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Washington, DC – Whitman-Walker Health will observe National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Tuesday, Feb. 7, with free HIV testing through our mobile testing unit at the Anacostia Metro station from 12:00-3:00 pm and at Bachelors Mill, 1104 8th St., SE, 10:00 pm to 12:30 am. Whitman-Walker will also offer a full schedule of free […]

Washington, DC – Whitman-Walker Health will open a new, modern health care home at 1525 14th St., NW, in mid-2014 to meet the health care needs of our community. This state-of-the-art center will enable Whitman-Walker Health to further our leading role in the fight against HIV/AIDS, expand on our commitment to provide affirming, culturally-competent care […]

WASHINGTON –Whitman-Walker Health will observe World AIDS Day with its annual candlelight vigil at Dupont Circle beginning at 5:00 pm on Saturday, Dec. 1. Whitman-Walker’s mobile testing unit will be onsite to provide free HIV testing. “My wish is that the year 2012 may be remembered as the beginning of the end of the HIV/AIDS […]

The Maryland Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division has a Health Education and Advocacy Unit that is offering a FREE service to help consumers whose health plan has refused to cover a medical procedure or to pay for a medical service that has already been provided. The Unit assists consumers in resolving billing disputes with hospitals, […]

Posted by: Deltonia N. Shropshire, MA Researchers analyzed data from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey that tracked, among other things, how many days of school children aged 6 to 11 missed and the reason for their absence. They found children living with one or more smokers in the home missed one to two more […]

Severe skin infections are increasing among children and becoming one of the most common reasons for hospitalization, a new study finds.