Animals hoarding cases — like on in February in which Baltimore County officials removed 14 dogs, 21 birds, several reptiles and a cat from a Halethorpe woman’s property — may be horrifying, but the people involved often have mental health disorders, experts find.
The Lacks family has settled its third case against a pharmaceutical company it says profited from cells taken from Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge or consent — this one with Viatris.
The University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus has lifted precautionary tap water restrictions following detection of the common bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease.
State health officials say there are now 26 cases of mumps in Maryland, nearly double last week’s figure and more than six times the tally for all of last year.
Last year, Maryland lawmakers thought they had come up with a legal way to repurpose millions of dollars collected by insurers selling Affordable Care Act policies to help women who couldn’t afford abortions. The feds just squashed the plan.
Maryland hospitals have treated some more snowstorm-related patients, but it's not been overwhelming so far, officials say. They are, however, ready for ice to send more their way.
Emergency physicians are warning people to take safety precautions during the snowstorm to avoid common issues, such as sledding injuries in children and heart attacks in adults.
This flu season is shaping up to be a bad one, and not a lot of people have been vaccinated, so Maryland Gov. Wes Moore took the time to tell people it’s not too late.
Maryland has done its best to minimize the impacts of lapsing federal subsidies by providing its own, and early numbers suggest that may help retain enrollees.
The University of Maryland Medical System is steering people to urgent care instead of hospitals. At urgent care centers, this flu season has been a doozy.