Health

Since 2019, the Maryland agency responsible for investigating unsafe work environments initiated only 32 inspections into employers reported for heat stress-related issues, according to data obtained by The Baltimore Banner.

A reader says the mayor must fix the “deplorable, inhumane” working conditions at the Department of Public Works sanitation yards after a worker died while on his route.

Three people have now died in a listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats, federal food safety officials announced Thursday.

Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration has opted to remain silent on the city’s response to overdose deaths as it navigates litigation with opioid makers and distributors.

The entire court heard oral arguments in the case in March, with the circuit ruling 10-5 in favor of upholding the ban.

As people fell sick, scientists from Maryland discovered listeria was the cause of a nationwide outbreak by testing Boar’s Head deli meat at a Baltimore grocery store.

A deadly food poisoning outbreak has led to the recall of more than 7 million pounds of popular Boar’s Head deli meats made at a plant in Virginia.

The new recall includes 71 products made between May 10 and July 29 under the Boar’s Head and Old Country brand names. It follows an earlier recall of more than 200,000 pounds of sliced deli poultry and meat. The new items include meat intended to be sliced at delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold in stores.

Dr. Emenuga is the subject of a criminal investigation that focuses, at least in part, on work she did at a health care provider while also serving as Baltimore’s health commissioner.

The entire health care ecosystem, and the communities it serves, have been uplifted by the transformational generosity of Michael Bloomberg, says Mohan Suntha, president and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System.

State officials investigating a listeria outbreak said a sample of deli meat from a Maryland store tested positive for the dangerous bacteria.

A 15-year study estimated the financial burden placed on first responders and emergency resources due to gas leaks incidents. When Baltimore firefighters respond, it’s costly.

The new overdose dashboard will be updated monthly, rather than every 90 days.

Two people died of listeria in Illinois and New Jersey.

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.