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Shen Wu Tan was a general assignment reporter, with a focus on health news, at The Washington Times.

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Male panda Tian Tian is seen in his outdoor pen at the National Zoo in this Aug. 22, 2020 photo. A day earlier, a cub was born to female panda Mei Xiang, who was impregnated earlier this year with semen from Tian Tian. The cub is the fourth born to Mei Xiang and will be sent to China when it is older as part of a conservation program to boost the panda population in the country. (PHOTO: Shen Wu Tan/The Washington Times)

Mei Xiang delivers her fourth panda cub in 15 years

Giant panda Tian Tian nosed through a green spool of leaf-eater biscuits and fruit, spinning and shaking it around to dig out every piece of food Saturday morning at the Smithsonian National Zoo, seemingly unaware of his newborn "miracle" offspring, cradled in its mother's arms in the next den over.

August 22, 2020
In this photo taken Dec. 19, 2011, Mei Xiang, the female giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, eats breakfast. Zoo officials in Washington are hoping to get panda mom Mei Xiang pregnant, again. Smithsonian National Zoo officials say they performed two artificial inseminations Thursday on 18-year-old Mei Xiang. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Panda cub born at D.C. National Zoo

Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a cub at Smithsonian's National Zoo on Friday evening, making her the oldest panda, at 22 years old, in the U.S. and the second oldest in the world to do so.

August 21, 2020
Depicted is the front cover of Maryland Sports Commission's "Return to Play" report on how to safely, in stages, resume recreational sports (www.marylandsports.us)

Montgomery County opening up athletic fields for certain sports

Montgomery County this week opened up athletic fields for low- and medium-risk sports games for groups of 50 or less at local parks, recreation centers and public schools. Starting next month, fields at regional and recreational parks will also open.

August 21, 2020
A motorist drops off a mail-in ballot outside of a voting center during the 7th Congressional District special election, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Windsor Mill, Md. The state election board says that voters will be able to drop their general-election ballots at hundreds of drop boxes instead of mailing them or casting them in person. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Maryland election board to put at least 270 ballot drop boxes in place for November election

The Maryland State Board of Elections on Wednesday said that at least 270 ballot drop boxes will be put in place throughout the state for the Nov. 3 general election, a large increase from the 75 that were made available for this year's primary election. The ballot drop boxes will be delivered to local boards of elections beginning the week of Sept. 28, who will open the boxes soon after arrival.

August 20, 2020
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at a news conference on the coronavirus outbreak and the District's response, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

D.C. to hire 175 more virus contact tracers

District officials announced Monday that the city's health department will hire 175 more contact tracers, boosting its force up to 450 staff members to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, and start home visits later this week.

August 17, 2020
A truck passes a sign for free COVID-19 testing, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

CDC: Infected people may test positive for COVID-19 for up to three months

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday evening said it has updated its guidance on coronavirus-related isolation, which reflects the latest science showing that people can continue to test positive for COVID-19 for up to three months after diagnosis while being non-infectious. But, the CDC also warned, that does not mean those patients are safe from possible reinfection.

August 15, 2020

Maryland’s American Gene Technologies to test HIV drug

Rockville-based American Gene Technologies said this week it will be testing the safety of AGT103-T, a single-dose cell product made from blood cells that increases HIV-fighting T cells and uses gene therapy to help these cells survive in the body, in trial participants.

August 13, 2020
Parishioners sit apart from each other as they practiced social distancing during live streamed Eucharistic Adoration service at Saint Ann Catholic Church in Washington, Sunday night, March 29, 2020. The Archdiocese of Washington has temporarily halted all public Masses and gatherings in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

D.C. man charged with $2 million coronavirus relief scheme

Federal prosecutors have charged a D.C. man with fraudulently applying for and collecting more than $2 million in coronavirus relief funds, which they say he used to buy a $1.13 million townhouse, a $300,000 yacht and a $46,000 luxury sports sedan.

August 12, 2020