Spring is in the air, and more pollen is, too. For the 8 percent of U.S. adults estimated to suffer from pollen allergies, spring can bring symptoms that include itchy eyes, runny noses, congestion and sneezing as trees and grass begin to pollinate. For some people, symptoms are already starting....
Maryland's Senate president said Tuesday that he thinks his chamber will pass a measure to allow the terminally ill to end their lives with a doctor's help in "a very, very close vote." Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller told reporters he believes there will be "a lot of amendments" offered...
The Maryland House of Delegates on Monday unanimously passed legislation that would toughen restrictions on the amount of lead permitted in the water of school drinking fountains and fund remediation efforts. The bill, sponsored by Del. Jared Solomon, a Montgomery County Democrat, would lower the...
A Baltimore-based research institute that focuses on brain disorders has partnered with a prominent local African American clergy group to establish the nation’s first research outfit aimed at closing long-standing racial disparities in research and in treatment, the groups announced Monday. The...
To combat the growing population of teenagers who are vaping or “juuling,” the Howard County Health Department is stepping up its education efforts, mirroring what was done with curbing youth smoking years ago. The county school system and the nonprofit HC DrugFree are ramping up efforts to educate...
The psychologist La Keita Carter didn’t sugar-coat her message when she addressed a group of black women on Saturday at a conference designed to improve their mental health. It’s imperative, she said, that people who are suffering and in shock seek counseling. “When trauma symptoms persist and...
Gov. Larry Hogan and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller called Friday on the University of Maryland Medical System to put an end to any conflicts of interest in business deals for members of the system’s board of directors. From the Senate dais, Miller — the powerful, long-serving Calvert County...
Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh did not fully disclose the $500,000 business relationship she started in 2011 with the University of Maryland Medical System during the time she was a state senator, a period during which she sat on the hospital network’s board of directors and oversaw issues involving...
For the past decade, the Vasiljevic sisters have been inseparable. Katarina, 27, and Marija, 26, both attended Johns Hopkins University, graduating with bachelor’s degrees in neurology. Four years ago, they moved in together in Mount Vernon as they both started medical school — Katarina at the...
Maryland could become the first state to stop participating in the federal Title X program due to a Trump administration rule that would prohibit family planning clinics funded by the program from making abortion referrals, under a measure headed to the state's House of Delegates. The House is...
Derik Leonard welcomed the prospect of a Johns Hopkins University police department, saying it could improve safety for customers and staff of the Canela restaurant he manages in Upper Fells Point, about a half-mile south of the renowned Hopkins hospital. But state legislation to create the new...
The man who runs the city’s largest methadone clinic said it would remain open despite the presence of federal agents at the Turning Point Clinic locations in Baltimore and Columbia. “We’re definitely open for business,” said the Rev. Milton Emanuel Williams Jr., sitting inside the East Baltimore...