WAMU: Vaccines For Kids? New D.C. Bill Would Allow Minors To Get Shots Without Parental Consent
A longstanding debate among parents over vaccinations has one D.C. lawmaker thinking: What if you take parents out of the equation?
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WAMU: The U.S. Is Having Fewer Babies. Women In D.C. Are Having The Fewest.
Women in D.C. are waiting longer than women elsewhere to have babies, if they have them at all.
WUSA9: ‘It’s more when will the outbreak occur, than if:’ Is D.C. primed to be the…
The District narrowly missed an outbreak in 2017. Next time it might not be so lucky.
jonetta rose barras: When will DC treat community violence like a public health emergency?
When DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Kevin Donahue, and Attorney General Karl Racine announced earlier this month that they intended to treat the rise in community violence as a public health crisis, I…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: A 15-year-old gave birth in D.C., then was taken off life support. Her…
When a 15-year-old girl born with HIV became pregnant, she decided to tell no one.
City Paper: Why Did D.C. End an Innovative Program to Treat Opioid Addiction?
For two months in 2015, the city tried to get everyone who overdosed into treatment, with promising results. Then it stopped.
City Paper: Shortage of Inpatient Detox Beds Is New Obstacle for Addiction Treatment in D.C.
D.C. once had plenty of accessible inpatient detox programs, but one by one, they have gradually been shut down. Now there is just one left. Since October 2017, the Psychiatric Institute of Washington (PIW), located in Tenleytown, has had…
Council attempts to correct past errors with opioid treatment bill
For many years, community health advocates, substance use disorder counselors and health care providers have decried the antiquated laws and stigma that have thwarted their efforts to reduce opioid addiction in the District. As The…
City Paper: A Day in the Life at D.C.’s Crisis Line
The crisis line saves lives, but can be a difficult stop on mental-health survivors' journeys toward hope.
WTOP: Rabid raccoon attacks 3 people in Northwest DC
WASHINGTON — A rabid raccoon ran rampant in Northwest D.C. on Sunday morning, attacking three people and two pets who now require preventive treatment for the dangerous viral infection. D.C. Health officials said the raccoon had been…
Washington Post: Case of Legionnaires’ disease at upper NW Washington retirement home
One case of Legionnaires’ disease has been confirmed at a retirement home in upper Northwest Washington, the D.C. health department said Monday. According to the department, the disease is serious, but can be treated successfully with…
Washington Times: Community of Hope Conway Health and Resource Center aims to help after 2 maternity…
Two maternity wards closed last year east of the Anacostia River, complicating the lives of low-income women in need of care for high-risk pregnancies and delivery. Community of Hope Conway Health and Resource Center in Southeast is helping…
Washingtonian: The city is at war with rodents. An intrepid reporter embeds himself on the front…
“Hold this. How much do you think it weighs?” Will Crane hands me a plastic garbage bag, the kind you buy at grocery stores, careful to have me grasp it by the top. The bottom hangs low and limp. I think I know what’s inside. I don’t think…
City Paper: Women in D.C. Face Obstacles at Every Step of Pregnancy and Childbirth
Melissa Esposito walked two miles in the snow to get to her third prenatal appointment. It had been so hard to get a time with the doctor, she was scared to reschedule. Danielle Lloyd endured pregnancy in the food and maternal care desert…
Jarred Bowman of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute: Student Access to Trauma-Informed Schools Should Be…
The District’s leaders are not doing enough to lessen the impacts of trauma that thousands of young people face as a result of living in poverty and economically underserved communities. Public health research confirms that the trauma of…