The longer kids stay in hospitals, physicians and administrators say, the more that their mental health deteriorates, and the more that limited and costly emergency-room resources are shifted away from other patients with critical needs.

A lawsuit alleging negligence by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company in the lead-up to an explosion that leveled multiple Baltimore rowhomes in August 2020 has been postponed due to court unavailability.

“Renew Baltimore,” a group that sought a ballot referendum to lower the city’s property tax rate over six years, has fallen short of the required number of signatures it needed to get on the ballot.

“From a surveillance perspective, we’re flying blind right now,” said Chris Beyrer, the outgoing Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

As part our “Better Baltimore” series, we explored Maryland’s relationship with its deer populations and the complexities involved in curbing their numbers.

Here’s a roundup of what to know about the monkeypox outbreak, sourced from a slate of regional experts in public health, epidemiology and infectious diseases.

Two people were being treated for injuries after an explosion inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Harbor East neighborhood, fire officials said Wednesday.

A Baltimore election judge who worked Tuesday’s primary said a severe staff shortage at his polling site nearly crippled the operation.

The Democratic primary race is getting closer between Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger and challenger Robbie Leonard, attorney and Maryland Democratic Party secretary. Results of other county races also shaping up.

The Democratic nominee will face Republican Dan Cox and multiple third-party candidates in the fall general election.

City workers said the decrepit condition of a sexual health clinic building provides a window into a much larger problem with old Baltimore buildings.

Sarah Ann Street alley homes and home of the Eaddy family to be removed from development plans.

As the virus continues to mutate, public health experts said infections may become more common and more severe among those who have been boosted and recently infected.

The work is daunting, but one they say they love.

City officials said they are committed to ensuring every tenant stays housed — and paying off what’s now owed to landlords in back payments.

The pilot program aims to reroute a small fraction of 911 calls to the crisis center: specifically, those in which callers have thoughts about committing suicide, but no weapons or concrete plans to carry out those thoughts.

From the National Aquarium to the Highlandtown First Friday Art Walk, these are reporter Hallie Miller's favorite spots to bring out-of-town guests.

The CollegeBound College Completion Program, which graduated its first cohort in 2021, is helping to shepherd an extraordinary number of students who attended Baltimore City schools through college.

Baltimore City Weed Warriors are protecting city parks from weeds and invasive plants, doing work the city can't afford.

Baltimore doesn’t have enough money to tackle every neighborhood. And the vacancy challenge is growing.