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The latest from Meredith Cohn
A Hopkins researcher tried to board a plane at BWI. She ended up in ICE custody, bound for Texas.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has transferred Fatima Ameaka, a public health researcher at Johns Hopkins, to a detention facility in Louisiana, according to a government website that tracks those detained by ICE.
Dozens more cyclosporiasis cases hit Maryland as outbreak spans nation
Maryland health officials reported a few dozen more cases of the tummy-turning infection cyclosporiasis as the national outbreak continues.
Insurance deny your prescription? You’re far from alone, Hopkins study finds
A Johns Hopkins study found 1 in 3 attempts to fill prescriptions of brand-name drugs was initially denied, with new weight loss drugs leading the pack.
Measles is on the verge of a national record. Here’s what it means for Maryland.
Five new measles cases in Maryland push the nation closer to a record-setting year that public health officials say could have been avoided.
Parasitic infections causing ‘explosive diarrhea’ double in Maryland since last week
Though no official source has been identified, Michigan officials say their investigation points to lettuce or other salad greens.
Maryland will slash mental health and addiction services amid budget cuts
Behavioral health advocates warn Maryland budget cuts could affect overdose prevention, addiction recovery and mental health crisis programs.
Inhale insulin? Drugmaker bets kids with diabetes will want to skip the needle.
After failing to gain traction with adults, an inhaled insulin is marketed to needle-averse kids with diabetes.
What to know about cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness making Marylanders sick
There have been 32 cases of cyclosporiasis in the state so far this year, including 28 since May, according to the Maryland Department of Health.
Cecil County’s only birth center is closing. Why did no one save it?
A rural hospital in Cecil County plans to stop delivering babies. The closure of its Family Birth Center poses a challenge to pregnant residents and shows the limits of the state’s hospital regulatory system.
Healthcare insurers serving Maryland’s exchange seek hefty rate increases
Maryland insurance companies are proposing significant increases in rates for ACA plans for a second year in a row.
Johns Hopkins already leads the medical world. On AI, it won’t be easy.
Johns Hopkins is investing heavily in AI research and medicine, including training a robot to help in the operating room.
Johns Hopkins University lays off over 100 employees due to federal research cuts
The layoffs this week impact the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey School of Business and the university’s general administration.
Trump slashed medical research. A Maryland lawmaker fears the next move.
Rep. Jamie Raskin seeks to stop the Trump administration from putting political appointees in charge of federal health grants.
Maryland insurance company sues brothers for ‘breathtaking’ $50 million fraud scheme
CareFirst filed a $51 million lawsuit against a pair of brothers for what the company called “health insurance fraud conspiracy of breathtaking scale and audacity.”
Trump cuts send one of Maryland’s leading vaccine centers scrambling
A University of Maryland center that develops vaccines is changing focus under Trump while Ebola and other pathogens loom.
‘Wonder Woman’ gives $10 million to Johns Hopkins in honor of late husband
The family foundation of Lynda Carter, who portrayed Wonder Woman in the 1970s TV series, gifted Johns Hopkins’ urology center $10 million.
An improved sunscreen has been available in Europe for years. Now it’s coming here.
Experts and consumer groups are cheering the move by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve bemotrizinol, also known as BEMT, which potentially could be a safer and more effective protection against the damaging rays of the sun. A Maryland pharmacy expert talks about the new ingredient.
Rabid foxes found near popular trail in Baltimore’s Roland Park
Baltimore City officials are warning residents about rabid foxes found in Roland Park.
At this Baltimore boutique, women talk menopause over manicures
Since federal health officials removed the “black box” warning on hormone replacement therapy, doctors and women’s advocates have been cautiously optimistic it will mean better access to the menopause treatment generally for more women, especially Black women.
This is not a drill: Inside the Johns Hopkins unit prepping for hantavirus patients
What it’s like inside a special biocontainment unit that Johns Hopkins Hospital is preparing for potential hantavirus patients.
