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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.
Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus.
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.
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.”
CareFirst is accusing two brothers of what it called a “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.
Stefan Kappe, a malaria researcher, was recently named director of the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health.
‘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.
Lynda Carter, with Dr. Mohammad Allaf, director of the Johns Hopkins' Brady Urological Institute, gifted $10 million to advance surgeries and training in the center.
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.
A fox prowls outside a house in Homewood before dawn in 2025.
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.
Delayna Watkins inside her workstation at the Women’s Wellness Lounge in the Good Box Boutique in Baltimore.
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.
Members of The Johns Hopkins Hospital biocontainment unit team transport Ryan Billman, 13, into isolation during a training exercise involving simulated patients with novel viral hemorrhagic fever, June 26, 2025.
2 Marylanders monitored after briefly sharing plane with hantavirus-infected passenger
Officials from the Maryland Department of Health say the residents briefly shared a plane with an infected cruise ship passenger.
The Maryland Department of Health is located in the Herbert R. O'Conor State Office Building at 201 W. Preston Street in Baltimore.
What Marylanders need to know about hantavirus
Here is what to know about hantavirus, which has killed three people on a Dutch-flagged cruise ship.
Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
An army of ticks is sending more Marylanders to the ER
Across the country, emergency department visits for tick bites are up more than 25% from last year, according to federal data. Maryland and other northeastern states are looking like ground zero.
A mail-in specimen of  a Deer Tick in its nymph stage under a microscope in the Norris Lab at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. After identification it will get sent off to the State Department.  Deer tick are the tick species responsible for spreading Lyme Disease. Despite its name, the bacteria pathogen that causes Lymes comes from mice. 

ER visits from tick bites are at a record high in the U.S., according to the CDC. Those numbers are unclear within Maryland, because there is not enough research funding for experts to conduct surveillance in Maryland on ticks.
Feeling blue? Therapists have ideas about how to use greenery to boost your mood.
A Towson therapist is setting up a self-guided tour of Ladew Topiary Gardens part of a movement that uses nature to improve mental health.
April 30, 2026 - Views of Ladew Topiary Gardens. The gardens are an instrumental part in a therapy program based in nature led by Dr. Heidi Schreiber-Pan, Executive Director of the Center for Nature Informed Therapy. The walk focuses on mindfulness and connecting useful lessons from nature to use in every day life.
Sickle cell disease gave her a life of pain. She may be cured with her own cells.
The University of Maryland Medical Center is treating its first sickle cell patient with a new gene therapy.
Jessica Ceja wipes away tears as she undergoes treatment for sickle cell disease at the University of Maryland Medical Center in December.
2 new measles cases tied to Baltimore-area residents spark exposure alerts
Maryland health officials confirmed two more cases of measles in the state, bringing the total infections this year to three.
A computer illustration of a measles virus particle. Measles is a highly infectious itchy rash with a fever.
Johns Hopkins’ funding squeeze isn’t over — and it’s threatening lifesaving research
Leaders and scientists warn that these drops threaten future medical breakthroughs, the state’s economic health, and the nation’s global leadership in scientific research.
Karen Sfanos performs cell culture media in her lab at the David H. Koch Cancer Research Center of Johns Hopkins University on June 25, 2025.
Why Maryland’s first case of measles this year is worrying experts
Maryland had its first case of measles this year, concerning public health officials.
A computer illustration of a measles virus particle. Measles is a highly infectious itchy rash with a fever.
Hopkins nonprofit scores massive windfall after Trump cuts. But there’s a catch.
The Johns Hopkins University’s global aid nonprofit Jhpiego was among several groups to receive massive federal funding increases in the last fiscal year.
The Jhpiego headquarters in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
State panel curbed the cost of a diabetes drug. Could Ozempic be next?
The Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board took the first step to limit the cost of a common diabetes drug, with Ozempic potentially next.
The injectable drug Ozempic is shown Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Houston.
What’s behind the surprising increase in cancer among younger people
A new report from the American Cancer Society found that the incidence of colorectal cancer among those ages 20 to 49 is now rising at about 3% annually.
Rachael Mull is a Fulton mother of two who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2017 at 39 but is now healthy after treatment.
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