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

The new College of Public Health was formerly the College of Health and Human Services.

About 50% of the unhoused population that uses county services are vaccinated. But county public health workers aren’t quitting.

“I don’t think anyone in public health would feel comfortable saying that we’re out of the woods,” one public health expert says.

Public health experts also weigh in and say the bill could create more problems than it solves.

One public health expert says lack of funding could have devastating consequences for local health departments.

Virginia also recorded a high number of new cases today, as infections spike in the region and the country.

But two of the businesses, both distilleries, say they’ve stopped making hand sanitizer because of high manufacturing costs.

Thousands of contact tracers are working in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. What are they doing, and is it containing the coronavirus pandemic?

Face coverings are required in House committee hearings and mask-wearing is a requirement on the House floor, but that doesn’t account for what happens in individual congressional offices.