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Local HBCUs Offer Free Program To Train Health Data Scientists

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. Using federal grant dollars, the local universities are offering a free course in public health informatics for students from communities most impacted by …

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Bowser Taps San Francisco Health Official To Lead DC …

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. Dr. Ayanna Bennett, previously the Chief Health Equity Officer in San Francisco, will take leadership of the city's health department in July.

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Medical Providers At DC's Unity Health Care Move To Unionize

WEBHealth care providers say they're struggling with burnout, high turnover rates, and not having enough time to provide quality patient care.

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A New Law Gave Pregnant Immigrants In Maryland Free Health …

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. Residents in Maryland can receive prenatal care, as well as access to dental, mental health care, prescription drug services without copays, and more.

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Lawmakers, Residents Plead Bowser Admin To Act On Opioids

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. A resolution before the D.C. Council is calling on Bowser to declare a public health emergency as the city is on track to record another year of …

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Prince William County Considers Plans To Build Mental Health

WEBAccording to the Board presentation, the current plan for a center in Prince William County would include 16 beds and 16 observation recliners for adults and 8 …

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Virginia May Be Getting More Mental Health Crisis …

WEBThe governor and state lawmakers are hoping to allocate $230 million dollars to address a shortage in mental health care facilities.

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The Road To Motherhood Is Different For Black Women Around DC

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. Black women across the region share how they’ve personally experienced the ways racism plays out in pregnancy and perinatal care.

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Pregnant Non-Citizens In Md Eligible For Free Health Care July 1

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. Pregnant non-citizens will be eligible to apply for prenatal and postnatal care, as well as have access to dental, mental health care, and more.

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Ralph Lauren Cancer Prevention Center Opens In Ward …

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. The facility is aimed at reducing the disproportionate rates of cancer incidence and mortality in Southeast D.C.

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New Report On Health Disparities In Northern Virginia

WEBSave Settings. That was particularly true during the pandemic, when COVID death rates varied widely between white people and people of color and from neighborhood to neighborhood.

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Where To Get A COVID-19 Test In D.C. DCist

WEBThe latest COVID surge is sending locals scrambling for a test. Here's where to find them in D.C.

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Dr. Kisha Davis Montgomery County's New Health Officer DCist

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. The family physician from Gaithersburg will take over the role, which has had an interim leader since Dr. Travis Gayles stepped down more than a year …

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Undocumented Marylanders May Get More Health Care Access

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. Some lawmakers are renewing an effort to allow Maryland’s undocumented population to buy health insurance through the state’s insurance …

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Black DC Residents Make Up 90% Of Pregnancy-Related Deaths

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. "There's nothing about Black birthing people that makes them more likely to die," says the study's co-author. "It's the environments to which they're …

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Mental Health Clinic Opens In NoVa For Uninsured Patients

WEBOver 144,000 adults in Northern Virginia are looking for therapy or counseling but aren’t able to access it.

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Voices Of Wards 7/8: Caring For Students' Mental Health In School

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. Some students are facing big social and emotional challenges, with the pandemic having severely restricted their opportunities to learn to communicate …

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Uninsured Immigrants Push For Maryland Health Care Bill DCist

WEBThe Access to Care Act would allow all Maryland residents – regardless of their immigration status – to purchase health insurance.

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DC Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt To Resign Later This Month …

WEBNesbitt joins a number of local public health officials moving away from their roles after two years of working through a pandemic.

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Pregnant Undocumented People Can Soon Access Medicaid In …

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. The Maryland General Assembly passed the Healthy Babies Equity Act with a veto-proof majority. Medicaid access expands on July 1.

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DC Bill Requiring Insurers To Cover Fertility Treatments Is Law

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. One in vitro fertilization cycle can cost tens of thousands of dollars, making it an inaccessible option for many D.C. residents.

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Maryland To Distribute $111M In Behavioral Health Care Grants

WEBEnable AllSave Settings. The money will support health care for families and their children as part of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform plan.

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