelers to show proof of a negative coronavirus test before boarding their flights, drawing fierce opposition from airlines, labor unions and lawmakers but underscoring the severity of the pandemic and difficult trade-offs involved with trying to subdue it. In an ...

Northam, Hogan, Bowser and others in their own words Washington Post Staff Here’s what regional leaders had to say about the coronavirus vaccine rollout over the past several weeks. © Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post Gov. Larry Hogan receives the Moderna vaccine on Jan. 18. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R): On the need to move quickly: “This a race between vaccinations and variants. We don’t want to have them sitting on the shelves not being used. . . ....

Northam, Hogan, Bowser and others in their own words Washington Post Staff Here’s what regional leaders had to say about the coronavirus vaccine rollout over the past several weeks. © Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post Gov. Larry Hogan receives the Moderna vaccine on Jan. 18. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R): On the need to move quickly: “This a race between vaccinations and variants. We don’t want to have them sitting on the shelves not being used. . . ....

Applications surge after big-name colleges halt SAT and ACT testing rules Nick Anderson © Julia Rendleman/The Washington Post People wearing masks walk across the Lawn at the University of Virginia on Sept. 7, 2020 The University of Virginia drew a record 48,000 applications for the next class in Charlottesville — about 15 percent more than the year before. Freshman applications to the University of California at Berkeley crossed into six figures for the first time, t...

Georgetown University staff resist after being asked to take new public health roles or unpaid leave Lauren Lumpkin Staff at Georgetown University are railing against a program that asks them to temporarily take on health-related roles during the pandemic — such as conducting wellness screenings, registering visitors to campus or security — or go on unpaid leave. It comes as the school has designed a spring semester that will include about 200 hybrid courses, increased ...