diseases and illnesses

PEDv only infects pigs, poses no known public health threat and is not a food safety concern. Mortality rates, however, can be as high as 100 percent in suckling and early weaned pigs.

Maryland resident and former CIA officer Tony Mendez is raising awareness about the disease

Spring has returned to Harford County and with that comes a reminder about the risk of Lyme disease, the most common vector borne disease in the United States. With this in mind, the Harford County Health Department wants Harford County residents to be "tick aware", even in areas they may not consider themselves to be at risk. This means being more attentive from springtime through fall, when gardening, doing yard work or while recreating near wooded and grassy areas.

Doctors Bill Isaacs, a Gilman School grad, Trinity Bivalacqua, of Roland Park, and Noah Hahn, of Towson, are top dogs at the Johns Hopkins Hospital's new Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute, the world's only institution of its kind. The institute will hold its first public symposium on May 7, during Bladder Cancer Awareness Month.

A Baltimore County resident affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, the second case in the county this week.

A Century High School student was recently diagnosed with Pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, which has been confirmed by the Carroll County Health Department.

The long-running litigation between the NFL and its retired players concluded Wednesday with a federal judge's final approval of a settlement that the league said would provide "prompt and substantial benefits" to many of those suffering from concussion-related illnesses.

A Century High School student was recently diagnosed with Pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, which has been confirmed by the Carroll County Health Department, according to an email sent to parents by school principal Troy Barnes Wednesday afternoon.

Much like many other degenerative neurologic processes, Parkinson's presents many challenges to the person affected and to the caregivers as well.

We've all stepped in it and seen it on our lawns, in parks and in public places. Dog feces is more than just a smelly nuisance; it is actually a health and environmental hazard.

The owner of an Owings Mills imaging firm already indicted for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of more than $7.5 million was also accused in a new federal indictment this week of contributing to the deaths of four people whose disease and infection were not caught on X-rays becase employees were not qualified to read them.

The Carroll County Health Department is hosting its spring Anti-Rabies Clinic from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. April 12 at the Carroll County Agriculture Center in Westminster.

Research being published Thursday suggests that an Ebola vaccine being developed by Baltimore company Profectus BioSciences is effective against the strain of the virus that has ravaged West Africa, a milestone the company says is a first in the race to prevent future Ebola outbreaks.

Impact of disease hits home

On Feb. 2, Cathy Chiaramonte, 54, a teacher at Eldersburg Elementary was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a fast-growing brain tumor, according to information from the American Cancer Society, after an episode at school in which she was rushed to the emergency room, she said.

Johns Hopkins Hospital has built a unit designed to safely care for patients with Ebola and other dangerous pathogens, joining only a handful of institutions with such facilities in the country.

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline is establishing a vaccine research center in Rockville that it expects will bring 600 jobs to the state.

Nearly 800 former research subjects and their families filed a billion-dollar lawsuit Wednesday against the Johns Hopkins University, blaming the institution for its role in 1940s and 1950s experiments in Guatemala that infected hundreds with syphilis, gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Lisa Martin and Kati Townsley, both Carroll County residents, will be participating in Walk MS in Westminster April 19. The event is one of many designed and organized by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to raise funds and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis research, in the hopes of one day finding a cure for the disease. The two women, who met while serving on the leadership committee for the walk, are united by a common battle: they are both fighting Multiple Sclerosis. But while their

Maintaining awareness of a global killer on the ropes

Use of human antibiotics in poultry and other animals poses a serious health threat

Babies contract infant botulism by ingesting bacterium spores, which then harbor in the large intestine where toxins breed. The toxins damage nerves that send the signals to make muscles contract. In turn, the body slowly loses its ability to move.

Various studies show benefit to some patients undergoing an endoscopy before bariatric surgery, though finding stomach cancer, or cancer in general, is uncommon.

Vaccinogen is developing a vaccine that uses colon cancer patients' own tumor cells to train their bodies to fight off recurrence of the disease.

Xavier Byrd has Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome

Rite Aid Corp. is the latest retailer to step into the medical clinic market, a concept that has grown exponentially since the first opened in 2000.

Four Web-based training videos developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine and others aim to train doctors, nurses and other medical professionals in the proper way to handle patients who show up at their hospitals with serious infectious diseases.

When we as the region's doctors speak to the public about vaccines, it's about more than individual health. It's about the health of our community. It's about our mutual obligation to one other. It's about the value of vaccines to safeguard the future of Baltimore.

After the worst month for measles in more than two decades, public health officials gathered at the Johns Hopkins University on Monday to talk about ways to prevent 2015 from becoming the worst year.

Carroll County and Maryland on the whole are well-vaccinated against measles, but officials say to take nothing for granted

The spike in homicides in Baltimore's Northeast district resembles the spread of an infectious disease; is there an effective 'vaccine' to fight the epidemic?

Susan Reimer on grandchildren germs

A growing measles outbreak linked to Disneyland in Southern California has touched a nerve with health officials in Maryland and across the country who are warning about a rebound in diseases that had been rendered extremely rare.

To beat Ebola as we've overcome other global epidemics, officials must preserve access to animal research. Cures for this deadly pathogen — and thousands of lives — depend on it.

A Baltimore 12-month-old with a suspected case of measles, a highly contagious respiratory disease, does not have the virus, city health officials said Thursday.

Nearly one in three people across Maryland who have been tested for influenza during the current flu season have tested positive for the highly contagious and difficult-to-predict illness, and health officials are seeing similar numbers in Harford County.

People with eating disorders often mask their disease making it hard for a primary physician to detect. But the dentist can see tell-tale signs, such as redness and ulcers, that patients can't hide

The flu has hit Carroll County with a vengeance in recent weeks, and the increase in people reporting symptoms has strained the supply of a commonly prescribed flu medication.

Studies show a healthy lifestyle can prevent a number of illnesses and diseases, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity and certain types of cancer. And in Howard County, achieving that lifestyle is easier than you might think.

Correspondent hopes for health for the holidays

The Baltimore County health department is monitoring for cases of Legionnaires' disease at Oakwood Care Center, a 130-bed nursing home in Middle River, after one case was confirmed.

Children bustled through the corridors of an Army Reserve facility just south of the city line Saturday as soldiers gathered for the last family day before some of them head out to West Africa for the military's mission fighting the deadly Ebola outbreak.

'Drifted' strain means influenza vaccine not as effective as other years and could produce a severe season

A new variation of flu virus might evade the protection of vaccination, but officials say its still worth getting the shot