Health

Medical waste and debris continued to wash up on beaches in Maryland, and officials say they will prohibit swimming as they investigate.

Details of the settlement between Baltimore and Johnson & Johnson remain secret, unlike previous opioid settlements that the city has announced in recent weeks.

Assateague State Park, Ocean City and other Maryland beaches have shut down water access due to medical waste, including hypodermic needles, washing ashore.

The problem was discovered when a Boar’s Head liverwurst sample collected by health officials in Maryland tested positive for listeria. Further testing showed the type of bacteria was the same strain causing illnesses in people.

The annual event is focused on bringing senior citizens out of their homes for some camaraderie, entertainment, and a little bit of education.

The Anne Arundel County Health Department annual Oral Rabies Vaccine Program distributes liquid rabies vaccine to wildlife in the county.

Employees of Ecology Services, a company that does garbage pickup in Anne Arundel County, went on strike earlier this month after contract negotiations fell through.

The new building at Towson University includes simulation labs that feel like walking into the wing of a hospital or a primary care office.

On Monday, Baltimore will begin a much-anticipated trial against drug companies to assign blame for the city’s opioid overdose death crisis.

Johns Hopkins Health System violated the Americans with Disabilities Act during the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Settlement money from opioid manufacturers will fund Maryland’s first inpatient addiction treatment center for kids.

Pharmacy giant Walgreens will pay Baltimore $80 million to settle a lawsuit the city brought against it and other drug companies as part of an overdose epidemic that’s plagued the city for years, Mayor Brandon Scott’s office said Tuesday.

Massive cuts to HIV funding means some Baltimore programs have reduced services aimed at ensuring low-income people get tested, treated and maintain their treatment.

Baltimore has won $322.5 million in settlement monies from opioid manufacturers and distributors, which the city plans to use to address the overdose rate.

The advocacy group, Stop Grace Plastic Burning Project — made up of Columbia residents who live near the W.R. Grace headquarters — are holding a protest to stop the chemical company from building a pilot plastics recycling plant.

Baltimore City sued Juul Labs in 2020, accusing the company of deceptive marketing campaigns aimed at children and teens by offering flavored vaping pens without disclosing their high nicotine content.

Baltimore County plans to spend $10 million in state open space money to turn 85 acres in the eastern part of the county into a new waterfront park. The site until recently was home to the Charles P. Crane Generating Station, a power plant that burned coal.

Multiple mosquitos in Baltimore County have been found to carry West Nile virus, so officials are conducting additional spraying.

Gaithersburg-based Emergent BioSolutions got approval to make more smallpox vaccine for use against mpox, but it won’t be produced in Baltimore.

Food insecurity in rural Maryland has been especially pronounced this summer, local advocates say. Low-income families are grappling with soaring grocery prices and unusually high temperatures that hit at the same time as federal reductions in food assistance programs.