Andrea K. McDaniels
Andrea K. McDaniels is an award winning health and medicine reporter at The Baltimore Sun, where she writes about the latest medical advances. She has also covered minority and small business, manufacturing, retail and marketing since coming to the newspaper in 2001. A native of Virginia, McDaniels moved around a lot as a kid. She has lived in Baltimore longer than anywhere else in life. She has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. An exercise fanatic, she's probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, hot yoga and kickboxing. Before coming to The Sun she worked the Charlotte Observer and The New York Times.
Recent Articles
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This STD is more common than gonorrhea, but few people know about it. Johns Hopkins is hoping to change that.
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. Many people infected with mycoplasma genitalium, or Mgen for short, don’t show symptoms and might not know...
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New guidelines for traumatic brain injuries in children
It used to be that when a child suffered a traumatic brain injury from playing sports or falling, the doctor would order several weeks of rest. But that’s not the case anymore. A recent work group appointed by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention recently came up with new guidelines to...
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Immigrant caravan no different than Europeans coming into America in the 18th and 19th century
Let’s stop fooling around and call a spade a spade. If it were 2,000 Canadians heading south toward Minnesota because of extreme political unrest and/or persecution simply because they didn’t support the government, would the U.S. president be talking about sending 15,000 Army troops to the northern...
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Johns Hopkins footprint in Saudi Arabia raises human rights concerns after Khashoggi killing
Johns Hopkins doctors have set up shop and worked in Saudi Arabia, treating its citizen’s health needs, since at least 2010. The Baltimore medical system has thrived in the Middle Eastern nation under the auspices of spreading good health care throughout the world, but done so against a backdrop...
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More babies in Maryland being born prematurely, according to March of Dimes
The rate of Maryland babies born prematurely jumped to 10.5 percent in 2017 from 10.1 percent the year before, according to a report released Thursday by the March of Dimes. The statistics mirrored a national trend; the overall U.S. preterm birth rate rose to 9.93 percent of births in 2017 from...
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Federal labor board finds Johns Hopkins Hospital tried to deter nurses from forming union
Federal labor board officials have found evidence that Johns Hopkins Hospital officials tried to deter nurses from forming a union. The National Labor Relations Board said it will issue a formal complaint against the hospital if officials don’t agree to settle the complaint. National Nurses United...
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Bird and Lime scooters lead to bumps, bruises and broken bones for Baltimore riders
Whisking along on an electric scooter headed to a concert in the Inner Harbor last month, Alex Martin hit an uneven space in the sidewalk and toppled over, landing hard on his right wrist. After wearing a cast for several weeks, the 23-year-old Federal Hill resident is now scheduled for surgery...
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University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore gets biggest gift ever, $25 million from Len and Roslyn Stoler
The University of Maryland Medical Center has received a $25 million gift — the largest donation in the hospital’s history — from Baltimore auto dealer Len Stoler and his wife, Roslyn, that will help fund a new cancer building. The money from the owner of car dealerships will allow the University...