DC Department of Health

As an early childhood educator in DC, I thought I would be eligible to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine this week. It's a promise Mayor Muriel Bowser made earlier this month. Early childhood educators have been working to keep their centers…

Mayor Muriel Bowser is looking for volunteers to take some of the pressure off front-line health care workers amid a rising count of COVID-19 cases in DC and increasingly aggressive steps by the District government to curb the outbreak. …

Pharmacist Adaoma Chinweuba recalls a patient in Ward 8 whose thirst led to drinking a large amount of soda — and then a trip to the ER. She asked the patient: “Did you know that, as a borderline diabetic, what you eat and drink can…

What took them so long? DC Council members finally got serious this week about disrupting the plan to close Providence Hospital in Ward 5. They unanimously passed the Clarification of Hospital Procedure Emergency Amendment Act of 2018.…