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The Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education recently voted to allow students to return to the classroom in phases beginning March 1. Meanwhile, local health officials continue to offer guidance to help mitigate transmission of the COVID-19 virus as the transition back to in-person learning gears up. According to the MCPS Spring 2021: Recovery […]

Altimmune, Inc. announced Wednesday that it was approved by the FDA to begin Phase 1 clinical trials for AdCOVID, its single-dose nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Gaithersburg, expects to begin volunteer enrollment in the trials in the coming week, according to a statement from the company. “We believe […]

Novavax, a vaccine development company headquartered in Gaithersburg, announced Thursday that it entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with an international vaccine organization to provide more than 1 billion total doses of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, according to a statement from the company. Novavax will work with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to provide 1.1 […]

During this influenza season, there is almost no flu activity present in Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan’s Communications Director Mike Ricci said Friday morning. In a tweet, Ricci displayed a chart comparing clinical laboratory test positivity rates for flu seasons from 2017 until now. Positivity rates during the 2020-2021 flu season have remained below 5% so […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for Feb. 19 The Maryland Department of Health reported 149 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Friday morning. This brings the cumulative cases to 62,234. Montgomery County recorded two new coronavirus-related fatalities Friday, bringing the death toll to 1,350. The county reports 181 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Feb. 17. […]

Maryland Department of Health (MDH) has teamed up with Maryland Department of Aging (MDOA) to launch a telephone line to assist Marylanders without internet in making vaccine appointments. The COVID-19 Vaccination Support Center is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. @MDHealthDept launched a COVID-19 Vaccination Support Center to share info […]

Estadísticas de COVID-19 del condado de Montgomery del 18 de febrero El Departamento de Salud de Maryland informó de 143 nuevos casos de COVID-19 en el condado de Montgomery, el jueves por la mañana. El recuento acumulativo de casos del condado es actualmente de 62,085. El condado de Montgomery registró 11 nuevas muertes relacionadas con […]

COVID-19 case numbers are starting to slightly decrease in Montgomery County, and officials say it’s most likely partly due to vaccines becoming more available and most people following safety guidelines. “The numbers are encouraging, but they are not numbers we want to get comfortable with,” said Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich during his weekly virtual […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for Feb. 18 The Maryland Department of Health reported 143 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Thursday morning. The county’s cumulative case count is currently 62,085. Montgomery County recorded 11 new coronavirus-related fatalities Thursday, bringing the death toll to 1,348. The county has a rolling seven-day average of 3.58% for positive COVID-19 […]

El Contralor de Maryland, Peter Franchot, dijo que el 98% de los pagos de estímulo a individuos, emitidos bajo la Ley RELIEF de 2021, se procesarán el viernes 19 de febrero. El lunes, el gobernador Larry Hogan firmó la Ley (RELIEF) de Recuperación de la Economía, Medios de Sustentos, Industrias, Emprendedores y Familias , que […]