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Baltimore County police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that left a 28-year-old Middle River man dead.

By Talia Richman

Jun 22, 2019

Mary B. Maguire, a retired registered nurse, died June 6 at Franklin Square Medical Center from complications from a fall. She was 94.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 17, 2019

William Joseph Moulds Sr., a retired mathematics chair at Baltimore's Poly and Howard County mathematics supervisor, died of heart and kidney failure.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 11, 2019

The University of Maryland Medical System, under fire for lucrative contracts given to its board members, appears to have had the extra money to pay. A

Greater Baltimore Medical Center and St. Joseph Medical Center both received A grades from the Leapfrog Group.

By Libby Solomon

May 22, 2019

As state lawmakers contemplate reforming how the University of Maryland Medical System handles contracts with insiders, a Baltimore Sun review of other hospitals' disclosures show the practice is not rare. Only Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation dabbled in politics.

MedStar Health has agreed to pay $35 million to resolve allegations the hospital system paid kickbacks to a cardiology group in Pikesville in exchange for referrals, according to a statement from Robert Hur, the U.S. attorney for Maryland and other federal investigators. 

By Meredith Cohn

Mar 21, 2019

Eileen E. Twynham, a music teacher, composer and poet, died in February at Seasons Hospice at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center of complications of a stroke. She was 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 15, 2019

Martha S. Hamill, a retired IBM branch manager who enjoyed baking, died Jan. 22 from congestive heart failure at age 93.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Feb 9, 2019

William F. Wilke, a retired mechanical and general contractor who owned and operated his own business, died Jan. 16 from complications of a stroke at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. The Timonium resident was 95.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 22, 2019

Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller announced Thursday he is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Miller, a Democrat who has served as Senate president since 1987, made the announcement while addressing a floor session of the Senate. Miller said he was diagnosed Dec. 27.

Baltimore County firefighters battled a two-alarm fire in Dundalk Saturday morning and two people with injuries were taken to local hospitals.

Franklin Square broke ground Monday on a $70 million surgical tower, replacing old and undersized operating rooms in the community hospital east of Baltimore City.

By Meredith Cohn

Dec 3, 2018

Catherine C. "Kay" McMullen, a retired University of Maryland Medical School administrative assistant, died Nov. 20 from a heart attack at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. The Parkville resident was 82.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 28, 2018

A Baltimore County police officer working as a school resource officer at Eastern Technical High School in Essex fatally shot himself Monday, according to Baltimore County Police.

Maryland hospitals were safer for patients this fall than they were six months ago, according to the latest assessment from the Leapfrog Group.

By Sarah Meehan

Nov 8, 2018

A total of 823 attendees — nearly 400 of them in the first half hour — pulled into one of the five lanes set up in the CCBC Essex parking lot Sunday, signed a consent form, rolled up their sleeves and received free shots.

By Colin Campbell

Nov 4, 2018

Olan E. "Bud" Hitt Sr., a retired Bethlehem Steel worker who was a skilled carpenter, died Sunday from cancer at Seasons Hospice at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center. He was 82.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 2, 2018

Some women are turning to lymph node transfer surgery to treat arm swelling and pain after surviving breast cancer.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Oct 11, 2018

Ever sit in a chair and feel twitching in your eye? Or maybe your calf muscle. You may suffer from benign fasciculation syndrome.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Sep 27, 2018

Dr. Neil Novin, former chief of surgery at Harbor Hospital, died Sept. 16 from renal failure at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The longtime Pikesville resident was 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 21, 2018

Doctors and public officials in Maryland are dealing with increasing STD rates.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Sep 18, 2018

Elmer B. Kurrle, whose Kingsville grocery store was a neighborhood destination for decades, died July 14 from pneumonia at Franklin Square Medical Center. He was 90.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 26, 2018

James Derry, a former Bethlehem Steel Corp. manager and Navy veteran, died June 22 from sepsis at Franklin Square Medical Center. The White Marsh resident was 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 13, 2018

A report of a stolen vehicle led police on a short chase through Baltimore County, where a man was arrested after he crashed the car into a power transformer.

Patients who overdose

By Libby Solomon

Jun 18, 2018

Retired Esskay butcher was a decorated World War II gunner who made three Mediterranean landings

By Jacques Kelly

May 22, 2018

Dawnta Anthony Harris, the 16-year-old charged with murder in Baltimore County police Officer Amy Caprio’s death, will be held without bail, a judge ordered Tuesday in Towson district court.

A Baltimore County police officer was killed Monday in a confrontation after responding to a burglary call in Perry Hall, setting off an hours-long search through densely populated suburban neighborhoods.

By Alison Knezevich

May 22, 2018

A Perry Hall family tried to save the officer who was fatally injured Monday.

By Christina Tkacik

May 21, 2018

Critics of a decision to cut back pediatric services at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center protested outside of the Baltimore County hospital Tuesday afternoon.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

May 8, 2018

Critics of a recent decision by MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center to close its inpatient pediatrics division and its separate children’s emergency room will hold a protest at the hospital.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

May 7, 2018

Police said Eric Maurice Glass, 30, fatally shot his wife, Jasmine Alisha Kennedy, who was also 30, around 9 p.m. Tuesday night. Police said Glass then shot himself in the head but was not severely injured.

By Jessica Anderson

May 3, 2018

Waterfront tug operator was a familiar figure in Fells Point, where was born in 1932

By Jacques Kelly

May 1, 2018

The decision to close the pediatric emergency room at Medstar Franklin Square hospital has caused an uproar from the community and hospital staff, who say MedStar has abandoned its mission to serve the community in the pursuit of profits.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Apr 12, 2018

Baltimore County families lose out with closing of pediatric emergency unit at Franklin Square.

Closing Franklin Square pediatric units eliminates a service that was needed and heavily used by the community and was the life’s work of doctors, nurses, philanthropists, managers, coordinators, community members and administrators. This decision did not improve any aspect of health care.

Franklin Square Medical Center is closing much of its pediatric division as patient numbers have dropped.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Apr 4, 2018

The placenta is supposed to expel from the womb after birth, but a condition called placenta accreta prevents this from happening in some women.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Feb 22, 2018

Gov. Larry Hogan and his top aides put on a show of force in Baltimore County Monday, holding a “regional cabinet meeting” and conducting nearly 100 tours and meetings in the county.

By Pamela Wood

Feb 12, 2018

As a family physician in Baltimore, I use guidelines from professional groups to bring impartial scientific information to my clinical practice — or so I thought. Seven of a new blood pressure guideline’s authors did not disclose financial relationships with corporations that stand to benefit.

More than 3,000 people visited Maryland emergency rooms in the past week with influenza-like illnesses amid what state and federal health officials are calling the worst flu season in years. The flu is so bad that many local hospitals are asking most sick people to avoid the emergency room.

By Meredith Cohn

Feb 2, 2018

Dr. Stuart Levine took over as president and chief medical officer at MedStar Harbor Hospital several months ago, though he didn't start out looking to lead a community hospital.

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 26, 2018

A smoke alarm is credited with saving the life of the occupant of a Joppa house that was extensively damaged by a fire early Sunday morning.

Complications from the flu can be serious for pregnant women, but there are precautions that can help stave off the virus.

By Meredith Cohn

Nov 30, 2017

The man was crossing Eastern Avenue.

By Talia Richman

Nov 21, 2017

Jacob "Jack" Becker, who owned a TV repair service and taught at City College, died of heart disease

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 8, 2017

Maryland hospitals didn't rank well in a national assessment of safety at health care facilities, though the hospitals say the comparisons are not apples to apples and others charge that such studies can confuse the public.

By Meredith Cohn

Oct 31, 2017

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to open a new outpatient clinic for veterans in Rosedale, replacing a shuttered clinic in Fort Howard.

By Pamela Wood

Oct 25, 2017

Activist Munir Bahar opened a martial arts studio in East Baltimore to reach elementary school boys.

By Yvonne Wenger

Oct 24, 2017