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The Maryland law will ban perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in paper products for food packaging and in rugs and carpets, as well as in firefighting foams, starting in 2024.

The James Webb Space Telescope’s 18 mirror segments will soon be aligned, allowing the astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore to peer deeper into the cosmos than ever before.

A big name in the medical field is joining the board of Galen Robotics, a biotech startup in Baltimore. Robert Langer, one of the co-founders of pharmaceutical giant Moderna, said the Pigtown company’s robotic arm could change the way surgeries are done.

Rep. Kweisi Mfume filed legislation Tuesday to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to the late Henrietta Lacks, a Baltimore County woman whose cells were used for medical research without her consent.

Haig Hagop Kazazian Jr., a genetic medicine scientist who worked at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, died of congestive heart failure Jan. 19. He was 84.

Dr. Carlton Haywood Jr., an assistant professor in the Berman Institute of Bioethics and in the division of hematology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, died Dec. 31 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Baltimore resident was 45.

Anne-Marie Baker, a former U.S. Patent Office patent agent who earlier worked in scientific research, died of cancer Friday at her Rockville home. The former Overlea resident was 57.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is "back home" after suffering a minor stroke and being hospitalized at George Washington University Hospital on May 15.

COVID cases are rising in Maryland, along with much of the Northeastern U.S., prompting new calls for people to take steps to protect themselves.

Dr. Simeon G. “Moan” Margolis, a retired leading endocrinologist, professor and medical columnist, died of cardiovascular disease Monday at Roland Park Place. The former longtime Cedarcroft resident was 91.

In University of Maryland, Baltimore commencement address, Dr. Anthony Fauci challenges graduates to keep learning and combat inequities.

David S. Wilson, owner of Southern Automatic Transmission Service and competitive athlete, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on May 6 at his Frederick home. The former Woodbine resident was 60.

Dr. Anthony Fauci will be the commencement speaker at the University of Maryland Baltimore.

A federal judge will decide if the family of Henrietta Lacks has enough legal standing to continue their lawsuit against the biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific regarding the use of cells taken from Lacks over 70 years ago.

Paul J. Miller, who worked 40 years at Westinghouse Electric Corp. mainly in design, died of complications from pneumonia July 3 at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The former longtime Towson resident was 93.

Stephen C. Traugott, a retired Martin Marietta Inc. aeronautical engineer whose work began with the Project Mercury missions and ended with the Space Shuttle, died July 16 at Alexandria Inova Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, of complications from a fall. The Glen Arm resident was 93.

Richard D. Carl Sr., a Korean War veteran and longtime Baltimore County public schools science teacher who later taught at Stevenson University, has died. He was 88.

Researchers like avian ecologist and Georgetown University Ph.D. student Emily Williams are using scientific innovations to unravel why some American robins migrate long distances, but others do not.

A Johns Hopkins University researcher’s work into the bioluminescence of lightning bugs from the 1940s to the 1960s gave thousands of Baltimore and Maryland youngsters not only joy, but a little extra money, too.

William G. Conner Jr., a retired marine scientist who had worked for nearly three decades at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has died at 72.

Sharon Brackett, a gender rights advocate and member of Baltimore City Democratic State Central Committee, died in her Locust Point home Monday. She was 59.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed into law Thursday new laws protecting public computers against cyberattack, old-growth forests against logging and state nursing jobs and careers.

Delta-8, which has a chemical structure nearly identical to THC, the main psychoactive component in cannabis, has rapidly grown into an industry that some estimate has $50 million of annual revenue in Maryland. The General Assembly considered banning it during the recent session but opted instead for a yearlong study.

Dr. Gerald A. “Jerry” Glowacki, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist who had been the chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, died of multiple myeloma Friday at the Broadmead Retirement Community. The former longtime Glen Arm resident was 85.

Maryland is selling the Spring Grove psychiatric hospital and its 175-acre Catonsville campus to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County for $1 even though the state has struggled for years with a lack of psychiatric facilities and services, particularly for people facing criminal charges or held in state prisons.

Dr. Letitia Dzirasa, Baltimore’s health commissioner, said Tuesday that she strongly recommends everyone wear a mask indoors regardless of their vaccination status given a large rise in COVID-19 cases in the city.

Emergent BioSolutions dumped 400 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, far more than known, a congressional report finds.

Denise Francine “Fran” Boyd Andrews, whose ultimately triumphant battle with drug addiction was chronicled in the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries “The Corner” died May 3 in her Parkville home after a brief illness. She was 65.