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New COVID-19 booster shots have begun rolling out across Maryland and the country this week, and experts and officials are again stepping up their efforts to persuade the public to get another shot.
Keri Althoff and Andy Pekosz are quoted. 
 

The mayor’s office and the city’s Department of Public Works are still investigating the source of the contamination by “surveying and sampling additional locations, working to identify construction projects in the area, performing leak tests, conducting valve assessments and checking chlorine levels."

The U.S. leads the world with infections — as of Wednesday, 21,274 cases had been reported — with men accounting for about 98% of cases and men who said they had recent sexual contact with other men about 93% of cases.
 

Recognizing these disparities is key in addressing future health crises, but also for providing care to children impacted by COVID-19 that is trauma-informed and culturally relevant as grief is individually unique.
 

The risks of the strategy are real: If the vaccine comes up short, Americans will have another disease to live with, and health officials will almost certainly further damage confidence in public health.
 

Sellers of the easy-to-assemble firearms known as ghost guns are finding ways to continue to offer their products online, soon after the Biden administration implemented a rule aimed at regulating their sales.
 

Many employees reduce their hours or stop working to help ailing family members. But it may be years before they fully return to the work force, studies indicate.
 

Andy Pekosz discussed the latest on the new round of COVID-19 booster shots authorized by the Food and Drug Administration earlier that week and the fall COVID-19 outlook.
 

The slowdown in some parts of the U.S. – coupled with data about how those at highest risk are protecting themselves and getting vaccinated – are promising signs.
 

With the first few days of a new school year now complete, parents and students across the D.C. region are transitioning from summer schedules to school night routines. But what can parents and students do to ease back into a new school year?
 

While many Americans are acting as if the pandemic is a thing of the past, the Biden administration has warned that the U.S. could see 100 million COVID-19 infections in the fall and winter.
 

The White House is pausing new orders to prevent the country from running out of “our limited remaining supply” of self-administered tests in case of a surge of cases this fall, a senior administration official told The Washington Post.