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Health

    How turning clocks forward this weekend could affect your health
    Darker mornings and more evening light together can knock your body clock out of whack.
    Don’t forget to turn your clocks forward on Sunday for daylight saving time.
    Anne Arundel, Chase Your Dreams Initiative partner on weekend event aimed at preventing youth gun violence
    The Gun Violence Prevention Celebrity Weekend will be held Saturday and Sunday, May 9-10, at Old Mill Senior High School in Millersville. Events range from personal testimony and emergency training to an all-star celebrity basketball game.
    Attendants of an anti-gun violence event organized by We Our Us hold a sign during speeches on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 in Baltimore, MD.
    Think your closets are full? These Maryland hospitals need room for millions of gloves and gowns
    The University of Maryland Medical System is doing what other Americans do when they have a lot of stuff —it’s turning to a storage locker to house millions of masks, gloves and other supplies.
    The University of Maryland Medical System is building a warehouse in Tradepoint Atlantic to house millions of masks, gowns and other supplies used each year.
    Anne Arundel County publishes map to check for lead pipes
    Anne Arundel County is the latest jurisdiction in Maryland to publish a map of which residents need to test their home service lines for lead pipes.
    Lead water pipes.
    Baltimore County health officer ‘no longer’ in job, but reasons for the departure unclear
    Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch, the longtime health officer for Baltimore County has “departed” county government, according to a news release.
    Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch outside the Baltimore County Health Department in 2021.
    Two reports of fox bites in Harford County, officials warn
    The Harford County Health Department is warning residents to be on the lookout for aggressive and wild animals.
    A file photo of a fox in a wooded area.
    Muted by miscarriage: Why silence is often a first resort
    Being quiet after a miscarriage often helps evade questions from others that make one relive it. But many go through the experience and more of us should share our stories when we are ready.
    Illustration of parent standing in moonlit bedroom holding a mug of tea. There are paint samples on the wall, opened cardboard boxes on the floor and part of a crib leans against the wall.
    Medical aid-in-dying legislation won’t pass this year
    The proposal would have allowed Maryland residents who are likely to die within six months to request a prescription for drugs that they could take to initiate their death.
    The Maryland State House is encircled by construction scaffolding for an ongoing renovation project, as lawmakers returned to Annapolis for the first day of their 90-day General Assembly session on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024.
    Meet the ‘leaplings’: These Maryland babies got a special leap day birthday
    The odds of being born on Feb. 29, which comes every four years, is 1 in 1,461. These Maryland babies beat the odds.
    Baby Braelyn, born in the early morning hours of February 29, 2024, at Sinai Hospital, is one of an estimated 5 million living people with leap day birthdays.
    Commentary: Baltimore’s high asthma rates linked to pollution inside homes
    Baltimore children suffer from disproportionately high asthma rates, and pollution inside homes is considered a major cause, Panagis Galiatsatos, an associate professor and physician in pulmonary medicine at Johns Hopkins, says.
    Panagis Galiatsatos is an associate professor and physician in pulmonary medicine at Johns Hopkins.
    Maryland psychiatric hospital CEO, accused of threatening staff, agrees to stay away
    Dr. Scott Moran consented to a peace order without the judge ruling and without admitting to the allegations.
    The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
    Food allergies scared his patients. A Hopkins doctor helped find the first treatment.
    The FDA just approved the first therapy to lessen severe and life-threatening reactions from food allergies.
    Xolair, a new injection to treat food allergies, from the manufacturer Genentech. (Photo courtesy of Genentech)
    Ghost guns: What are they, and what’s the fuss all about?
    What are ghost guns and why all the fuss about them? Here’s an explanation of the ongoing issue.
    Some of the in-progress 3D printed firearms police recovered from a rowhome in East Baltimore in December 2022.
    U. of Maryland will launch training program for abortion providers this summer
    The effort stands in contrast to those in more conservative states that moved to limit abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
    A Planned Parenthood clinic.
    Avian flu found in backyard chicken flock in Charles County
    State officials detected a case of H5N1 avian influenza in a backyard flock of chickens in Charles County.
    State officials detected a case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a backyard flock of chickens in Charles County.
    Maryland is poised to get the nation’s second veterinary school at an HBCU
    The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s plan would make it the second HBCU in the country and first university in the state to offer a stand-alone veterinary school.
    Pre-vet student Shamia Onley feeds a sheep as part of the UMES Extension and UMES SANS program.
    State replaces health system contractor auditors found cost the state millions
    The current vendor “has just failed to deliver” the level of service that Marylanders deserve, said Gov. Wes Moore, one of three members of the Board of Public Works that approved the contract.
    The Maryland Department of Health offices in Baltimore.
    Maryland psychiatric hospital CEO on leave, accused of threatening staff
    A restraining order was issued against the top official at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center.
    The top official at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center is accused of threatening other staff.
    Do at-home COVID tests work? Here’s what Maryland scientists found.
    You probably have a box of tests on the shelf. Is it worth using?
    COVID-19 rapid tests on a table outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022.
    After decades apart, two lovers reconnected. Now cancer tests the life they’ve built.
    These former Glen Burnie High prom dates rekindled their relationship decades later after reconnecting on Facebook. A diagnosis changed their journey.
    Left, Tina and David at prom in the 1980's, photo courtesy of David Medford. Right, Tina and David photographed again at Hope Lodge in a classic "prom pose".
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