D.C. is one of the few places in the country reporting a low number of flu cases, though city officials say they are monitoring the situation.

While D.C.’s HIV/AIDS rate is far higher than most places in the U.S. and even some developing countries, the city’s focus on combating the disease seems to be slowly paying dividends.

Never has a bowl of peanuts been so portentous. Director Steven Soderbergh lets his camera linger over a bowl of airport bar peanuts after a coughing, sniffling Gwyneth Paltrow leaves the frame, and the message is clear: the next person to reach into that bowl is getting more than a snack.

Photo by IntangibleArts. Much like this weekend’s weather, there’s little sunshine in this story: the Post reports this morning that current HIV/AIDS levels in the District of Columbia far exceed the amounts associated with a “generalized and severe” epidemic, according to a CDC-funded report from the George Washington University School of Health and Health Services. Some of the statistics are truly appalling: [The results of the report] translates into 2,984 residents [carrying HIV/AIDS] per…