diseases and illnesses

Here’s a few things to know about how to avoid Vibrio bacterial infections this summer.

A woman says a trip to a Maryland beach left her son covered in wounds from flesh-eating bacteria.

Catonsville High graduate Erin Kreis didn't expect to be singled out by interim Superintendent Verletta White — and awarded $1,000 — at her commencement.

My 4-year old, Floss, stumbled out of her crate and collapsed onto the floor. An immediate phone call to the veterinary hospital was made.

Several Maryland congressmen have asked for a CDC briefing about adenovirus protocol after the virus killed a University of Maryland student in November.

University of Maryland Board of Regents are considering an outside investigation into officials' response of a virus outbreak that led to a student's death.

The World Health Organization reached the decision to update its definition of burnout.

We must now direct the kind of bold action we took against AIDS toward the opioid overdose epidemic, the deadliest public health threat in the U.S. today.

The case case has been confirmed in a person in the Northwest Baltimore region.

We have to make a choice — allow industrial farms to continue overusing antibiotics as they have for decades or get routine antibiotic use out of our food system. The Maryland legislature has chosen, again, to preserve these drugs and protect public health. Gov. Hogan should make the same choice.

Food-borne illnesses killed 120 Americans last year and sickened 25,606 more.

I myself am a farmer raising cattle, goats, sheep, and rabbits. I do not believe in the use of antibiotics unless the animal's life depends on it.

As many as one in five people infected with Lyme disease from tick bites develop ongoing symptoms, but Johns Hopkins researchers now are investigating a promising treatment.

Maryland health officials have confirmed a third case of measles in Maryland.

A second Maryland resident has tested positive for measles, the highly contagious viral infection that has been spreading rapidly across the country, state health officials said Tuesday. 

A case of measles has been confirmed in Maryland, and the Maryland Department of Health has issued a warning for those who might have been exposed to the infectious respiratory disease.

Candida auris, a fungal superbug that's spreading in the U.S., is not yet a threat in Maryland, health officials say.

Just as two minutes of brushing your teeth twice a day can protect your teeth and gums from tooth decay and gum disease, a two minute oral exam once a year can protect you against cancer. That’s according to Tom Downs, manager of the Carroll County Health Department’s Oral Health Program.

Sinai Hospital is asking children under age 14 to avoid the campus unless the have an appointment after a child was diagnosed with measles last week.

Close advisers to Mayor Catherine Pugh said Tuesday that she is still recovering from a serious case of pneumonia that has sapped her strength and forced her to convalesce at home, under doctors’ supervision, since late last month.

Maryland health officials confirmed Friday that the state has logged its first case of measles, a highly contagious viral infection that has been spreading in several other states in numbers not seen in decades. 

National, state and local health leaders met in Baltimore Wednesday to discuss strategies for ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Wakefern Food Corp., which owns and operates 11 ShopRite stores in Maryland, including five in Harford County, has recalled several Wholesome Pantry brand organic nut butters because they may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

State health officials say anyone concerned after a Harford man was infected with hepatitis A can get vaccinated.

Rock Steady Boxing, a fitness program, targets specific symptoms of Parkinson's and helps to stop the progression of the neurological disease.

The St. Mary's County Health Department is investigating a suspected measles case.

Peter Frampton intends to donate funds to Johns Hopkins Medicine after doctors at the Baltimore hospital helped treat him for an inflammatory muscle disease.

"Lives just come to a halt. Parents can’t function, a class can’t function, siblings can’t function,” said Dr. Susan Schulman, a pediatrician who specializes in PANDAS.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Zoonotic Diseases are caused by infections that are shared between animals and people and are very common in the United States and around the world.”

South Laurel/Montpelier neighborhood column

When cancer starts in the cervix, it is called cervical cancer. The cervix is the lower, narrow end of a woman’s uterus. Cervical cancer usually grows very slowly, so it is highly curable when found and treated early.  All women are at risk for cervical cancer with 13,000 diagnoses every year.

David Kwiatkowski, a traveling hospital technician who was sentenced to 39 years in prison for infecting patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes, has asked a federal judge to vacate his sentence, saying his lawyer was ineffective in representing him.

Bethany Jane, the woman behind the "Mary Jane Chronicles" website, seeks to expand the Maryland marijuana community's social network through themed, educational events where they can connect with other patients and dispensaries.

October is considered the sweet spot for getting a flu shot by local health officials, because the vaccine should last into the spring months, when flu season finally tapers off around Maryland. But if you haven’t received your shot yet, there is still an opportunity to do so before the virus hits

In the cold months, this barrier island is a place of austere stillness, its famed wild ponies grazing along brown marshes, their long faces reflecting in waters often skimmed in ice, their seasonally shaggy coats flickering in the chill breeze.

Dangerous infections, blinding ulcers in the eyes: These are just some of the troubles that can come from wearing your contacts for too long.

The Towson-based Immune Deficiency Foundation has spent the last decade pushing for universal screening for severe combined immunodeficiency.

The virus, which led to the death of a freshman in November, has hospitalized at least eight people, according to information from the University Health Center.

If current HIV diagnoses persist, approximately 1 in 2 black men who have sex with men will be diagnosed with HIV. The rate is 1 in 4 for Latino men who have sex with men and 1 in 11 for white men who have sex with men. Why the discrepancy? Structural inequalities. The question is: W

Johns Hopkins researchers have found that oils from garlic and other herbs and plants show promise in treating the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, particularly those who continue to have symptoms after antibiotic treatment of the disease, which is on the rise.

As National Hospice and Palliative Care month comes to an end, I’d like to share how each helps patients and families. While they are similar in many ways, they also have distinct differences.

The University of Maryland has reported three new cases of adenovirus Monday, one week after a freshman at the school was killed from complications relating to the disease. 

People with celiac disease must follow a very restrictive diet, but an experimental vaccine may offer many of them the freedom to eat more normally.

What you need to know about adenoviruses, the type of virus that led to a University of Maryland freshman’s death.

A freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, died Sunday of complications from adenovirus, and her family is questioning whether the university — which has seen several cases of the illness — could have done more to prevent her death.

Public health officials should support organizations that require flu vaccination among health care personnel and urge others to follow suit. Then the policy should be expanded to other vulnerable populations.

St. Elizabeth Hall, an independent-living apartment complex on the Stella Maris campus in Timonium, has had two cases of Legionnaires' disease.

A man who brought in a stray cat was possibly infected with rabies. Local officials had no way to contact him.

Many of us played the lottery this week in hopes becoming an instant billionaire. The chance of winning was less than 1 in 300 million, yet we all believed we

What is acute flaccid myelitis or AFM?