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

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration has leaned heavily on emergency government spending powers to purchase nearly $1.5 billion in services and supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, covering the cost of everything from gloves to consultants.

Dr. Joseph P. Connelly Jr., who practiced family medicine in Baltimore County for nearly four decades, died June 10 from a heart attack at his Fallston home. He was 65.

Chants of “respect the worker’s voice” and “Ho-ho, hey-hey, we deserve response pay!” echoed around the campus of Spring Grove Hospital Center, a state psychiatric facility in Catonsville, on Wednesday afternoon.

Maryland health officials reported no new deaths due to the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the first time the state has gone a full day without any new COVID-19 fatalities since October.

A recently married teacher from Elkridge is set to get $40,000 from Maryland’s VaxCash lottery, according to Maryland Lottery officials.

Half a year after Maryland began vaccinating adults 65 and older for the coronavirus, 90% of that population has now received at least one dose, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday.

When the pandemic hit, activists in Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood joined forces to distribute food and household essentials, as well as connect residents with medical services.

Sheppard Pratt’s new psychiatric care facility in Elkridge, Maryland, seeks to personalize and refine how the provider delivers behavioral and mental health services in the state.

Meadow Mill Athletic Club, a well-known gym and squash facility in a converted mill in Baltimore’s Woodberry neighborhood, plans to close this summer, citing difficulties during the pandemic.

Federal regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Tuesday the release of an additional batch of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine made at the troubled Baltimore plant where production was halted earlier this year due to critical manufacturing errors.

Dr. Charles Earl Hill, a retired family practitioner and who taught at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, has died at 85.

Starting July 1, Baltimore will lift its citywide mask mandate, a decision that came just one day after Gov. Larry Hogan eliminated Maryland’s COVID-19 state of emergency.

Hogan said Maryland will lift its COVID-19 state of emergency, which the Republican governor had declared in March 2020 and extended throughout the pandemic. Here's what that entails.

Novavax, a Gaithersburg-based pharmaceutical company, reported Monday that its coronavirus vaccine was highly effective against COVID-19 infections.

Maryland will end most of its coronavirus emergency restrictions on July 1, closing an intense 15-month chapter in the state’s history in which nearly 9,500 people died.

Jeffrey P. Fick, a semiretired roofing company executive and avid golfer who worked tirelessly raising funds for cystic fibrosis, has died at 68.

Maryland’s dominant health insurer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, plans to raise rates for certain plans by about 8% for people buying their own coverage next year, a potential effect of the coronavirus pandemic.

Medical marijuana patients at Greenhouse Wellness in Ellicott City can purchase one pre-rolled joint for a penny with proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

Top officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration detail a series of mistakes and costly human errors that rendered millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine unusable in a memo posted over the weekend.

Maryland health officials reported fewer than 100 new coronavirus cases for the fourth time in seven days as the state continues to report record-low infection rates and hospitalizations rates not seen since March 2020.

Coronavirus hospitalizations in Maryland dropped to the lowest level since March 2020, when the pandemic was just taking hold, according to the state health department.

Federal regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will authorize for use two batches of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine manufactured at the troubled Baltimore facility where critical production errors rendered millions of doses unusable earlier this year.

Dr. Richard A. Sindler, former chief of radiology at St. Agnes Hospital, has died at 93.

Maryland on Friday reported its lowest-yet weekly COVID-19 testing positivity rate, which remained below 1% for the third straight day, according to state data.

Though COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to fall to new lows in Maryland, the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on mental health may linger.

COVID vaccines are ushering in a time of reunions, with families and friends savoring their first hugs, and trying to make up for lost moments.

A day after Maryland hospitals said they would start requiring COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of employment, consumer groups, businesses and retail associations in the state said they would not rush to make the same decision.