Coronavirus

Several treatments are trickling out that may help a return to more normal life.

View visualizations of Maryland COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths, testing, positivity rate and vaccinations.

Standing outside a Baltimore home, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge joined members of Maryland’s congressional delegation and state and city lawmakers Monday to tout the federal agency’s awarding of millions in grant money to help keep more Americans safe from their own houses.

As the COVID-19 wave fueled by the omicron variant starts to ease in Central Maryland, it still could be a few more weeks before it peaks on the Eastern Shore and in Western Maryland if it follows past patterns.

Career paramedic and firefighter Robert A. “Bobby” Jones, died Thursday due to complications from COVID-19, according to the Reese and Community Volunteer Fire Company in Westminster.

The American Red Cross’s supply of blood is at dangerously low levels, the organization says, threatening to put hospital patients at risk and cause delays in vital medical treatments.

Francis G. “Gil” French, the retired head of the Baltimore City College mathematics department and a veteran member of the Handel Choir of Baltimore, died of COVID-19 complications Jan. 3 at Roland Park Place.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said the state would begin testing nursing home residents’ antibody levels over the next two weeks to determine if they needed fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

Maryland first lady Yumi Hogan has tested positive for COVID-19, her husband, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday morning.

Anyone who had a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test at the Ripken Stadium testing site on Jan. 10 will need a do-over.

As in many states, at-home test results aren’t included in Maryland’s coronavirus dashboard, meaning plenty of cases could be going uncounted.

Eight Carroll County residents died this past week from in the last week due to the coronavirus, according to data from the Carroll County Health Department.

The Maryland health exchange has extended enrollment for the uninsured until Feb. 28.

Officials hope to meet an increasing need among many of Baltimore County’s 106,000 immigrant residents for centralized services.

In 2021, the Frederick Keys joined five other former affiliates as part of the newly formed MLB Draft League, which gives amateur players a chance to showcase their abilities ahead of the MLB draft.