Health

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.

Darker mornings and more evening light together can knock your body clock out of whack.

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.

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.

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.

Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch, the longtime health officer for Baltimore County has “departed” county government, according to a news release.

The Harford County Health Department is warning residents to be on the lookout for aggressive and wild animals.