Newborns in Maryland will now be screened for four more conditions, bringing the total to 61, in an effort to begin treatment earlier for the rare, inherited disorders. The state is now among the top five nationally for the size of its testing panel, according to the state Department of Health....
Howard County has reached a $3 million deal with a private company to build an inpatient drug treatment center there with beds reserved for county residents. In what Howard officials say is a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership, the county will pay Delphi Behavioral Health Group $750,000...
From time to time over the past few months, employees at the Maryland Book Bank have found a trash bag waiting for them on their loading dock in Woodberry — each one stuffed with “Healthy Holly” books. “Every time they’ve come in, it’s never been just five or six” books, said Kim Crout, the nonprofit...
Dr. Robert E. Trattner, who gave up dentistry for psychiatry, died May 23 of pneumonia at his Roland Park Place home. He was 98. Robert Edward Trattner was born and raised in Cleveland and graduated in 1937 from nearby Wickliffe High School. He was a 1941 graduate of what is now Case Western Reserve...
Fatal overdoses linked to the highly potent synthetic opioid fentanyl dipped in the first three months of 2019 in Maryland, leading to a decline in the total number of drug and alcohol deaths for the first time in years. The overall drop was just under 15 percent to 577 total deaths, with fewer...
MedStar Harbor Hospital is the newest addition to Baltimore’s Safe Streets program, introducing two responders to the hospital’s emergency department to work with victims of violent crime. Safe Streets employs community members who have personal experience with violence to mediate and promote non-violence...
An attorney for former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said she has now fulfilled her end of a 2017 deal in which the University of Maryland Medical System paid her $100,000 for 20,000 copies of her self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s books. Pugh “has 100 percent performed her obligations...
Benita Dallas-Meekins was on a work trip when she found out her life was ending. A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee who lives in Owings Mills, she had been dispatched to North Carolina in October to assist with a hurricane recovery effort. An emergency visit to Duke University Hospital...
LEWES, Del. (AP) — Most people probably don't think much about all the organisms riding the tides of Delaware's coastal waters. Sharks might come to mind. Whales, sure. Fecal bacteria, not so much. But there is a small group of experts who have been keeping a close eye on potentially harmful bacteria...
Scrolling through photos on Instagram or reading updates on Facebook can be draining. It can seem as if everyone else is having more fun or achieving greater success or getting more likes for their photos and status updates. Yet social media is also how many people stay connected with long-distance...
Botulism, “a serious illness” that can be caused by eating contaminated food or beverages, has been identified in Howard County, the county health department announced Friday afternoon. The illness, which is not contagious, is caused by a toxin that attacks the body’s nerves, the health department...
Two of Maryland’s top experts on public health and addiction medicine have published a book this week that seeks to demystify the opioid epidemic that has ravaged the state and nation with staggering overdose death tolls. The authors — Dr. Yngvild Olsen and Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, who also happen...