Reports that actress Gabrielle Union's hair was deemed 'too black' by producers of America's Got Talent have renewed talks about hair discrimination and standards of beauty.
Gov. Larry Hogan's appointment of an emergency commission to redraw Maryland 6th Congressional District undercuts Attorney General Frosh's court appeal.
Johns Hopkins researchers are spearheading efforts to raise awareness and learn more about a sexually transmitted disease few people know about but scientists believe makes people infertile.
The hands-off approach raises questions about how much Johns Hopkins and other American businesses and nonprofits are obligated to speak out against less desirable and inhumane practices in the countries they choose to operate.
The rate of Maryland babies born prematurely jumped from 10.5 percent in 2017 from 10.1 percent the year before, according to a report released by the March of Dimes Thursday.
The University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore has received its biggest donation ever, $25 million, from Len Stoler and his wife, to go toward a new cancer treatment building.
Maryland health officials expect a more than 5 percent increase in the number of people who enroll in health plan under Obamacare because of a reinsurance plan that will lower premiums.
At least 129 people have been sickened with hand, food and mouth disease at Johns Hopkins. It's a highly contagious disease caused by a group of viruses also responsible for polio.
Public health officials are ringing the alarm about AFM, a polio-like condition that afflicts 1 in a million, but can cause paralysis and even death. Doctors know little about it.
Teens who scored well on a survey in 1960 with questions about academics, health and future aspirations are less likely to have developed Alzheimer's and other memory problems now that they are in their 70s.
The Maryland Department of Health announced the first confirmed cases of the flu Tuesday, an adult and child in Central Maryland and the Eastern Shore.
The number of opioid overdoses in Maryland increased 14.8 percent in the first half of the year as public health officials and others continue to struggle to get a handle on the epidemic.
Dr. Leana Wen reflects on her four years as Baltimore health commissioner as she prepares to take the helm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
A federal judge in Maryland district court ruled this week that the state can't force state retirees to switch to a prescription drug plan that many said was too expensive.
A Democratic staff report prepared at the request of U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings finds that roughly 3.5 million Marylanders face skyrocketing premiums or losing coverage altogether because of pre-existing conditions, age or gender.
Finding nurses to assist families with disabled children and other relatives at home can be difficult, largely because such nurses aren’t paid enough in Maryland or even as much as in neighboring states, according to the families of the disabled and companies that place nurses.
A group of four Maryland government retirees sued the state and Gov. Larry Hogan on behalf of fellow retirees seeking to stop Maryland from moving them from a state prescription drug plan to a much more expensive federal plan.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been awarded a $20.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study adolescent and youth sexual health issues.
Marriottsville-based Bon Secours Health System and Mercy Health of Ohio announced Wednesday that they have completed a merger to create one of the largest Catholic health systems in the country.
The Maryland Proton Treatment Center is more financially stable and better able to focus on its core mission of treating cancer patients after raising $277.4 million in a tax-free bond sale and converting to a nonprofit, executives said Wednesday.
Gout is an extremely painful condition that sometimes can last for several days. It is a form of arthritis characterized by sudden intermittent attacks of swollen, warm, and very tender joints.
The Johns Hopkins Medicine biocontainment unit is one of 10 regional centers across the country prepared to provide treatment in the event of an infectious disease or bioterrorism attack.
Until a few days ago Daniela Gaona didn't know how she would pay to fullfill her dream of pursuing her masters in mental health counseling — until Johns Hopkins stepped in with emergency aid. Gaona is a DACA student and doesn't qualify for financial aid, so must find private money on her own.
Patients that wind up in emergency rooms because of drug use have far more types of drugs in their systems than the standard screening test used by hospitals is catching, a new study has found.
Dr. Janelle C. Cooper, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Mercy Medical Center talks about postpartum depression, a mental disorder that catches many new moms, including tennis great Serena Williams, by surprise.
The state’s largest doctor’s group called on the University of Maryland to require its students to get the meningitis B vaccine, joining other health advocates in making the request to Big Ten Conference schools.
A Johns Hopkins panel of doctors, patients, nurses and other providers has created guidelines for the amount of opioids doctors should prescribe for specific surgeries.
