For DC’s homeless population, street fair brings health care help

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For DC’s homeless population, street fair brings health care help

The plaza outside a train station is an unusual place for a patient to visit a doctor, but dozens of people experiencing homelessness did just that Wednesday afternoon, as they lined up at a health care street fair in Columbus Circle outside D.C.’s Union Station. “Folks are getting HIV testing, blood pressure checks, glucose checks,” said Dr. Mirza Rahman, president of the American College of Preventive Medicine. “And it’s to then get people int…