Health

The Maryland Department of Emergency Management warned of “moderate” air quality issues and areas of “light” visible smoke from a wildfire in New Jersey.

Baltimore’s allergy season is here and it may big longer and worse for many of us.

A woman whose baby died from an alleged listeria infection is suing Seven Mile Market in Pikesville as well as multiple ice cream makers for selling a contaminated product.

When Jill Smokler awoke at Johns Hopkins Hospital last year, her skull sealed shut with a jagged seam of staples, her first response was wry laughter.

Clifton T. Perkins, the state-run maximum security hospital for those charged with crimes, was warned to improve or risk losing its accreditation.

The world-class pancreatic cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins University had so-called indirect funds slashed by the federal government.

Oprah Winfrey recently brought noted hot people like Naomi Watts and Halle Berry into the discussion about menopause on a television special. Maybe this will help break the shame of The Change.

The state spends a total of $16 billion on Medicaid, with $9 billion from federal sources — but cuts could be coming.

A group of University of Maryland, Baltimore researchers led by the dean of the school of medicine, say cuts to federal funding will hamper efforts to treat and cure diseases.

Mass layoffs at federal health agencies began this week, producing anxiety about workers, public health and economy.

Seven months after she descended into the Kafkaesque situation, Joyce Evans was dead.

One mother of a former federal contractor who died while in PHA Healthcare’s housing said authorities should close the program permanently and punish its operators.

A credit rating agency is taking a slightly dimmer outlook on the long-term health of Greater Baltimore Medical Center, or GBMC.

Another round of federal health grant cancelations threatens kids' vaccines and other medical research.

The federal Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 people, on top of 10,000 jobs already lost, with Maryland likely to absorb the brunt of the cuts.

In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies

Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, both had NIH research grants terminated this month and more cuts are possible.

An Amtrak train passenger with measles traveled through Washington, D.C. last week, leaving some exposed to the airborne virus and at risk of infection.

Ronald Silver II called out sick the day before he died during his trash collection shift because of heat-related illness.

Dr. Dan Morhaim, a former state delegate, says passing the Safe Hospital Staffing Act will improve patient care by making sure hospitals have adequate staffing.