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A Gaithersburg biopharmaceutical company is working with an Alabama university to prepare its COVID-19 vaccine candidate for clinical trials.
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Read More »Md. insurance regulator issues guidance for providers on COVID-19
The Maryland Insurance Administration has issued a bulletin on frequently asked questions health care providers may have regarding state insurance regulations for COVID-19 services. The bulletin details what insurance plans are subject to emergency regulations issued by the agency. It ...
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Read More »How dire projections, grim images dashed Trump’s Easter plan
But while Trump sided with the White House doctors over its economists, at least for now, the decision shed light on a West Wing beset with divisions and a commander in chief torn between an instinct to embrace the image of a wartime president fighting an invisible enemy and the desire to protect the nation’s bottom line as he barrels into a bruising reelection fight.
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Read More »Police: Man violated virus order by hosting teen hotel party
A Maryland man violated the governor’s ban on large gatherings by hosting a party with 10 teenagers in a hotel room, authorities said.
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Read More »Anne Arundel County to open child care sites for essential personnel
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman announced the Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks will open three Essential Personnel School Age (EPSA) sites to offer child care services for essential employees working during the COVID-19 pandemic. This service ...
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Read More »Cigna waives customer cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatment, increases virtual care capacity
Insurer Cigna is waiving customer cost-sharing in Maryland for all COVID-19 treatment through May 31, company officials said Monday. The treatments that Cigna will cover for COVID-19 are those covered under Medicare or other applicable state regulations. The company will reimburse ...
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Read More »University of Maryland raises more than $162k for Student Crisis Fund
In a time of crisis, the University of Maryland community—alumni, faculty, staff and more—came together to lend a helping hand to students struggling financially as a result of the unprecedented hit from COVID-19, raising more than $162,000 since launching a ...
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Read More »M&T contributes $100K to Baltimore City Public Schools’ fund
M&T Bank, which operates more than 150 branches in Maryland, is contributing $100,000 to Baltimore City Public Schools’ Fund for Educational Excellence to help feed the city’s students and their family members directly or indirectly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. ...
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Read More »Conditions for companies that get virus aid: Room for abuse?
A $500 billion federal aid package for companies and governments hurt by the coronavirus includes rules aimed at ensuring that the money is used in ways that would help sustain the economy. But questions are being raised about whether those guardrails will prevent the kinds of abuses that have marked some corporate bailouts of the past.
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Read More »Macy’s to furlough majority of its 125,000 workers
Macy's says it will temporarily stop paying tens of thousands of employees who were thrown out of work when the chain closed its stores in response to collapsing sales during the pandemic.
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