Health

Dozens of workers at NAFCO, a seafood distributor in Jessup, were sickened after eating a Filipino noodle dish that was prepared elsewhere and brought onto the property, said representatives for the company.

Here are some fire prevention tips to keep your household and property safe heading into the coldest months of the year.

The Howard County Health Department said it is working to determine the cause of the food poisoning reports, which it described as an "isolated event."

The opioid trial is far from over, though. The distributors, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen, will begin presenting their cases this week. The trial is expected to continue into next month.

The bacteria infecting children right now, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, typically triggers a spike in pneumonia cases in children every 3-7 years. However, like so many other things, the COVID pandemic disrupted the cycle.

Power was restored at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a portion of the institution’s east Baltimore campus switched to generators Friday night.

A reader says the CSX coal terminal is a stark example of how powerful industries disproportionately affect underserved communities like Curtis Bay.

Enoki mushrooms are the latest food potentially contaminated with listeria, which can cause a deadly infection.

Opioids have devastated not just individuals in the rural Cecil County, but impacted children so heavily that officials are now treating addiction as a family affair.

State Sen. Cheryl Kagan spoke with The Baltimore Banner about her tour of every 911 call center in Maryland and the surprising things she learned along the way.

Maryland is trying to eliminate an obscure rule that stopped Medicaid from paying for certain patients’ abortions.

Flooding from Hurricane Helene halted production at the country’s leading manufacturer and triggered a national shortage.

Baltimore joined that exclusive group last month, launching a trial against the drug distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen that has been six years in the making.

Diane Kraus, after watching legislation stall for years in Maryland, found hope when the Delaware General Assembly passed legislation that would allow those with terminal illnesses to choose death with dignity. But then the governor vetoed the legislation.

Maryland’s newly published and adopted heat standard, which goes into effect Monday, requires all workers to have access to water, shade and rest breaks when temperatures exceed 80 degrees.

Women who qualified for Medicaid because they are pregnant may have to foot the bill for an abortion.

Getting children flu and COVID vaccines this fall may take patience, as pharmacists can't vaccinate babies and pediatricians don't all have doses yet.

Officials with the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service refused to share documents regarding the agency’s inspections and enforcement at the Boar’s Head plant in Jarratt, Virginia, and inspection reports from eight other company factories across the U.S.

The typical female brown rat has about five litters a year, with up to 12 “pups” a litter.

Last week, the MDH said it may have to drop Kaiser as a Medicaid managed care organization due to a breakdown in contract negotiations.