Health

The president of Planned Parenthood Maryland and president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., say more needs to be done to protect access to abortion care in Maryland.

The Maryland Department of Health says staph food poisoning from an outside dish sickened dozens of employees at a seafood facility on Oct. 21 in Jessup.

Us for Autonomy is disappointed that medical aid in dying legislation did not pass, resulting in terminally ill Marylanders continuing to suffer, writes Dr. Seth Morgan, a retired neurologist and a member of the group.

Attorneys said Susman Godfrey is known for its innovative approach and that adversaries know it isn't bluffing about taking cases to trial.

The decision is a blow to the city and a win for the drug companies, but it was not entirely unexpected because of Maryland’s high legal standard for punitive damages.

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.