Provides a home away from home for families of seriously ill children.

Provides CPR and first aid training, specializing in groups and businesses.

Aims to reduce the dangerously high rates of infant deaths, illnesses, and low birth weight by reaching out to high-risk, low-income, substance-abusing pregnant women and their families.

Describes the agency's programs, such as addiction, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, medical insurance, preventive health, and environmental services. Includes a calendar of events, health alerts, news releases, reports, and information on licenses and on birth and death certificates.

DC-based health maintenance organization. Includes description of wellness classes and information for medical providers.

Works to ease the impact of illness, loss and bereavement through direct services, education and advocacy.

Family-focused private practice of speech-language pathologists. Includes school-age child checklist, age levels when specific sounds should emerge, programs, staff profiles and references.

Works to help residents stay informed about reports that the District's water authority has found dangerously elevated lead readings in samples of District drinking water. Includes news, opportunities for action, a weblog and an electronic petition.

Find out about medical and nursing care, programs, job openings, and news releases. Formerly Hospice of Northern Virginia, Hospice of Prince George's County and Hospice Care of DC.

A private, nonprofit charitable organization that provides grants to local grassroots and community-based organizations in the metropolitan Washington DC area that focus on improving health and healthcare.

Non-profit organization founded by active and retired firefighters to assist the recovery and rehabilitation of injured colleagues and burn patients. Includes list of services, details of fundraising events, and membership information.

Official health statistics and reports. Digitized full text (277 pages) of the original 1902 edition from Google Books.

By Samuel C. Busey. 1895 account of 19th century medical history in the city by a local physician. Digitized full text (373 pages) of the original 1895 edition by Google Books.

Information about organ donation.

Offers health facts and statistics. Includes information on topics such as health coverage, costs, managed care, minority and women's health and HIV/AIDS.