Health

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.

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 odds of being born on Feb. 29, which comes every four years, is 1 in 1,461. These Maryland babies beat the odds.

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.

Dr. Scott Moran consented to a peace order without the judge ruling and without admitting to the allegations.

The FDA just approved the first therapy to lessen severe and life-threatening reactions from food allergies.

What are ghost guns and why all the fuss about them? Here’s an explanation of the ongoing issue.

The effort stands in contrast to those in more conservative states that moved to limit abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

State officials detected a case of H5N1 avian influenza in a backyard flock of chickens in Charles County.

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.

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.

A restraining order was issued against the top official at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center.

You probably have a box of tests on the shelf. Is it worth using?

These former Glen Burnie High prom dates rekindled their relationship decades later after reconnecting on Facebook. A diagnosis changed their journey.

The recent trial yielded only a legal answer, not the one Maurtice Brown and his family are still looking for.

The continuing impact of COVID-19 and other illnesses is an important factor in persistently high absenteeism at Maryland’s schools, a children’s health advocate says.

Maryland Department of Health and Montgomery County health officials said Thursday that a person who traveled internationally recently has been diagnosed with the disease.

The victim was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Use of edibles and other cannabis products can harm teens, and parents must act to protect them, says Renee M. Johnson, a professor in the Department of Mental Health and Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The federal Department of Justice and Maryland-based MedStar Health have reached a $440,000 settlement over allegations that the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.