Coronavirus

Loudoun County will require high school student-athletes to get vaccinated against the coronavirus

By Nov. 8, Loudoun students playing winter and spring sports must provide proof of vaccination.

A hospital refused to give ivermectin to a covid patient. Then a judge ordered doctors to administer it.

Butler County Judge J. Gregory Howard ordered West Chester Hospital to treat Jeffrey Smith, 51, with ivermectin for three weeks, as requested by his wife.

By Hannah Knowles and Timothy Bella21 minutes ago

White House mobilizes medical workers to help Gulf states; two senior vaccine officials to depart FDA

In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf (D) announced Tuesday that masks must soon be worn inside all K-12 schools, public and private, as well as early-learning and child-care centers in the state.

By Derek Hawkins29 minutes ago

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They’re called mild cases. But people with breakthrough covid can still feel pretty sick.

Those cases can be as modest as a few days of sniffles, but, in other circumstances, can spawn debilitating headaches and fatigue.

By Fenit Nirappil1 hour ago

Opinion

Yes, you can get some immunity from having covid-19. But no one should wait to get vaccinated.

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The slow and steady decline of the vaccine skeptics

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Florida withholds funds from two school districts requiring masks — despite court decision against state ban on mandates

By Valerie Strauss

Hurricane Ida forces three damaged hospitals to evacuate patients

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Biden administration opens civil rights investigations over bans on school mask mandates

By Laura Meckler

Fairfax County Public Schools will require a coronavirus vaccine for high school student-athletes

By Hannah Natanson

Schools open for full-scale in-person learning in D.C., Montgomery County and Arlington as pandemic persists

Study finds vaccine booster shots effective as WHO Europe head says they’re ‘not a luxury’

As pandemic persists, counties confront emergency measures to house the homeless