Tag: alexandria health department

By Wafir Salih | [email protected] After an unexpected surge earlier this summer, COVID-19 cases in Alexandria have declined, although urgent care visits remain elevated, according...

By Leslie Golden |[email protected] On March 20, the Alexandria Health Department closed their King Street location. Walk-in services will be unavailable until March 27 when...

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] With a new year comes new year’s resolutions, new routines and new … health concerns? The COVID-19 pandemic has taken center...

The recent surge of COVID-19 in Alexandria – as well as the region and nation – is real. We just don’t know exactly how...

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] COVID-19 is surging in both Alexandria and throughout Virginia, though the official case count may be significantly underreported. Whites are...

By David C. Rose, MD, MBA, FAAP Seemingly overnight in 2020, your hands became the most important tools in the fight to defeat a deadly...

By Kassidy McDonald | [email protected] September marks the start of National Suicide Prevention Month, and the Department of Community and Human Services is encouraging residents...

By Kassidy McDonald | [email protected] In collaboration with the city, the Alexandria Health Department will host a virtual information session about Monkeypox on Sept. 14....

By Thompson Eskew COVID-19 has been with us for so long now that it’s difficult to remember how suddenly the tsunami of fear, infection...

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Following a recent spike in opioid overdoses among youth in the city, the Alexandria School Board voted on May 5 to...