Health

The limited data suggests COVID-19 is spreading in Maryland during this crazy-hot summer.

All of the people who died were white men, according to data published by the Maryland Department of Health for the week of July 7-13. Two of the deaths were in Baltimore City and one was in Kent County.

The number of high school-aged teens shot in Baltimore has fallen by more than two-thirds compared to last year’s 10-year-high watermark.

Mayor Brandon Scott and other officials announced permanent funding for a program that helps formerly unhoused people stay in their homes.

The Anne Arundel County Department of Health has closed Marley Creek for the second time in a year due to a large sewage spill at a pumping station owned by an apartment complex.

The state finished a yearlong process of determining who should stay on Medicaid, and ended with fewer from a year ago but more than pre-COVID.

The inspector general made an emergency visit to the Cherry Hill Department of Public Works Facility early Wednesday morning and released the report just hours later.

Questions abound about how the money will be used to combat overdoses.

The heat advisory in Maryland comes as large swaths of the country grapple with a heat wave.

As the virtual realm of teens expands unfettered and unsupervised, the physical realm of teens — already limited by barriers of driver’s licenses, drinking ages, parental consent and finances — is shrinking in the Baltimore area.

While there is a chance of scattered showers and storms, don’t expect it to bring relief: The forecast high for Saturday is 96 degrees, with a heat index that could reach 105, according to the National Weather Service.

Baltimore’s unprecedented overdose crisis has not been suffered equally. Neighborhoods with the highest overdose rates were often the same ones with the highest rates of poverty, a Banner analysis found.

Saint Agnes Hospital was just the latest to face a cyberattack, which are increasingly focused on health care facilities. Workers want more attention to their stress.

A state employee union alleged that hospital employees were not paid overtime for working extra hours. Instead, the state Department of Health had them to pick up extra shifts as independent contractors, paying them a lower rate.

June saw at least three drownings in the region. Here’s how to stay safe.

For all the new providers, relatively few new patients are being served.

Maryland has seen two heat-related deaths so far in 2024 — both before 2023 even saw one.

“The smoke box” at the Cannabis Science Lab in Baltimore is about as fancy as its nickname, but it’s in one of the most advanced marijuana research labs in the country.

Northwest Hospital in Randallstown is adding more space to its emergency department as part of a broader effort to reduce wait times and improve patient experiences.