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News features from the Washington, DC Metro Area.
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Listen: What you need to know about the recent uptick in mpox cases
Health experts stress the need to improve vaccination efforts.
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Maryland lawmakers promise financial support for workers affected by collapse of Baltimore Bridge
The emergency legislation would provide financial support for 15,000 workers.
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Listen: How housing insecurity, structural racism affect maternal health in DC
The report states housing policies in D.C. need to prioritize Black women and birthing people.
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Listen: More ‘drug-free zones’ went into effect this week in D.C.
Kojo Nnamdi joins Esther Ciammachilli on most Fridays to discuss some of the week's top stories.
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Listen: Muslims who must pause fasting during Ramadan have options to make up that observance
Worshippers living with chronic illnesses, or women who are menstruating, pregnant, or nursing are offered exemptions.
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Mosaic Theater to host H Street Oral History Festival based on interviews with residents
Interviews about the D.C. riots that followed Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968 inspired three new plays.