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Terry Langbaum, a Johns Hopkins Hospital administrator who helped cancer patients, died of the disease Nov. 14 at her Canton home. She was 71.
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As opioid-related fatal overdoses increase, Cecil County officials are shifting their approach to focus on the pain of the kids left orphaned.
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Dr. William E. Woodward, an epidemiologist and expert in infectious diseases, died Nov. 16 at his Oxford, Maryland, home. He was 80.
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Maryland's Department of Health announced on Tuesday that 997 new cases of HIV were reported in Maryland last year.
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Millions of Americans enjoy counting their blessings every Thanksgiving, but for these Baltimoreans, gratitude is a life-giving year-round attitude.
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Maryland lawmakers say they’re concerned and closely monitoring the University of Maryland Medical System’s behavior after the state’s top legislative auditor said the hospital network was “hindering” his work.
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Melanie Whelan, a Baltimore native, is resigning from her position as CEO of SoulCycle, CNBC reported Tuesday.
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Dr. David Fowler, the state's long-serving chief medical examiner, plans to retire by year's end.
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Years after being shot during an attempted armed robbery, Ulysses Johnson gave out free clothes and gifts on York Road, a few blocks from where he almost died over spare change in his wallet.
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Maryland is allowing medical cannabis dispensaries to resume selling vaping products, after testing products for vitamin E acetate, which may be linked to vaping-related lung injuries.
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The Carroll County commissioners said they support the idea of getting more schools employees trained on how to administer an overdose-reversal drug, but they disagree with the school system’s proposal on how to do so.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture says thousands of pounds of salad products are being recalled due to a possible E. coli contamination.
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Tuerk House, one of the city's oldest addiction treatment centers, opens its newly expanded detox facility.
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Researchers at the University of Maryland Medical Center are working with a MICA program to develop new kinds of treatment for those with severe spinal cord injuries.
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The Maryland Department of Health says it's investigating a possible E.coli cluster in prepackaged Caesar salads from Sam's Club after seven patients with the disease all said they ate the product.
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Federal prosecutors have charged former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh in what they allege was a corrupt scheme involving her sales of a self-published children’s book series.
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Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh used money from double-selling her self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s books to fund straw donations to her 2016 campaign and buy herself a bigger house right after she was sworn in, court documents allege.
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Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has been indicted on 11 criminal counts related to the sales of her children’s books. Longtime aide Gary Brown Jr. and associate Roslyn Wedington have pleaded guilty to another 10 charges combined.
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Kaiser Permanente announces a $13 billion expansion and plans to open 10 new facilities by 2028 in the Baltimore region.
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Leslie Brown, a psychoanalyst who was active in progressive social causes, died Thursday after being struck by an automobile in Roland Park.
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Frederick M. Valerino Sr., who founded a Baltimore County pneumatic tube firm that makes products used in hospitals, has died of heart failure.
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State auditors tasked by lawmakers with investigating the University of Maryland Medical System after a self-dealing scandal involving its board of directors have complained UMMS “delayed and hindered” their work, requiring an extension of their deadline to produce a report.
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Through a new partnership with Lyft, Baltimore is hoping to make it easier and cheaper to connect people in low-income neighborhoods with healthy food.
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The CDC has identified vitamin E acetate as a chemical of concern among people with lung injuries associated with e-cigarette use, or vaping.
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Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is recovering after a successful double mastectomy at Johns Hopkins Hospital on Friday and will be back on the campaign trail soon, her campaign said.
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Kennedy Krieger Institute was ordered to pay a woman who said she was harmed in a 1990s study of lead paint remedies.
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Rep. Elijah Cummings had a rare cancer called thymic carcinoma when he died last month, so what is it?
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A patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital is being treated for Legionnaire's disease, a serious lung infection, as officials search for the source.
