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Health
Coronavirus
View visualizations of Maryland COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths, testing, positivity rate and vaccinations.
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Health
Maryland ranked fifth in the nation for having the fewest COVID-19 deaths per capita in a comprehensive study on variations in pandemic policies and behaviors between states published Thursday in The Lancet.
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Marijuana
The Baltimore Sun is turning to readers to tell us what the best medical marijuana dispensary is, who is the best budtender in the area and what’s the best Maryland-produced strain.
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Baltimore County
A Baltimore-area wastewater management company has informed city and county officials it plans to treat wastewater shipped by rail from East Palestine, Ohio, the site of a train derailment last month.
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Politics
If it reaches his desk, Gov. Wes Moore intends to sign a bill that would require Maryland Medicaid to cover gender-affirming procedures for transgender patients.
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Health
Bills aiming to get more Marylanders health coverage, improve access to behavioral health services and expand Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming health care have made strides in the General Assembly this legislative session.
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Baltimore Ravens
Ravens executive O.J. Brigance is among the 2% to 3% of ALS patients who live between 15 and 20 years past their initial diagnosis. He has spent most of his 16 years with the disease advocating and fundraising for others.
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Business
Sellers of hemp-derived products such as delta-8 and CBD say a few lines in a recreational cannabis bill making its way through the Maryland legislature will put them out of business. The THC cap for non-licensed products is set too low, they argue.
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Health
A phase 1 drug trial using mistletoe extract to treat cancer patients was recently completed by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and it found that the treatment, commonly used in Europe, is safe. and appeared to improve the quality of life of those receiving treatment for cancer.
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