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Abortion Limits Could Degrade Patient Care, Push Doctors Out of Virginia & West Virginia, OB-GYN Warns
Near the Virginia-West Virginia border and on the front line of maternal health is where we find Cathleen McCoy, a maternal fetal medicine doctor specializing in high-risk pregnancies.
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Hill Staffers Say Jan. 6 Attack Highlights Ongoing Risk for Lawmakers, Staff
The News4 I-Team sat down with four House staffers — each of whom work for different members from different parties — to discuss life after the insurrection and whether it’s causing some to rethink their service.
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Deadlines to Meet New Education Requirements for DC Child Care Workers Could Be Delayed
The District’s child care workers may be granted additional time to obtain required higher education degrees or professional certificates, the News4 I-Team learned. D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said the District is considering pushing back the deadlines for child care workers to obtain those educational requirements from 2023 to potentially 2025, though such a move would require public comment and…
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Why a Shortage of Microchips Is Driving Up New and Used Car Prices
Steve Douglas has been selling vehicles for nearly 50 years, but he’s never seen his dealership in Hancock, Maryland, as empty as it is these days. He said he usually has anywhere from 80 to 90 new and used cars for sale but now counts them in the single digits. “It’s not a very pretty sight when you’re in...
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Family Suing Prince George's County Schools Over Handling of Alleged Campus Sexual Assault
A local family is suing the Prince George’s County school district, saying it failed to protect a young teen from sexual abuse while on campus. The lawsuit further claims Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School officials mishandled the case once they learned what happened and wrongly punished the victim following the incident.
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COVID-19 Exposed Preexisting Nursing Home Staffing Crisis That Won't End With Pandemic: Experts
The COVID-19 pandemic created “crisis”-level worker shortages at many U.S. long-term care facilities and nursing homes, as workers were sidelined by illness, quarantine or childcare challenges. But a review by the News4 I-Team found it also exposed long-term staffing shortages that many experts say are likely to remain even after the pandemic subsides.
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Vaccine Holdouts: How Some Departments Encourage First Responders to Get Vaccinated
Though first responders risk their lives by fighting fires and crime every day, an investigation by the News4 I-Team found thousands of public safety personnel in the D.C. region may be risking their safety in another way: by declining to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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‘Critical Shortage' of Special Education Teachers as Kids Head Back to School
Washington, D.C.-area public schools are suffering a “critical shortage” of special education teachers as students return from the long year of virtual learning, according to a review by the News4 I-Team. A lack of available special ed instructors has dogged school systems across the country for yearsbut now risks being exacerbated by resignations, retirements and workload increases caused by...
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Nearly 100,000 Local 911 Calls Each Year Sent to Wrong 911 Center, Require Transfer
The News4 I-Team requested call data from five 911 centers in the D.C. region and found nearly 100,000 calls each year, sometimes hundreds of calls a day, have to be transferred to reach the correct jurisdiction before help can be sent.
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Schools Face Shortage of Mental Health Professionals as Students Slowly Return
As students return to school buildings after a year of unprecedented stress, public schools across our region are operating with fewer counselors and psychologists than recommended by national experts, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team.
