Health

A 22-page report “LIVE.LONG.DC” that details the strategic plans to reduce opioid-related deaths by 2020 in Washington, D.C. was released by the city on December 24, a week after the Washington Post reported that the city didn’t respond in time to the opioid crisis.

Starting from January 2019, local families living in food deserts in Washington, D.C. will be offered $2.50 Lyft Shared rides to local grocery stores for a six-month pilot period, transportation company Lyft has announced.

Starting new year’s day, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will be leading hundreds of D.C. residents for the fifth annual Fresh Start #FitDC 5K 2019 walk and run at Capitol Riverfront.

Rising population and mild winters are worsening the rat infestation problem in Washington, D.C. The pest control department of the District has been receiving increased number of distress calls from affected individuals.

Community organizations working to implement new safety programs in order to reduce traffic related incidents in local neighborhoods will be together awarded $317,000 in Vision Zero grants, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and her D.C. Council colleagues reportedly received subsidies for taxpayer-funded insurance as they purchased their health coverage through the D.C. government and not through D.C. Health Link, according to the Federalist. The mayor has been asking D.C. residents to buy health insurance from D.C. Health Link.

Washington, D.C. has some of the highest rates of hospitalization and deaths caused by Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the U.S., according to the D.C. Department of Health. The District has the sixth highest fatality rate for TBI patients in the country.

Recent finding by Leapfrog Group’s semiannual Hospital Safety Grades, which ranks care facilities throughout the country on several metrics, has revealed a gradual decline of medical care facilities in Washington, D.C. and adjoining areas.