Anne Arundel Medical Center won’t join a group of major Maryland hospitals that plans to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment by the end of the summer.
Prince George’s mental health facility being built with funds shifted from police training building Rachel Chason Prince George’s County officials celebrated the groundbreaking Monday for a behavioral health center that is being constructed with funds diverted from a police training facility, part of the county’s response to nationwide calls for racial and social justice. County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D), who decided to redirect the $20 million after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, said her response was also shaped by encounters Prince George’s police have had with mentally ill people over the years.
Covid-19 destroyed a young man s lungs. Can his foster mom let him go?
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1of5Saundra Rogers talks to her son, Nelson Orellana Garcia, via video call in December.Washington /The Washington Post)Show MoreShow Less
2of5Saundra Rogers talks to Nelson Orellana Garcia, on life support, via video call last month.Washington Post photo by Bonnie Jo MountShow MoreShow Less
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4of5Saundra Rogers raised Nelson Orellana Garcia from the age of 10.Washington Post photo by Bonnie Jo MountShow MoreShow Less
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She watched him on her iPhone screen as he lay in the hospital bed, a blue tube attached to his throat.
Maryland Restaurant Association sues over dining bans as D.C. announces new restrictions Rachel Chason, Michael Brice-Saddler The Restaurant Association of Maryland announced lawsuits against Montgomery County, Prince George’s County and Baltimore City in an attempt to roll back coronavirus-related bans on different types of restaurant dining in those jurisdictions. Association President Marshall Weston said the bans on indoor dining in Montgomery and Prince George’s and on indoor and outdoor dining in Baltimore City have led to layoffs and furloughs. He said too many restaurant employees are “being asked to accept the grossly unfair burden of losing their jobs in the hopes of stopping the spread of covid.”