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The HPV vaccine could save thousands of lives each year. So why aren't parents vaccinating their children?

The NFL could use its considerable clout to bring as much attention to domestic violence as it has to breast cancer.

At least 15 percent of American men have vasectomies, so when a study came out recently linking this common method of birth control to an increased risk of the most lethal kind of prostate cancer, it sparked some alarm in doctors' offices.

Domestic violence is often low profile, but resources to help victims are out there

Maryland hopes to succeed with its prescription drug monitoring program where others have failed to reduce overdoe deaths. Gov. Martin O'Malley even set a goal of reducing overdose deaths by 20 percent by the end of 2015.

Pumping antibiotics into healthy chickens is bad food policy and Perdue deserves credit for ending the practice

Everyone who lives or works in Baltimore should ask: Why, in my city, are 40 percent of black males not graduating from high school? Why is unemployment for young black men as high as 52 percent? How does the absence of incarcerated boys and men diminish our city? What is the impact on young children when their brothers and dads disappear? What economic contribution would these men make to their families and add to our city if they were working? If these issues were looked at from a public

One person was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease in mid-July at the Hanover Square apartments in Otterbein, according to a spokesman for the city's Health Department.

The perennial nuisance of the head louse continues, but there are things parents can do

While the Obama administration presses colleges and universities to respond more aggressively to sexual assaults, students who are attacked at Baltimore-area schools still are unable to get rape kits on their campuses.

The National Institutes of Health has announced the first clinical trial of a vaccine to protect healthy people from infection by the Ebola virus, which is responsible for an estimated 1,550 deaths throughout West Africa.

Unfortunately — and often all too tragically— a growing percentage of students enter or return to school without the most important back to school requirement: vaccinations. These students are part of a new generation vulnerable to childhood diseases that have long since been under control but are now making a comeback due to parental misinformation and bad science.

For Baltimore County Board of Education member-at-large George Moniodis, ensuring the success of the public education system is a continuous effort.

As the Ebola virus was ravaging West Africa, two American health workers who contracted the disease in Liberia were airlifted back to the United States to be treated with an experimental drug. They are now in Atlanta, recovering.

Musicians will sing and strum and play the harmonica in Annapolis Thursday night to raise funds — and awareness — for Lyme disease.

It was perhaps Robin Williams' way of taking up queer characters with just the right balance of warmth and pitch-perfect irreverence that made the LGBT community love him most.

New standards call for additional vaccinations for schoolchildren

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, a time doctors and health professionals use to educate the public about the importance of staying current on necessary vaccinations.

Physicians, public health officials and mental health advocates hope the death of Robin Williams will bring new attention to suicide, the little-discussed and less-understood phenomenon that now ranks among the top 10 causes of death in the United States.

Secondary drowning afflicts children who survive a near-drowning incident. And though it's uncommon, it can be fatal if left untreated.

Are you aware that under Medicare you are entitled to an annual wellness visit to your primary care physician once every 12 months? Even though Medicare does not cover a routine physical exam, it does pay for the annual wellness visit, which comes under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (health care reform law).

Excessive drinking among college students is a public health problem that is larger than just the colleges and universities. It is a problem for our entire state. The more than 270,000 students attending college in Maryland comprise a large and critical segment of our future workforce. This

While out enjoying the warm weather, hiking and working in the yard, make sure to be taking the proper precautions to avoid one of this season's well-known creatures from latching on.

Groups offer tips to prevent sickness from produce during Farmers Market Week

In light of the recovery of smallpox from samples whose existence was unknown for such a long period of time, it would be irresponsible to even continue the discussion of viral stock destruction.

Shots for chickenpox, meningitis and Tdap

Marylanders are urged to be wary of mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile Virus, and now, chikungunya after that virus was reported in a Florida man, according to the CDC.

New federal requirements will ensure pool mishaps like the one at Camp Letts won't happen again

Patrick DeGroodt, who oversaw the development of a communications system for the Army that allows soldiers on the battlefield to communicate with the same ease that the rest of us have with cellphones, has been named a finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal.

Excessive drinking costing tens of thousands of lives, billions of dollars

Rep. Andy Harris has good reason to oppose D.C. marijuana law.

County's restrictions on snacks and sugary drinks at county-sponsored events and venues are no ban but a measured response to obesity epidemic

Anyone who wants a job next year at Anne Arundel Medical Center -- whether as a surgeon or security guard – will have to prove they don't smoke or use tobacco.

Documentary reveals that real life is harder and messier than our politics pretend.

Regulations should keep e-cigarettes cheaper and more convenient than conventional cigarettes, but still expensive and inconvenient enough to deter a new generation of nicotine addicts. Banning e-cigarette use inside public buildings would be a great step toward achieving this.