Health

Doctors and substance use recovery advocates cheered this week's decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the over-the-counter sale of the opioid overdose reversal medication Narcan.

Maryland lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to expanding procedures relating to gender-affirming care that are covered by the state’s Medicaid program.

Marylanders are expected to vote in 2024 on whether to enshrine access to abortion in the state constitution, following the House of Delegates’ passage of legislation championed by Speaker Adrienne A. Jones.

The Maryland House of Delegates has given preliminary approval to a hard-fought bill to remove a statute of limitations on lawsuits against child sex abusers.

Two Johns Hopkins Medicine surgeons will receive $21.4 million over the next two years to advance research needed to successfully transplant living cells, tissues and organs from animals to humans.

The Maryland Board of Physicians is considering revoking a Baltimore spine doctor’s license as he serves a three-year sentence in federal prison for a prescription drug kickback scheme.

The University of Maryland Medical System and other Baltimore-area hospital systems have begun lifting masking requirements for public areas that have been in place since April 2020, shortly after the coronavirus pandemic struck.

In a year, Matt Hurley, formerly a neuroscientist, went from dipping his toes into comedy to opening a Fells Point venue that’s become popular among local performers.