With Few Takers for COVID Vaccine, DC Hospital CEO Takes One for the Team healthleadersmedia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from healthleadersmedia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UpdatedMon, Dec 21, 2020 at 7:26 pm ET
Reply(1)
Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an order pausing in-person dining at District residents and closed other activities until mid-January. (Shutterstock)
WASHINGTON, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed Monday she was extending the coronavirus public health emergency for D.C. to March 31, 2021. She issued her first emergency order early last March, so the District will be under a public health emergency for more than a year.
With the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths on the rise, Bowser said she was issuing a Mayor s Order to implement adjustments to Phase 2 restrictions. These changes go into effect 10 p.m. on Wednesday, and run through to 5 a.m., on Jan. 15, 2021.
The Whitman-Walker Clinic, formerly located at this building at 1407 S Street N.W., has served the LGBTQ+ community since its founding in 1973. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
In December of 1986, parents were rushing to the stores to snatch a Cabbage Patch Kid, G.I. Joe or Teddy Ruxpin off the shelf before they were all gone. That same month, the generosity of a local benefactor was a touching reminder of what the holiday season is really about. On Dec. 21, 1986, Robert Alfandre welcomed 30 people infected with AIDS into his home in northwest Washington for a Christmas party.
At first glance, this event may not seem like a historic moment. It didn’t make headlines, other than one brief
Skip to main content
My friend Jay.
He went from class president to drug dealer, then dead at 16. My desperate, personal search for answers.
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
I was in the water. That’s one part I’ll always remember. It was the morning of Sunday, June 13, 1999. I was 17 and cooling off during my break as a lifeguard at a neighborhood pool down the street from my parents’ house in Reston, Virginia. I still recall that familiar rush of freedom, the heedless plunge into ice-cold water on a not-yet-hot day, that I would feel at the start of every summer.
Washington City Paper
Our newsletters keep you informed and connected
Our free newsletter gives you daily updates on local news and more. And as an added bonus, we’ll recommend things for you to do twice a week.
Get the newsletters Success! You re on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn t process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing… The so-called strike force may recommend amending the ban to allow landlords to file evictions against tenants who pose “substantial threats to health and safety.”
Police reform commission nears final report. [Post]New nonprofit will fund research on D.C. statehood. [statehoodresearchdc.org]Statehood isn’t just a local issue anymore. [Post] By Mitch Ryals (tips? mryals@washingtoncitypaper.com) Anju’s Danny Lee Vows to Be Relentless in His Fight Against Racism Restaurateur Danny Lee has a message: “Be relentless, do not stop, do not be