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MedStar expands an existing alliance with the Ohio health system to develop new techniques and technologies for heart patients

Baltimore police officers will not face charges for using a Taser on a 19-year-old Good Samaritan Hospital patient multiple times during a struggle that ended with the teen's death, city prosecutors said Tuesday.

Travelers to Maryland from three West African countries where Ebola continues to spread could be quarantined at home or barred from public transit depending on their risk of exposure to the deadly virus, according to guidelines Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Monday.

Md. officials have put in place a realistic and measured response to the threat posed to health care workers and the public

Maryland health officials designated three hospitals to receive Ebola patients in Maryland — including Johns Hopkins Hospital and University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore — changing course from previous plans almost two weeks after the virus spread to two nurses in Texas and as a new case emerged in New York.

Runners and other endurance exercisers don't want to drink too little, but they also don't want to drink too much. That can dilute the salt in your body and cause hyponatremia.

As health officials fail to contain West Africa's Ebola outbreak, hospitals in Baltimore and across the U.S. are readying space and equipment for what some consider an inevitability – the arrival of the deadly virus here.

Questions surround NFL's investigator as female senators call for stronger stance against domestic violence

Ikea design squad puts together winning space

New MedStar medical facility to offer 'one-stop' shop for urgent, daily medical needs

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said he has placed a moratorium on his officers responding to emergency calls from city hospitals without the approval of their supervisors.

19-year-old dead Thursday after he was restrained after an altercation on May 7

Harford County is moving forward with plans for a four-story health department building and four-story parking garage next to the 2-year-old Harford County Sheriff's Office southern precinct in Edgewood.

Maryland lawmakers, prompted by recent multimillion-dollar medical malpractice judgments, are pushing legislation to create a fund to help pay the costs to treat babies injured during birth.

Patients hoping to legally use medical marijuana in Maryland appeared to be closer than ever last year, when legislators approved its distribution through medical centers conducting research on the drug. But to date, no hospitals have come forth to participate in the program.

Looking back at the month of August 2013 Year in Harford County.

Looking back at the month of September 2013 in Harford County

MedStar Health has laid off 74 people in its real estate and facilities management departments as the hospital system transfers those functions to a contractor, which plans to hire back the workers, Medstar officials said.

Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos donated $2.5 million to MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center to establish a lung disease treatment center in his name.

MedStar Health has shed about 1 percent of its work force at its four Baltimore-area hospitals over the past year, less than the 300 layoffs of at MedStar Washington Hospital Center this week.

Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy opened a new state-of-the-art dental laboratory to help train Career and Technology Education students in the dental arts.

The way Maryland hospitals do business would get a complete overhaul under a plan proposed by state health officials that they hope to test for five years.

The University of Maryland Medical System has set aside tens of millions of dollars because of complex financial transactions related to interest rates that have not paid off — yet. The medical system cannot use those funds even as it wrestles with financial pressures that have led to layoffs, but defends its use of the interest rate swaps.

A blown transformer knocked out the power to two buildings on the campus of MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore Tuesday afternoon, though the hospital itself was not affected.

Feelings about the merits of a Walmart or a medical facility notwithstanding, a reasoned review of what has the look of an unfair situation is certainly in order at Bel Air South

Lawyers representing the owner of two Bel Air South properties that have figured prominently in a year-plus debate over future development in the area have asked a judge to review Harford County's recent approval of a site plan for a medical arts campus in the same neighborhood.

Health Care for The Homeless clinic at Franklin Square Medical Center hopes to serve more patients after it triples in size.

Many Maryland hospital CEOs received pay increases in recent years even as they complained about shrinking profit margins and warned about cutbacks unless they could increase rates paid by patients.

Harford County officials and members of the Bel Air South community are in a holding pattern as they wait for Walmart to address "deficiencies" with its site plan and traffic analysis.

Harford County Planning and Zoning officials have approved the site plans for MedStar Health's proposed medical facility near the intersection of Plumtree Road and Route 924 (Old Emmorton Road).

From traffic accidents to public transit, from school bus routes to the potential construction of a Walmart in their community, traffic and transportation were the main topics during Monday evening's meeting of the Abingdon Community Council.

During a sweltering Saturday at Reisterstown Regional Park, Cody was among a group of several Ravens players who took part in inside linebacker Jameel McClain's annual football and fitness clinic.

On Wednesday, May 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Thursday ,May 16, from 3 to 7 p.m., the Hampden Family Center, 1104 W. 36th St., is partnering with MedStar Health, which owns Union Memorial Hospital, for a blood drive. If you have questions or wish to make an appointment, call the Hampden Family Center at 410-467-8710.

Action in Maturity (AIM), a Hampden-based transportation service for seniors in north Baltimore, celebrates its 40th year May 2. We talk to Esther Bonnet, 100, and City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke, who founded AIM. We also talk to AIM director Liz Briscoe.

Nine hours of testimony, spread over three weeks, wrapped up Wednesday evening in a long-running Harford County zoning appeals case for a 198-unit apartment complex planned in the Bel Air South area.

MedStar Health's plan to build a $30 million medical facility on the outskirts of Bel Air, at Emmorton and Plumtree roads, cleared nearly every aspect of a Harford County Development Advisory Committee review Wednesday morning. The one exception was the proposed traffic plan for a key intersection south of the site.

Harford County is one step closer to having defibrillators in all swimming pools, after the County Council introduced a bill requiring them Tuesday night.

MedStar presents plans for new Abingdon facility at community council meeting

Baltimore will enter its third consecutive day below freezing Thursday, prompting health officials to warn vulnerable residents of deadly conditions and meanwhile threatening to make for treacherous travel with light snow expected to fall early Thursday morning and Friday afternoon.

North Harford High girls varsity basketball coach Lin James got her 600th career win, a 61-32 home victory over Harford Christian. County Executive David Craig announces his plans for the rest of his term in office. Year in Review - Dec

Though they are private companies, there is a substantial public policy interest in making sure their decisions serve the general public, and it falls to state and local governments to act as a check in this regard.

Walmart is not the only business itching to get into the corner of Plumtree Road and Route 924 south of Bel Air. MedStar Health announced Monday plans to build a 100,000-square-foot healthcare facility at the same intersection.

MedStar expanding in Bel Air and upgrading NICU at Franklin Square