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ABC 7's Victoria Sanchez speaks with Public Health Lab Director Dr. Jocelyn Hauser about testing samples for flu season

Latent Fingerprint Manager Attends European Division of the International Association for Identification (EUIAI) Conference

The DC Department of Forensic Sciences Latent Fingerprint Unit Manager, Angelic Rountree attended the European Division of the International Association for Identification (EUIAI) Conference

DFS welcomes the newest DFS Science Advisory Board Members

DFS Welcomes New Science Advisory Board Members

The DC Department of Forensic Sciences (DFS) Interim Director, Dr. Fransico J. Díaz, welcome five new members to the DFS Science Advisory Board.

Public Health Lab Scientists Publish Article in the Journal of Virological Methods

DFS Public Health Lab scientists Ms. Kajal Patel and Dr. Pushker Raj’s published an article in the Journal of Virological Methods on the Automated molecular detection of West Nile Virus in mosquito pools using the Panther Fusion system.

Penn State Eberly College of Science Student Interns with Forensic Science Lab

Steven Qarmout, a fourth-year student now at Penn State University, is interning with the District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences, located in the Consolidated Forensic Laboratory.

DFS Forensic Science Lab Gains Reaccreditation

Statement from Mayor Bowser on the Reaccreditation of the Forensic Biology and Forensic Chemistry Units at the Department of Forensic Sciences

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Oct 2 2024

Serial Sexual Predator Charged in Five Cold Case Rapes

(Washington, DC) – US Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police...

Jul 30 2024

Bowser Administration Welcomes New DFS Science Advisory Board Members

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Department of Forensic Sciences (DFS) Interim...

Jul 26 2024

DFS Celebrates Exceptional Contributions of the 2024 Summer Interns

(WASHINGTON, DC) – The DC Department of Forensic Sciences (DFS) proudly recognizes the outstanding...

Jul 12 2024

DFS Featured in Univision Report on DC Office of Chief Medical Examiner

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Jun 20 2024

Bowser Administration and Howard University Host International Symposium on Death Investigation

Medicolegal experts from across the globe share best practices and policies.

Apr 9 2024

DFS FY 2025 Budget Oversight Hearing

Testimony of Dr. Francisco J. Diaz, Interim Director Before the Committee on the Judiciary and...

Jan 31 2024

DFS FY 2023 Performance Oversight Hearing

View the Testimony of Dr. Francisco J. Diaz, Interim Director.

Dec 26 2023

Statement from Mayor Bowser on the Reaccreditation of the Forensic Biology and Forensic Chemistry Units at the Department of Forensic Sciences

The Department of Forensic Sciences’ application for reaccreditation of its Forensic Biology...

Oct 3 2024

ABC 7 speaks with Public Health Lab Director Dr. Jocelyn Hauser about testing samples for flu season

ABC 7's Victoria Sanchez speaks with Public Health Lab Director Dr. Jocelyn Hauser about testing...

Apr 18 2022

DC’s forensic lab keeps looking for coronavirus variants

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Apr 18 2022

D.C. is using your poop to squash the next COVID-19 surge

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Apr 18 2022

National Public Health Week: COVID-19 From the Front Lines

Public health professionals are on the front lines fighting COVID-19 around the world.

Nov 29 2021

New opioids, more powerful than fentanyl, are discovered in DC amid deadly wave of overdoses

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Peace Rally

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Take part in the 4th annual Peace Rally DC and #Choose Lives Over Guns.

The Department of Forensic Sciences has partnered with Peace Rally DC, The Ayana J. McAllister Foundation, the Metropolitan Police Department, and WPGC to host the 4th Annual Peace Rally DC.

We will march from KIPP DC- 4801 Benning Road, SE to Boys and Girls Club-4103 Benning Road, NE at 11 am. The rally is from noon to 5 pm.