The bill would require D.C. schools to provide at-home or at-hospital instruction to students who are recovering from childbirth or have pre-birth complications.

New laws in effect in Maryland improve access to behavioral healthcare and to include transgender care in Medicaid and Medicare coverage.

For some locals, insurance codes, supply issues, and canceled appointments are features of a new privatized vaccine system.

Due to a nursing shortage, school nurses will work under a new “cluster” model, serving multiple schools. DC Health says it’s a necessary short-term solution.

In nine months, this pilot program served more than 3,000 low-income seniors. It will operate for a total of five years.

As the opioid crisis continues, the Alexandria Health Department is training staff at restaurants to use the naloxone nasal spray that reverses opioid overdoses.

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.

D.C. and Maryland have passed laws protecting abortion rights since Roe’s fall — but an upcoming election in Virginia could shape the landscape of abortion care for the entire region.

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