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Pandemic highlights importance of in-home advanced illness and hospice care 10/29/2020 10:31am • November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, drawing attention to the vital industry that provides compassionate support to people in the advanced stage of an illness. Many services provided to such patients can be delivered directly into their home, something that has Why Premeds Should Engage in Health Policy, Advocacy 10/27/2020 12:00am • Medical schools are interested in accepting students who make a positive impact in their communities. One way to make a broad impact on the health of populations is through health policy. As a premed, you can work with policymakers to change laws and shape policies that affect the health care syste Specific coronavirus vaccine plan needed for Md. schools, superintendents say 10/22/2020 06:06am • School superintendents from Montgomery and Prince George's counties called for more guidance from Maryland education officials on how to handle a coronavirus vaccine once one is available. They made the comments during a hearing held Wednesday by the Maryland Senate Education, Health and Environm Flu Prevention in Nursing Homes 10/16/2020 12:00am • The world's attention is now focused on COVID-19, and rightly so, but infectious disease experts have been warning for months that, come fall and winter, another deadly infection will rear its head as well: influenza. The flu is especially dangerous to the elderly, which is why elder care facilitie What Are Your Chances of Getting Into Medical School? 10/15/2020 12:00am • Only about 41% of applicants to U.S. medical schools who sought admission for the 2019-2020 school year matriculated, according to official statistics released by the Association of American Medical Colleges. That's one reason why medical school admissions experts advise applicants to get a realist Home Remedies Not to Try for COVID-19 10/14/2020 12:00am • Why risk your health or waste your time and money?People are anxious about the coronavirus and eager to do whatever it takes to reduce their risk of infection or to treat potential symptoms. In this uncertain atmosphere, it's easy for false or unproven claims about so-called treatments or cures for Using VA Benefits to Pay for Long-Term Care 10/13/2020 12:00am • Can military veterans use their Department of Veterans Affairs benefits to help pay for long-term care? The answer, as with most things governmental, is complicated. But in general, according to the Administration for Community Living, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Safety Measures at Assisted Living Communities 10/13/2020 12:00am • The reasons for placing a loved one in an assisted living facility often boil down to one word: safety. When a sick or frail individual no longer can care for him or herself, the safest place may be such a community, where both medical care and physical safety can be assured. Assisted living commun Fisher House Foundation adds six new locations 10/12/2020 08:47am • The Fisher House Foundation operates all over the world and opened its first home in  the D.C. area 20 years ago. (Courtesy Fisher House Foundation) The Maryland-based Fisher House Foundation, which offers free, hotel-like housing facilities for the families of military members and veterans rec Poll shows Marylanders on board with police reform 10/12/2020 05:21am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. As Maryland legislative committees craft comprehensive police reform packages for the 2021 General Assembly session, they appear to have s Virginia is preparing for an unprecedented vaccination campaign 10/11/2020 07:51pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Three million dollars for public outreach. Nearly $2.5 million for refrigerators and thermometers. And more than $71 million for mass Commentary: Countries' Response to the Pandemic Will Shape a Return to Normalcy 10/05/2020 12:00am • As the global pandemic enters its ninth month, people are frustrated and desperate. With families unable to cope with food shortages and falling incomes, nations are experiencing mass unrest. Activists have sparked demonstrations against societal injustices, while others have joined the crusades of Montgomery County renters report illegal increases during pandemic 09/24/2020 11:42pm • Some Montgomery County, Maryland, residents are complaining of illegal rent increases during the pandemic, despite a 2.6% cap on rent hikes approved by the county council in April. The Montgomery County Renters Alliance said residents of The Enclave Silver Spring on Oak Leaf Drive in White Oak ha DC area joins nationwide trend of first-time gun ownership 09/22/2020 04:11am • Cedric Barnes, owner of Barnes 1st Step Firearms Training in Southeast D.C., teaches student Teia Hill how to control a gun’s recoil by adjusting her stance and grip. (WTOP/Matthew Delaney) The sounds of gunfire ringing through her Southeast D.C. neighborhood had always kept Neta Vaught away f Solo Old Age: How to Prepare 09/22/2020 12:00am • Artha Freeman, 66, has been divorced for nearly 15 years, lives alone in rural Colorado with no family nearby and has no children. Far from being lonely, she's enjoying the solo life. She owns a horse farm, has a strong network of friends for good conversation and, in normal times, for travel and di