Jenna Portnoy

A former patient alleges D.C.’s only for-profit psychiatric hospital systematically commits patients when not medically necessary to maximize insurance payments.

The U-Va. board meeting comes after federal judges temporarily halted the Trump executive order, allowing UVA Health to resume providing gender transition care to youth.

Titled “Identity Months Dead at DoD,” the guidance bars the Department of Defense from using official resources to support cultural awareness months.

Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health, the long-awaited new D.C. hospital east of the Anacostia River, will open April 15.

The action follows a Trump administration order seeking to halt federal support of gender transition care for those under 19.

Children’s National Hospital this week suspended all new prescriptions, refills and medication administration for trans minors in an effort to comply with an executive order issued by the Trump administration, hospital officials said.

A Maryland prison inmate has been hospitalized after testing positive for Legionnaires’ Disease, a serious form of pneumonia caused by the bacteria Legionella.

MedStar Washington Hospital Center has seen fewer babies with low birth weight after expanding its care model to focus on social needs, a study finds.

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled the District violated the Americans with Disabilities Act after failing to quickly move residents with disabilities from nursing homes into the community, where they are entitled to in-home care.

The new Cedar Hill hospital in Southeast D.C. is set to open in spring 2025, bringing much-needed specialty care and a trauma center to the area.