Tag: COVID-19
Our View: We, not me
The recent surge of COVID-19 in Alexandria – as well as the region and nation – is real. We just don’t know exactly how...
COVID-19 surge part of triple virus threat
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
COVID-19 is surging in both Alexandria and throughout Virginia, though the official case count may be significantly underreported. Whites are...
Some COVID-19 testing sites to close
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
Come Dec. 26, several COVID-19 testing sites will close their doors.
Curative, a private healthcare company, has chosen to discontinue all...
Everything old is new again, even in health
By David C. Rose, MD, MBA, FAAP
Seemingly overnight in 2020, your hands became the most important tools in the fight to defeat a deadly...
Restaurants adjust to permanent parklets
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
Earlier this month, the City of Alexandria made permanent the parklet system that was installed during the COVID-19 pandemic as...
Alexandria SOL pass rates lag behind state scores
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
Alexandria City Public Schools’ 2021-22 Standards of Learning scores improved from last year in three of four categories, though state...
Port City Flavor: Trials and triumphs of takeout
By Liana Hardy | [email protected]
During the onset of COVID-19, safety concerns and shrinking clientele forced restaurants to switch to takeout, with some resorting to...
All about monkeypox
By Dr. Vivek Sinha
In today’s internet age, unlimited information is at our fingertips. We can essentially look up any subject matter, anywhere in the...
COVID-19 data trends reveal Latinos have best mortality rate
By Thompson Eskew
COVID-19 has been with us for so long now that it’s difficult to remember how suddenly the tsunami of fear, infection...
Your Views: A risk of zoonotic transmission
To the editor:
Here we are in the aftermath of a global COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed 1 million American lives and 6 million lives globally....
