Recent statistics show that more people in the District are getting tested for HIV/AIDS, earlier. That’s no reason to wait, though.

This morning’s big entertainment news was the death of actress Elizabeth Taylor, who died due to heart failure at the age of 79. The actress, who will be well-remembered for her roles in classic films like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, her passion for jewelry and her eight marriages, was also a tireless advocate for AIDS-related causes. In fact, you’ve likely walked past one part of Taylor’s charitable legacy several times — the Whitman-Walker Clinic named their treatment facility at 1701 14th Street NW in Taylor’s honor in 1993.