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D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has requested that the council consider an internal resolution during next week’s legislative session that would require all councilmembers and their staff to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 31, or face…

George Washington University’s physicians, practitioners, and medical faculty will be providing staffing at the new hospital at St. Elizabeths East and two new urgent care facilities opening in wards 7 and 8, Mayor Muriel Bowser and…

There is no guarantee, but the weather’s supposed to be fine when the Women’s March kicks off Saturday morning at Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington. And I certainly don’t know how many participants will be on hand. But I can promise…

The lions and tigers at the Smithsonian National Zoo that contracted COVID-19 last month are improving, but the great cats are now being treated for secondary bacterial pneumonia, the zoo said.

Another piece of the plan for a new community hospital in D.C.'s Ward 8 just snapped into place: the clinical team.

D.C. developers have been waiting for years for another chance to win a piece of the city’s main affordable housing loan fund — and now, the opportunity is larger than ever before.

This pandemic has been especially hard for Black folks in Washington. We have lost our jobs, gotten sicker and died at higher rates than other residents.

The arrival of fiscal year 2022 brought new revenue estimates that show the District's economy is rebounding more quickly than expected — to the tune of an extra $906.8 million for DC's treasury over the next four years.

In her two years living on the sidewalk along the L Street underpass in NoMa, Gwen Morgan had one strict rule. “You had to take off your shoes in my tent,” she says. “That was my safe haven, so I honored it just like I honored my own…

While those receiving food stamp benefits nationwide will see a boost compared to pre-pandemic levels starting in October, recipients in the D.C. region will actually see their monthly payments drop.

American University will now lead the first national academic research network on wasted food.

Covenant House, a nonprofit group with locations across the country, will open a new, low-barrier shelter for LGBTQ young people Friday afternoon in the Deanwood neighborhood of Northeast Washington.

Coolidge football coach Kevin Nesbitt was raised to be hesitant about Western medicine. He received necessary shots and vaccines as a child, but when he has dealt with ailments over time, he has steered toward other remedies — green tea…

It only occupies a small open area near Allen Chapel AME Church in Southeast D.C., but a newly expanded urban garden is having a big impact on the community it serves.

With the deadline looming for D.C. government workers to get at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, around 75% of them are reporting that they are fully vaccinated.

Advocates are accusing D.C. education officials of discriminating against incarcerated students with disabilities by failing to provide adequate instruction during the pandemic, according to a complaint filed earlier this week.