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The illness hit children hard this past winter.

Dr. David Marcozzi, one expert inside the University of Maryland Medical Center is among the thousands of doctors who are urging patients to get two vaccines — COVID-19 and flu shots — despite appetites for vaccines dwindling.

Far more residents in Washington D.C. have been vaccinated against monkeypox and some Marylanders trekked to the nation’s capital for shots.

There were nearly two dozen cases in the city which is spreading nationwide.

Maryland officials said they expect to get at least 181,000 doses for children ages 5 to 11 over the coming weeks.

A majority of Marylanders say they have been limiting interactions with unvaccinated friends and family members the last few months.

Gov. Larry Hogan says he plans to introduce legislation authorizing out-of-state nurses and nursing students to fill staff shortages in future health crises.

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.

Baltimore’s Inspector General recommends tightening telework policies after a city worker is discovered holding two jobs. Hogan criticizes other Republican governors for bans of school mask mandates. Plus, a conversation with the head of a hospital in Maryland’s Garrett County, where the vaccination rate is only 38 percent.

The FDA grants full approval to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. And Western Maryland’s Garrett County has the state’s lowest vaccination rate, at 38 percent.