Washington DC

Study results published in Pediatrics showed that adverse social determinants of health (SDOH) were significantly associated with increased at-risk rates (ARRs) of pediatric asthma morbidity and that these ARRs varied widely across census tracts in Washington, DC. Researchers aimed to evaluate the associations between pediatric asthma morbidity and SDOH in the different census tracts using ...

An app designed to help visually impaired or blind pedestrians use public transit debuted at a Washington subway station in May. Waymap aims to expand travel options for blind and visually impaired people with step-by-step audio directions that it says are accurate up to 3 feet (0.9 meter) throughout a trip. The app does not ...