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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.
National health and fitness news
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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.
Health Beat
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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.
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With the beginning of fall comes the beginning of flu season. The contagious virus knocks millions of people off their feet every year.
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Board members at the University of Maryland Medical System have filed financial disclosures with state regulators for the first time since news of deals between the system and a third of its directors rocked the hospital network, dismantled its leadership team and helped take down Baltimore’s mayor last spring.
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A penis transplant performed on a wounded soldier more than a year ago is a success, doctors wrote in a letter to a medical journal.
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After a tumultuous year in which a self-dealing scandal prompted the resignation of the University of Maryland Medical System’s leadership, the hospital network has promoted Dr. Mohan Suntha to become its chief executive officer.
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Baltimore officials plan to announce that Galen is the city’s first investment in a business in a federally designated “opportunity zone.”
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Janice L. Bowen, former chief operating officer at Springfield State Hospital, has died at age 67.
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A job posting for the next deputy health secretary overseeing behavioral health could earn nearly $465,000, higher than any other state administrator.
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Open enrollment begins in Maryland, with officials hoping to add more people to the rolls as national numbers decline.
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SoulCycle CEO and Baltimore native Melanie Whelan said she wants to put an outpost of her famous fitness chain in Baltimore. She's not the only one with a great idea that Charm City exercisers want to see here.
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Elected leaders in Baltimore want to revisit a long term, multimillion-dollar deal under which major nonprofit institutions make annual payments to the city in lieu of taxes.
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The number of Maryland children who tested positive for lead poisoning fell 11% in 2018, state health and environmental officials said Wednesday.
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Maryland's Medical Cannabis Commission is planning two independent investigations into the latest process for awarding licenses, a process that's been put on hold following complaints and litigation.
