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Del. Terri Hill, a Democrat from Howard County, says she would focus on health care, the environment and social justice and immigration reform if elected to replace the late Elijah Cummings as the congressman from Maryland’s 7th District.
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A Maryland Senate committee had tough questions Monday night as its members vetted more than two dozen nominees to the University of Maryland Medical System board.
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A patient in Maryland will be tested for the coronavirus that has sicked thousands and killed dozens.
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Garrett Hoover has been named president and chief operating officer of Carroll Hospital and will take over his duties on March 30. Hoover is currently president and chief operating officer at Corning Hospital in Corning, New York.
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This is the third severe coronavirus outbreak in 18 years, and researchers in Maryland and elsewhere never stop preparing.
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State medical officials in Maryland say a patient who had recently traveled to China and was showing flu-like symptoms was taken off a Southwest Airlines flight at BWI Airport outside Baltimore on Saturday afternoon, but did not meet federal criteria for coronavirus testing and has since been released after further medical evaluation.
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Baltimore officials and advocates say the idea of safe drug consumption sites is gaining traction.
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As many as 15,000 people in Baltimore could see their food stamps benefits slashed under a new Trump administration rule that tightens eligibility requirements.
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Meet Del. Jay Jalisi, one of the two dozen Democrats hoping to succeed the late Elijah Cummings in Congress.
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As the flu continues its achy, feverish march across the state and nation, U.S. health officials said the most common strain is one that can be particularly tough on kids. And many of Baltimore’s youth may not be protected.
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Meet Del. Talmadge Branch, one of the two dozen Democrats hoping to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings.
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Mercy, downtown Baltimore hospital, gets a new CEO after longtime leader steps down.
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A computer using a form of artificial intelligence looked at overdose data and found suicides may account for a third of cases where the drug user's intent was listed as unknown.
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LifeBridge Health announced Wednesday that Dr. Jonathan Ringo, the president of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, will step down in the summer after a little more than three years leading the Northwest Baltimore hospital to start up a new telemedicine company. The Baltimore-based hospital group said Daniel Blum will join LifeBridge in April to succeed Ringo as both president of Sinai and Grace Medical Center, the former Bon Secours Hospital in West Baltimore acquired last year by LifeBridge.
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Dr. Charles Shubin, a Mercy Medical Center pediatrician who fought child abuse and neglect, died of an obstruction Dec. 28 at Sinai Hospital. He was 79.
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The Maryland Department of Health has received $3.6 million in federal funding to address opioid use in pregnant and postpartum mothers over the next five years.
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State health officials say at least four adults in Maryland have died from the flu this season.
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At Trilogy Wellness in Howard County, the medical cannabis dispensary seeks to educate patients with a series of workshops.
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A baby with a rare and devastating genetic disease was cured with s $2.1 million drug, the most expensive on the market, raising questions about how society will pay for innovative treatments.
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MedStar Harbor Hospital announced Thursday that it has received a $500,000 grant to go toward connecting bicycle and pedestrian paths from Anne Arundel County into Baltimore City.
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U-Haul says it won’t hire nicotine users in the 21 states, including Maryland, saying that it wants to ensure a “healthier workforce."
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Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo, an activist and public health worker, has died at age 70.
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The former top regulator of Maryland’s medical cannabis industry has joined a Frederick-based cannabis company as an executive vice president.
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A prescription drug affordability board in Maryland that is the first of its kind in the nation has scheduled its first meeting.
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Baltimore County's suggested opioid plan could run into concerns about what treatment and recovery facilities will mean for neighborhoods and complications in rewriting existing laws and zoning restrictions.
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New licenses to grown and process medical cannabis in Maryland are on hold amid five lawsuits and accusations from applicants that the process was botched or biased.
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The Maryland Department of Health filled a crucial leadership job after an advertisement for the post drew controversy for offering an unusually high salary for such a position.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have expanded a recall of hard-boiled eggs after several people contracted listeria in five states, leading to one death.
