Health

A Federal Hill resident says dirt bikers, such as the ones who ride through Federal Hill Park, put others and themselves at risk and generally diminish the quality of life in Baltimore.

A group of physicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center have formed a union that would represent more than 900 residents and fellows, according to union organizers.

Advocates are sounding alarms and asking state health officials to find funding to offset big looming cuts to services that have made living with HIV infections possible.

Maryland's emergency rooms need improving, and hospitals are increasing outsourcing the job to a national firm.

The Department of Agriculture has issued an order putting restrictions on bringing dairy cows into Maryland.

State lawmakers recently approved legislation creating the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention, sending it to the desk of Gov. Wes Moore. The idea is to collect and use data to design strategies — the same technique used to fight disease — to reduce the number of people killed and injured by guns every year in Maryland.

The wooded campus of Goucher College was once part of one of the largest plantations in the state of Maryland, where the Ridgely family enslaved hundreds of Black Marylanders. Three groups with a stake in the Ridgely plantation reunited this month for a descendant engagement symposium.

Baltimore courthouses are one of the places that need to ensure that breastfeeding mothers have the opportunity and the right kind of environment to feed their babies, says former Baltimore City Councilwoman Shannon Sneed, a current candidate for council president.

It’s normal to feel scared of bridges following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Here’s how to conquer your fear.

Amid a severe shortage, nurses and nursing assistants have struggled to their licenses approved by the Maryland Board of Nursing.

Thanks to celebrities like Oprah, “miracle” weight loss drugs are having a moment — and come with a hefty price tag and side effects.

St. John’s and other liberal arts colleges receive grant money to test mental health services.

New mothers face a lot of challenges, and in Baltimore one of them is serving jury duty.

MacKenzie Scott’s latest round giving went to several Baltimore organizations, including Marian House and Wide Angle Youth Media.

It's time for Maryland to repeal a law that criminalizes people based on their HIV status, leaders of three advocacy organizations say.

NBC News Correspondent Antonia Hylton speaks with journalist and broadcaster Gwendolyn Glenn about Hylton’s book, "Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum," which explores the history of Maryland’s Crownsville Hospital.

Anne Arundel County installs vending machines stocked with naloxone.

Maryland must make free meals available to all its public school students to promote good health, academic achievement and educational equity, two faculty members at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say.

HB 1268, would explicitly authorize students across the state to possess and administer naloxone – also known by its brand name, Narcan – as adolescent opioid deaths surge and teens lobby for urgent solutions.

About 6.1% of state residents are uninsured, and officials estimate that about 30% of them — 112,000 — are immigrants who lack legal documentation.