Oh, and flu shots too.
One of the local victims was a pregnant woman.
The report shows 396 new HIV cases in 2014—a 29 percent decrease from the previous year.
A Northeast D.C. resident became the city’s first fatality from West Nile virus, the District announced yesterday.
No one likes getting eaten up by the skeeters. But the District Department of Health is warning D.C. residents that an itchy red bump might not be the worst thing that could happen after they take a bite out of you — West Nile Virus has been identified in mosquito samples in the District.
This morning, we noted the locations where the D.C. Department of Health said a woman infected with measles traveled inside the District. It’s been subsequently pointed out to us that our language might have been a little misleading: if you were at those locations on February 21, you should at least double-check to make sure that you have been vaccinated and go see a healthcare provider.
