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DC’s Plan to Bring Down Opioid Deaths Still in Development, Says Report

D.C. mayor’s previously announced plan of reducing opioid overdose deaths by half in the District by 2020...
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Thousands of Marijuana Addicts Treated Every Year in DC Area: Report

Several thousand people in the Washington, D.C. area sought treatment from state drug treatment programs for marijuana addiction every year in the past four years, according to records obtained by the News4 I-Team through the Freedom of Information Act.
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‘Emergency Alert’ Issued by DC Mayor over ‘Dangerous’ Batch of K2 Drug

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, in a recently issued statement, has warned the District residents that a “potentially dangerous” batch of K2, a synthetic drug, has hit the D.C. streets.
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DC Ranks Third on Terminix’s List of 25 Worst Cities for Mosquitoes

Washington, D.C. ranks third among 25 worst cities for mosquitoes, according to the list of "cities buzzing with the most mosquitoes" recently released by Terminix.
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Washington DC is Insomnia Capital of America, Finds Study 

Washington, D.C. with an Insomnia Index of 2.75 turns out to be the “Insomnia Capital” of America, according to a new study carried out by Calm.
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DC Ranks Fifth on WalletHub’s List of Healthiest Places to Live in US

Washington, D.C. ranks 5th with a total score of 65.48 among 174 cities on WalletHub's list of “Healthiest Places to Live in the U.S.” this year.
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DC Health Report Shows Inequitable Improvement in 2018

Health improvements have not been at the same rate for all D.C. residents in the last decade due to “underlying inequities”, despite some progress in health outcomes, according to a Health Equity report recently released by D.C. Health.
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DC Ranks Second For Best Nursing Home Care in US

DC ranks second for nursing home care, according to the analysis of the latest Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data.
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