Maryland
Maryland Department of Health launches new GoVAX campaign featuring Maryland families stressing the importance of vaccinating against COVID – The Southern Maryland Chronicle
Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Division of Well being (MDH) launched a brand new collection of tv, radio and social media adverts as we speak that includes Maryland households from throughout the state, who share their causes for vaccinating in opposition to COVID-19. The brand new collection is a part of the state’s ongoing GoVAX marketing campaign.
“We would like mother and father and guardians to listen to from different households concerning the decisions they made to guard themselves and their households. They want to have the ability to make knowledgeable decisions primarily based on their very own analysis and data accessible about security and effectiveness,” stated MDH Secretary Dennis R. Schrader. “Marylanders need to do what they’ll to guard themselves and their communities, and most agree vaccines are our greatest protection in opposition to COVID-19.”
Households featured within the “Actual Households” movies inform diversified tales about their causes for vaccinating, together with continuity of childcare, returning to highschool, resuming extracurricular actions and attending household gatherings. Some stated they wished to assist defend different members of the family with medical situations or who’re immunocompromised.
“We obtained vaccinated for COVID-19 as quickly as we may and obtained our daughter, Rosie, vaccinated inside a number of weeks of the vaccine popping out for teenagers,” stated Ginny Shenk of Eldersburg. “Having our entire household vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19 provides us a stage of consolation and security.”
“The youngsters’s actions have been placed on maintain throughout COVID, and now that they’ve their vaccines, they’re again to their actions,” stated Archana Awosika of Silver Spring.
Andrew Shannon, Director of the Cambridge Empowerment Middle, runs a useful resource middle that provides kids a secure place to play and be taught whereas their mother and father and guardians work. “After we needed to shut due to COVID, life grew to become tougher for everybody. The vaccines have been enormous. They allow us to re-open our doorways and get individuals’s lives again on monitor,” Shannon stated.
In Might 2021, kids aged 12 to 17 have been approved for COVID vaccines, and kids 5 to 11 grew to become eligible in October 2021. Authorization for youngsters 6 months and up is predicted to be authorized subsequent week.
Up to now, practically half of Maryland kids aged 5 to 11 have obtained at the very least one dose of the COVID vaccine, greater than 83 % of the 12- to 15-year-olds have obtained at the very least one dose and practically 88 % of 16- and 17-year-olds.
“We proceed to achieve out to folks and guardians by way of our GoVAX marketing campaign, pediatricians’ practices, faculty and childcare settings and different means to encourage vaccinations,” stated Dr. Jinlene Chan, MDH’s Deputy Secretary of Public Well being. “Though most kids get pretty gentle circumstances if contaminated, some can turn into very sick from COVID. We all know that vaccines are the very best safety in opposition to critical sickness, hospitalization and demise.”
The state’s multifaceted GoVAX marketing campaign, which started in January 2021, has featured TV, radio, outside and digital promoting, social media, grassroots outreach by way of door-to-door canvassing, digital city halls, the usage of sound vehicles in focused neighborhoods, and community-based messaging by way of medical doctors’ places of work, barbershops, salons and film theaters.
GoVAX encourages all Marylanders to guard themselves, their households and their communities by getting vaccinated and boosted. Beneath the GoVAX umbrella, the “Actual Households” marketing campaign consists of households from Baltimore, Carroll, Montgomery, Anne Arundel and Dorchester counties and follows the profitable “Actual Youngsters” marketing campaign, launched in January 2022, that featured kids beneath age 12 stating in their very own phrases why they obtained vaccinated.
For extra details about COVID-19 vaccines and the GoVAX marketing campaign, go to covidLINK.maryland.gov.
For the latest Maryland COVID-19 vaccine information, go to coronavirus.maryland.gov.
Maryland
UCLA can't keep pace in second half during loss at Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Three days after calling his players “soft” and “delusional” in their estimation of their abilities, Mick Cronin wasn’t around to offer a final assessment Friday night.
The UCLA coach was in the locker room, having been ejected with five minutes and 14 seconds left after receiving two rapid-fire technical fouls with his unraveling team down by nine points.
It wasn’t the final indignity for his team. Far from it.
UCLA couldn’t get out of its own way inside the Xfinity Center, the No. 22 Bruins stumbling to a 79-61 loss to Maryland that represented a season-worst third consecutive defeat.
Being soft wasn’t the primary problem on this night. Holding on to the ball or throwing a pass without it being stolen were the big challenges confronting the Bruins.
UCLA committed 21 turnovers, tying its worst showing of the season, while getting outmuscled by another team. If this was a crossroads, then the Bruins (11-5 overall, 2-3 Big Ten) certainly took the wrong turn.
Forward Tyler Bilodeau scored 18 points and guard Trent Perry added 10 off the bench, becoming the only Bruins to reach double figures on a night the team shot 41.5% to Maryland’s 54%. Ja’Kobi Gillespie led the Terrapins (12-4, 2-3) with 27 points.
In need of a confidence boost, UCLA’s Dylan Andrews followed a pull-up jumper with a tough turnaround baseline jumper to pull his team within 53-47 with 12:36 left.
But a flurry of turnovers followed and an irate Cronin was quickly tossed after apparently voicing his displeasure with the referees.
It was only a little more than two years ago that UCLA came here and bludgeoned the Terrapins, leading by as many as 30 points in the first half of a runaway victory. That sort of showing felt like a distant memory Friday.
There were some coming-of-age moments in the first half for Perry, who played with increasing confidence the longer he was in the game.
Among his highlights were a backdoor reverse layup off a pass from Skyy Clark, a steal of a cross-court pass and an offensive rebound that he followed with a driving layup. Perry’s seven points by halftime were more than twice as many as the three points he had collected in the previous four Big Ten games while looking shaky during his brief stints on the court.
UCLA’s 40-36 halftime deficit could have been considered something of a victory for the Bruins considering they committed 11 turnovers — several while having the ball stripped — and allowed Maryland to shoot 51.7%.
There was nothing worthwhile left to come for the Bruins.
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Macy's closing stores in Maryland and Virginia. Here’s the full list.
WASHINGTON – Macy’s is closing more than 60 stores this year as part of a comprehensive strategy to revive its struggling business, the department store said, and several of them are in Maryland and Virginia.
In what the company refers to as its “Bold New Chapter” strategy, Macy’s said in a statement on Thursday that the closures are designed to “return the company to sustainable, profitable sales growth.”
Overall, Macy’s said it plans to close approximately 150 “underproductive stores” through 2026. Meanwhile, it will invest in 350 existing stores, with plans to add more salespeople to fitting areas and shoe departments, and adding more visual displays like mannequins.
Which Maryland Macy’s stores are closing?
Security Square 159 6901 Security Blvd Ste 871. Baltimore, MD 21244
Harford Mall 60 600 Baltimore Pike, Bel Air, MD 21014
Which Virginia Macy’s stores are closing?
Southpark Mall 214 170 Southpark Cir, Colonial Heights, VA 23834
Click here for the FULL LIST of Macy’s stores that are closing:
All Macy’s Store Closures
Arizona
- Superstition Springs Center – 6535 E SOUTHERN AVE MESA AZ
California
- Broadway Plaza – 750 W 7TH ST LOS ANGELES CA
- Hillsdale Furniture – 2838 SOUTH EL CAMINO REAL SAN MATEO CA
- Sunrise Malle – 6000 SUNRISE MALL CITRUS HEIGHTS CA
- Westminster Mall – 300 WESTMINSTER MALL WESTMINSTER CA
- NewPark Mall – 200 NEWPARK MALL NEWARK CA
- Mission Valley Home – 1555 CAMINO DE LA REINA SAN DIEGO CA
- Otay Ranch Town Center – 2015 BIRCH RD STE 2 CHULA VISTA CA
- Village at Corte Madera – 1400 REDWOOD HWY CORTE MADERA CA
- Downtown Plaza – 414 K ST SACRAMENTO CA
Colorado
- Northfield Stapleton – 8298 E NORTHFIELD BLVD DENVER CO
Florida
- Boynton Beach Mall – 801 N CONGRESS AVE STE 100 BOYNTON BEACH FL
- Ft Lauderdale Furniture – 4501 NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY FORT LAUDERDALE FL
- Pembroke Furniture – 13640 PINES BLVD PEMBROKE PINES FL
- South Dade Furniture – 13251 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY MIAMI FL
- West Shore Plaza – 298 WESTSHORE PLZ TAMPA FL
- Altamonte Furniture – 820 W TOWN PKWY ALTAMONTE SPGS FL
- Southgate – 3501 S TAMIAMI TRL STE 600 SARASOTA FL
Georgia
- Gwinnett Furniture – 3360 VENTURE PARKWAY DULUTH GA
- Gwinnett Place – 2100 PLEASANT HILL RD STE 2318 DULUTH GA
- Johns Creek Town Center – 3630 PEACHTREE PARKWAY SUWANEE GA
Idaho
- Silver Lake Mall – 200 W HANLEY AVE STE 200-4 COEUR D’ALENE ID
Illinois
- White Oaks Mall 646 104 WHITE OAKS MALL SPRINGFIELD IL
Louisiana
- Acadiana Mall – 5733 JOHNSTON ST STE 2098 LAFAYETTE LA
Massachusetts
- Independence Mall – 101 KINGSTON COLLECTION WAY STE 1 KINGSTON MA
Maryland
- Security Square – 6901 SECURITY BLVD STE 871 BALTIMORE MD
- Harford Malle – 600 BALTIMORE PIKE BEL AIR MD
Michigan
- Grand Traverse Mall – 3400 S AIRPORT RD W TRAVERSE CITY MI
- Lakeside Malle – 14200 LAKESIDE CIR STERLING HGHTS MI
- Oakland Mall – 500 W 14 MILE RD TROY MI
- Genesee Valley Center – 4600 MILLER RD FLINT MI
Minnesota
- Maplewood Mall – 3001 WHITE BEAR AVE N STE 2035 MAPLEWOOD MN
- Burnsville Center – 14251 BURNHAVEN DR BURNSVILLE MN
Missouri
- Metro North Mall – 400 NW BARRY RD STE 150 KANSAS CITY MO
- South County Mall – 10 S COUNTY CENTER WAY SAINT LOUIS MO
New Jersey
- Essex Green Shopping Center – 459 PROSPECT AVENUE WEST ORANGE NJ
New York
- Lake Success – 1550 UNION TURNPIKE NEW HYDE PARK NY
- Melville Mall – 834 WALT WHITMAN ROAD HUNTINGTON NY
- Queens Placed – 88-01 QUEENS BLVD ELMHURST NY
- Sheepshead Bay – 2027 EMMONS AVENUE BROOKLYN NY
- Mall at Greece Ridge – 397 GREECE RIDGE CENTER ROCHESTER NY
- Sunrise Mall – 400 SUNRISE MALL MASSAPEQUA NY
- Brooklyn – 422 FULTON ST BROOKLYN NY
- Staten Island Furniture – 98 RICHMOND HILL ROAD STATEN ISLAND NY
- Fordham Place – 404 EAST FORDHAM RD BRONX NY
Ohio
- Fairfield Commons – 2727 FAIRFIELD COMMONS BLVD SPC 2 BEAVERCREEK OH
- Franklin Park – 5001 MONROE ST STE D100 TOLEDO OH
Oregon
- Streets of Tanasbourne – 2055 NE ALLIE AVE HILLSBORO OR
- Salem Center – 400 HIGH ST NE SALEM OR
Pennsylvania
- Logan Valley Mall – 5580 GOODS LN STE 2178 ALTOONA PA
- Exton Square Mall – 245 EXTON SQUARE MALL EXTON PA
- Philadelphia City Center – 1300 MARKET ST PHILADELPHIA PA
- Wyoming Valley Malle – 59 WYOMING VALLEY MALL WILKES BARRE PA
Tennessee
- Oak Court – 4545 POPLAR AVE MEMPHIS TN
Texas
- Almeda Mall – 100 ALMEDA MALL HOUSTON TX
- Fairview – 201 STACY RD FAIRVIEW TX
- Shops at Willow Bend – 6209 W PARK BLVD PLANO TX
- Southlake Town Square – 321 STATE ST SOUTHLAKE TX
- West Bend – 1751 RIVER RUN #101 FORT WORTH TX
- Highlands of Flower Mound – 6101 LONG PRAIRIE RD STE 500 FLOWER MOUND TX
Virginia
- Southpark Mall – 170 SOUTHPARK CIR COLONIAL HGHTS VA
Washington
- South Hill Mall – 3500 S MERIDIAN STE 985 PUYALLUP WA
- Redmond Furnitureh – 15340 N.E. 24TH STREET REDMOND WA
- Kitsap Mall – 10315 SILVERDALE WAY NW SILVERDALE WA
Previously announced and closed:
- Colorado: Streets at Southglenn Furniture – 6797 SOUTH VINE STREET CENTENNIAL CO
- Florida: Boca Raton Furniture – 9339 GLADES ROAD BOCA RATON FL
Maryland
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