COVID-19 pandemic
Heather led the coverage of COVID-19 at The Frederick News-Post. Coverage included daily numbers stories, as well as articles on those affected by the disease and information on new state and local policies. Heather also turned to audio and video mediums to help inform people about the pandemic.
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May 20
Majority of Frederick County’s COVID-19 cases clustered in four ZIP codes
The majority of COVID-19 cases in Frederick County can be found in five ZIP codes. The ZIP codes making up...
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May 20
State, county COVID-19 numbers often in dispute
The Frederick County Health Department reported its 100th death from COVID-19 Friday afternoon. But those looking at the statistics released...
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25
May 20
Not everyone works from home: How COVID-19 has added extra stress to essential workers
In one way, Alasdair and Jill Storer consider themselves lucky. Their two children, Evie and William, are old enough to...
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May 20
‘CHALLENGING. GUT WRENCHING. FRUSTRATING’
Health care workers describe life during COVID-19 For health care workers, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed daily life. Work requires...
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May 20
Majority of Frederick County COVID-19 deaths from long-term care facilities
About 85 percent of Frederick County’s deaths from COVID-19 are residents of nursing homes, according to newly released data. Frederick...
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11
May 20
Losing a loved one from COVID-19 without a final goodbye
The phone rang at 5:30 a.m. When Dawn Zimmerman picked up, a nurse at Frederick Health and Rehabilitation Hospital was...
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8
May 20
Front-line moms: Balancing family and the dangers at work during COVID-19
reported with Jeremy Arias and Erika Riley This Mother’s Day, many moms across the world are working on the front...
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6
May 20
As Trump, China trade barbs, a Fort Detrick laboratory finds itself in the middle
Where the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 first originated is a question on many minds, from officials in the United...
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29
Apr 20
High number of COVID-19 cases at nursing homes leads to universal testing
There are 11 long-term care facilities in Frederick County reporting cases of COVID-19, including some with multiple deaths from the...
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27
Apr 20
COVID-19 likely to be one of leading causes of death in Frederick County for 2020
COVID-19 will likely be a leading cause of death in 2020 for Frederick County and Maryland overall. After reporting three...
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