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TGIF! As the District reported its first death from COVID-19 and a growing number of people in DC test positive for the coronavirus, another troubling statistic points to the economic fallout from the public health measures in place.

Tourist attractions — remember those? With both Washingtonians and tourists staying at home to prevent the spread of coronavirus, some of D.C.’s best-known landmarks are going largely unvisited.

As a working mother of three, physician and caregiver, I live and breathe health care. I firmly believe that women should control their own destinies, and that begins with taking care of our own health. I tell my daughter to eat her…

As the Uber sped away from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital through an empty downtown toward her apartment, the 27-year-old passenger tried to hold her breath.

For more than a decade, Mark Gibbs has found unmatched success as the baseball coach at St. John’s College High. He has won more than 300 games and sent more than 100 players to college programs, and his team has long been considered an…

In the 80-plus years since the American public housing system was established by the federal government, it has gone from serving as a safety net to establish living standards to something far more dysfunctional. Between federal…

Earlier this week, the Capital Area Food Bank held three pop-up pantries in Prince George’s County. Organizers brought 200 boxes of food — enough in each to feed a family of four for about four days. The events were supposed to run from 3…

Maryland is escalating social-distancing measures after the state’s first covid-19-related death and the first report of a child testing positive. Scores of D.C. emergency personnel are under quarantine, with three firefighters confirmed…

Local businesses continue to struggle — and adapt — during the coronavirus pandemic.

As the coronavirus public health crisis becomes more disruptive, survivors of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence are at greater risk for re-assault — and even homicide. Advocates are bracing for an influx of critical cases as…

Patrick Brennan is a self-described extrovert. A communications associate who lives in Adams Morgan, Brennan says he’s typically out of the house two to three nights a week for book clubs—his favorite social setting in D.C.—and regular…

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THE INDICTMENT last week of a former Catholic priest from Northern Virginia on a charge of sexually abusing a minor more than 30 years ago might have attracted little notice. The news is dominated by the novel coronavirus, and, sad to say,…

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, two distilleries in D.C., Republic Restoratives and Cotton & Reed, both came to the same realization: Sanitizer was sold out everywhere, and they both had a critical germ-killing ingredient.