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Henderson prioritizes women’s maternal health, including pre- and post-natal care, as a means to strengthen the economic viability of working families. “Most people don’t realize that one-half of the Black women in D.C. and one-third of the Hispanic women in the District don’t even receive prenatal care until their second or third trimesters,” she said.

We still don't know the official launch date for the pre-registration program, or answers to other key questions.

New councilmembers Christina Henderson and Janeese Lewis George want to personalize the lawmaking process — in part by using their social media profiles.

Starting Saturday, the D. C. Convention Center will be used as a high capacity vaccination site for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, which requires only one dose. D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser made the announcement during a news conference on Thursday. In addition to the convention center location...

DC at-large councilmember Christina Henderson explains how the numerous problems frustrating many at the DC Vaccine registration site are being solved.

Frustration is growing in D. C. , after more technical difficulties were reported on Saturday. “We are extremely concerned, because there are tens of thousands of District residents who are eligible,” said Ward 2 council member Brooke Pinto. Vaccine appointments were gone in less than an...

The barrier that was erected after the Jan. 6 Capitol breach is disrupting life for residents of the neighborhood and the city.

A flood of D.C. residents again reported they couldn’t book vaccine appointments on Saturday after the website returned an error message. The vaccination registration website appeared to completely crash soon after those appointments were set to become available at 9 a.m. D.C. scheduled an extra v...

Residents couldn't get through by phone, and the online vaccine portal rejected many of those who were supposed to be eligible.

The D.C. Department of Human Services and Unity Health Care began administering vaccines this month in low-barrier shelters and PEP-V centers.