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Bowser opens sobering center amid calls for public health emergency
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser marked the milestone while addressing pressure for her administration to go further in its response to rising overdose deaths.
Advocates urge D.C. to find new ways to stem rising opioid deaths
The crisis should command more of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s attention, advocates said, as a commission assesses how to use $80 million in opioid settlement money.
Virginia reports first monkeypox death
The person who died was a resident of the state health department’s Eastern region, which includes Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore.
Sick kids are filling hospitals. But there aren’t enough beds.
Experts say the high demand is due to the early onset of RSV, which is making children sicker than usual, the start of flu season and the continued circulation of covid.
D.C. shifts monkeypox vaccine policy to focus on first dose
Other jurisdictions already have shifted to prioritize first doses, including New York and San Francisco, as well as the United Kingdom and Canada.
