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Md. launches drive to boost COVID-19 tests, contact tracing

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A COVID-19 test is administered at a drive-thru site in March 2020. Maryland officials are launching a campaign to remind residents of the need for testing even as the COVID-19 vaccination program is well underway. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

As the number of vaccinated Marylanders increases daily, a Maryland Department of Health marketing campaign wants to remind you that even if you are vaccinated, it’s important to continue following other COVID-19 guidance. The campaign, called “Don’t Invite COVID,” encourages even vaccinated Marylanders to “enjoy the cookout. ...

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USM schools distributing vaccines; mandatory inoculations still up in the air

April 16, 2021 Comments Off on USM schools distributing vaccines; mandatory inoculations still up in the air

The team that provided COVID-19 vaccinations at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore earlier this month. (Submitted Photo)

Some University System of Maryland schools have begun distributing COVID-19 vaccines through their health centers, while others are planning to follow, system Chancellor Jay Perman announced at a Board of Regents meeting Friday. Most health centers will distribute COVID-19 vaccines directly to the students living on campus this semester ...

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As Orioles play home opener, some wary of return to live baseball, poll finds

April 7, 2021 Comments Off on As Orioles play home opener, some wary of return to live baseball, poll finds

Orioles fans pose for a picture at a spring training game in Sarasota, Florida, where a mask mandate was enforced. There are similar precautions in place when the Orioles play their home opener Thursday. (Courtesy of Baltimore Orioles)

George Hudnet is an Orioles fan but with the team’s home opener Thursday he hasn’t made plans to see a game at Camden Yards. The 79-year-old Bel Air resident probably won’t attend a game in person and instead will watch ...

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Health professionals renew call for K-12 reopening in Md.

April 5, 2021 Comments Off on Health professionals renew call for K-12 reopening in Md.

One data aggregator reports that Maryland is offering the fourth-least in-class instruction among all the states. (Despositphotos)

Advocates are once again renewing their efforts to get Maryland public schools to open back up for in-person classes, with over 500 health care professionals signing a letter to encouraging Gov. Larry Hogan and Jinlene Chan, Maryland’s acting health deputy for public health services, to expedite reopenings. “We ...

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Hogan opens up COVID-19 vaccinations to everyone

April 5, 2021 Comments Off on Hogan opens up COVID-19 vaccinations to everyone

ANNAPOLIS — All Marylanders who want a coronavirus vaccine are now eligible for a vaccination. The announcement Monday by Gov. Larry Hogan comes less than a week after he hinted at the possibility. The decision makes all Marylanders eligible in ...

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Hogan: Anyone 16 and older can preregister for vaccine

April 1, 2021 Comments Off on Hogan: Anyone 16 and older can preregister for vaccine

“One elected official is accountable to the voters for the parole of offenders who committed heinous murders and attempted murders. An appointed group such as the Parole Commission is less accountable for its exercise of such authority than the governor," Gov. Larry Hogan's office said in opposing legislation to remove the probation authority from the governor. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

ANNAPOLIS — Marylanders 16 and older can immediately preregister for a vaccination, a change that Gov. Larry Hogan said could eventually lead to a more rapid expansion of eligibility. Hogan’s announcement comes as the state begins to look for ways ...

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As more vaccine doses arrive, infection rate going up, too

March 29, 2021 Comments Off on As more vaccine doses arrive, infection rate going up, too

"Somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-75 days, theoretically, every adult that ... wants a first dose could get a first dose," says Senate President Bill Ferguson, shown in a 2020 interview. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

Maryland is expecting more than 450,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine as soon as next week as part of an increase in shipment to states from the federal government. State officials are expecting larger shipments at the very same time Maryland ...

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Dozens of Md. biohealth companies responding to the pandemic

March 26, 2021 Comments Off on Dozens of Md. biohealth companies responding to the pandemic

A vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine is seen ready for use in the trial at St. George's University hospital in London in October. The little-known Gaithersburg company is nearing completion of its trials for the vaccine. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

When Novavax Inc. received $1.6 billion last year from the federal government to speed up testing and production of a coronavirus vaccine, some observers were incredulous. The small biotechnology firm, based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was largely unknown and had never ...

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With more doses arriving, Md. expands vaccine program

March 23, 2021 Comments Off on With more doses arriving, Md. expands vaccine program

A pharmacist prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Queen Anne Healthcare, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Seattle. Pfizer has committed to supply up to 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year to a World Health Organization-backed effort to get affordable vaccines to 92 poor and middle-income countries. The deal announced Friday, Jan. 22 will supply the shots to the program known as COVAX. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland will expand eligibility for coronavirus vaccinations to residents with disabilities at the same time it plans on doubling the number of mass vaccination sites. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and the leaders of other states were told to ...

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Oldest Marylanders falling behind for COVID-19 vaccine, lawmaker says

March 22, 2021 Comments Off on Oldest Marylanders falling behind for COVID-19 vaccine, lawmaker says

"Positivity rates were never designed for the way that we're using it now," says Sen. Clarence Lam. "It's being used as the high-stakes measurement of whether we can open businesses, schools and the like." (The Daily Record/File Photo)

The oldest Maryland residents are falling behind other age groups as the state begins to open up a new phase of coronavirus eligibility. Gov. Larry Hogan in the last week has announced a number of initiatives aimed at targeting more ...

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