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Category: Health

air air pollution climate change dawn
Posted inNational

Extreme Heat Fuels Widespread Climate Alarm as Americans Reject Cuts to FEMA and NOAA

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown July 9, 2025July 9, 2025

A national poll reveals that 86% of Americans link record-breaking heat waves to climate change and are concerned about the government’s ability to respond, with 79% of Americans saying cuts to FEMA and NOAA make them more concerned.

**FILE** A patient takes aim against measles. (Courtesy of ourcommunitynow.com)
Posted inHealth

Measles Cases Reported in D.C., Maryland, Virginia as Johns Hopkins Team Deploys Outbreak Tools

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown July 7, 2025July 7, 2025
person holding white pen and white paper
Posted inHealth

Want to Live Longer? Skip the Cream and Sugar

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown July 2, 2025July 2, 2025
Researchers behind a federally funded study exploring why Black babies in Detroit are disproportionately born prematurely, are pushing back on the NIH decision to eliminate research tied to diversity, equity and inclusion. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inHealth

NIH Defunds Study on Black Infant Prematurity in Broader Crackdown on DEI Research

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown July 2, 2025July 2, 2025
Young men participate in the Young Doctors Project White Coat Ceremony on June 23. (Julian B. Kiganda/The 51¿´Æ¬ Informer)
Posted inHealth

White Coats and Brotherhood: Young Black Men Reclaiming Their Story

by Julian B. Kiganda July 2, 2025July 2, 2025
D.C. Council member Christina Henderson has concerns about the level of medical debt among District residents. (Robert R. Roberts/The 51¿´Æ¬ Informer)
Posted inHealth

Almost 1 in 5 D.C. Residents Burdened by Medical Debt: Report

James Wright photo by James Wright Jr. June 25, 2025June 25, 2025
Courtesy of the Social Security Administration
Posted inNational

Social Security, Medicare Face Financial Challenges as Trust Fund Depletion Dates Advance

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown June 20, 2025June 20, 2025
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Part of $7.4B National Opioid Settlement

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown June 18, 2025June 18, 2025
young man getting vaccinated
Posted inHealth

Measles Case Confirmed in D.C. Region

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown June 16, 2025June 16, 2025
The newly released Bethesda Declaration, featuring signatures from more than 2,300 NIH staff, calls out politically motivated funding terminations and staff layoffs that have jeopardized decades of life-saving research and terminated programs, such as for COVID-19. (Courtesy of NIH)
Posted inHealth

2,300 Scientists Decry NIH’s Political Purge

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown June 9, 2025June 9, 2025

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