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With a potential restaurant-related outbreak of gastroenteritis under investigation by state and Harford County health officials, plus a typical rise of gastrointestinal illnesses during the late winter, health officials are urging residents to take common-sense measures to reduce the spread of such illnesses.

The Harford County Health Department and the Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene are investigating an outbreak of stomach issues, a spokesman said Sunday night.

Dr. Raymond Seltser, former associate dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health who was the author of seminal articles on smoking, stroke and radiation, died Feb. 16 of pneumonia at Sibley Hospital in Washington. He was 90.

The Maryland General Assembly has an opportunity to save lives by prohibiting the use of cancer-causing UV tanning devices by youth under the age of 18. We protect our minors from the dangers of cigarettes and alcohol by placing restrictions on their access; we should do the same with indoor tanning.

Modern pesticides are safe to use

Update on the half-implemented health, wellness and nutrition policy in the Howard County Public School System

Baltimore City plans to help corner stores in West Baltimore stock healthier fare, and get kids and their parents interested in buying it, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce childhood obesity.

Prevention is the best defense against deadly skin cancers

Breast cancer and online dating put couple on path to love

It was Red Dress Sunday at the church off Druid Hill Avenue, an annual event launched in Baltimore by St. Agnes Hospital to raise awareness of the dangers of heart disease. It's the number one killer of women in the United States, and an even greater danger to African American women.

Watkins Mill High School students, staff to tested after case of tuberculosis discovered

CVS/Caremark's decision not to sell tobacco helps send the message that smoking is not an accepted social norm.

Study finds teens avoid early HIV care, jeopardizing long-term health

Drug dealers are lacing heroin with the potent painkiller fentanyl, creating a deadly cocktail that is killing unknowing users – sometimes within minutes of injection.

When his son Owen was diagnosed with autism at 18 months old, Pat Skerry did not believe it.

Heroin laced with the syntheric opioid fentanyl has killed 37 Marylanders since September, state health officials said today.

Given the risk of skin cancer, lawmakers should prohibit minors from using tanning beds

Contrary to the rest of Maryland, Lung cancer is on the rise in Harford County, the county health department said Tuesday.

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CDC report links decline in lung cancer to smoking cessation programs

Lawmakers arrive back in Annapolis this session to a major piece of unfinished business: passing a dog bite liability bill to address the unintended consequences of the Maryland Court of Appeals' ruling in which pit bull-type dogs were deemed inherently dangerous. The Maryland General Assembly, which last year failed to pass compromise legislation to address the issue, will have another chance to bring certainty and protection to dog bite victims and dog owners.

After a slow start to flu season in Maryland, physicians and the Center for Disease Control say they are starting to see a jump in cases around the state.

Recent incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning in Baltimore County show the necessity of CO detectors

As a nurse-midwife specializing in menopause over the past two decades, I have been nothing short of shocked at the inaccuracies reported on the topic of hormone therapy. Many news stories continue to misinform, misinterpret and misrepresent the facts about hormone therapy research and treatment.

FDA guidelines on use of antibiotics on livestock helpful but not enough to protect humans against drug-resistant bacteria