COVID-19

The Garrett County Health Department's mobile vaccine clinic at the Garrett County Agriculture Fair earlier this month encountered a lot of resistance and little enthusiasm for the vaccines.

Marjorie Fridkin, chief medical officer at Garrett Regional Medical Center, answers questions about some of the more common beliefs about COVID-19 and the vaccines to prevent it.

Garrett County, in Maryland's westernmost corner, has the lowest vaccination rate in the state.

At a meeting Monday, members of the state's Joint Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight expressed frustration that 15 months after the pandemic forced businesses to close, residents still struggle with the state's unemployment insurance program.

During a legislative briefing Wednesday, some lawmakers urged the leaders of organizations representing local school superintendents and teachers to back mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for teachers.

Despite spending $230 million on contracts to staff the unemployment benefits call center and adjudicate claims, many calls and emails from desperate Marylanders go unanswered.

Gov. Larry Hogan pushed COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday while touting Maryland's superior COVID-19 statistics compared with other states.

As a result of the preliminary injunction issued Tuesday, Gov. Larry Hogan's administration plans to drop its fight against the two class-action lawsuits.

Dr. Anthony Fauci tells Midday's Tom Hall that, at least for now, COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are unnecessary, but that could change.

More than 80 members of the House of Democrats wrote in a letter Friday that ending unemployment benefits before the federal funding expires in September would have disastrous effects on the state's economy.