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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

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The 2020 theme is “We’re in This, Together.”

This observance is an opportunity to increase HIV education, testing, community involvement, and treatment among black communities.

The first National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) was marked in 1999 as a grassroots-education effort to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS prevention, care, and treatment in communities of color.

DC Health Department Advises Residents to Stop Using E-Cigarettes

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WASHINGTON, DC – The District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) is notifying residents that until the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determines the cause of over 450 possible cases of lung illness associated with the use of e-cigarette products in 33 states and 1 U.S. territory, e-cigarettes or vaping products should not be used. To date, there have been no cases of vaping-related lung illnesses associated with products sold in D.C. Medical Marijuana dispensaries.

Global Female Condom Day

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This day promotes the use of Female Condoms. Female Condoms allow women another option of protection. Find out more here.

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