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    Baltimore’s infant deaths dropped by one-third in a decade
    A report evaluating the B’more for Healthy Babies program found that it specifically reduced the number of Black and Hispanic babies who died before their first birthdays, narrowing long-standing racial disparities.
    Healthy pregnant woman sitting on big doctor's hand. Prenatal care helps ensure a healthy pregnancy.
    Community outreach program hopes to get more Black men to go to the doctor
    Homegrown community outreach platform Live Chair Health uses an innovative approach to help hard-to-reach communities access healthcare.
    A portrait of Alton Gravez after reciving a free haircut from a barber with Live Chair Health at Penn North in Baltimore, Md. on January 13, 2023.
    Mayor, county executive want a new look at how Baltimore’s water system is run
    The question of whether oversight of Baltimore’s water and wastewater systems — which serve Baltimore County and parts of Carroll, Howard and Harford counties — should change hands has lingered for years amid its dysfunction.
    John A. Olszewski Jr., Baltimore County Executive, and Brandon Scott,  Mayor of Baltimore, take questions from the press after an announcement about legislation to create a Regional Water Governance Task Force, Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
    Gov. Moore and HHS Secretary Becerra talk youth mental health, including new 988 crisis line
    Governor Wes Moore and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra highlight federal and state investments in youth mental health at roundtable event in Baltimore.
    Gov. Wes Moore, U.S Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and mental health advocacy organizations met at a roundtable in Baltimore on Friday, Jan. 27 on youth mental health.
    Wes Moore, Baltimore leaders discuss mental health disparities
    Gov. Wes Moore, Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, and local health leaders gathered in Baltimore for a mental and behavioral health roundtable discussion. A big topic issue was teen violence, and tackling its root causes.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore holds his first press conference in the Governors Reception Room at the State House in Annapolis on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Sitting next to him is his nominee for secretary of state, Susan Lee.
    Record number of Marylanders enroll in Obamacare
    Obamacare health insurance gains appeal among Black and Hispanic Marylanders.
    MIAMI, FLORIDA - JANUARY 28: A pedestrian walks past the Leading Insurance Agency, which offers plans under the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) on January 28, 2021 in Miami, Florida.
    Struggling with mysterious symptoms, long COVID sufferers want answers
    Long COVID patients want treatment and good data about the mysterious condition that continues to cast a shadow over their recovery. But at the moment, they’re limited to what’s available: hardly anything.
    A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 bivalent booster at the start of a vaccination campaign for people 80 years and older, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
    Deserted: City’s Pigtown neighborhood mourns, mobilizes after losing its only supermarket
    When PriceRite closed, Pigtown leaders feared the neighborhood would become a new food ‘desert.’
    Marvin "Doc" Cheatham of the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association speaks out against food deserts at a rally outside City Hall on Monday, January 16th. A group of organizers from the Peoples Power Assembly, the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association, and the Unemployed Workers Union held the rally to draw awareness to the increasing number of food deserts in Baltimore City.
    No one prepared Gen X for menopause
    We came of age with lots of information about puberty, but with less guidance when it comes to menopause.
    Menopause written with cut out magazine letters.
    ACLU lawsuit misses the mark on systemic problems plaguing foster care, experts say
    Lawsuit accuses the Maryland Department of Human Services and its Social Services Administration of overusing psychotropic medications as a form of “chemical restraint” for some kids with severe behavioral health problems.
    Photo collage showing brick office building, with medication blister pack floating over a boy’s silhouette.
    Hunt for infectious disease treatments takes on new urgency
    Researchers are looking to test an mpox treatment during the outbreak, like they did for COVID.
    A vial of smallpox/monkeypox vaccine is seen during a vaccination event at the Pride Center on July 12, 2022 in Wilton Manors, Florida. The center is offering the free smallpox/monkeypox vaccinations from the Florida Department of Health in Broward County as South Florida leads the state in the number of people infected.
    Lawsuit alleges foster care children given psychiatric drugs without adequate oversight
    Of the more than one-third of the foster children prescribed psychotropic drugs, half are given more than one drug, despite concerns by the medical community about the use of multiple psychotropic drugs by children, according to the complaint.
    Photo collage showing brick office building, with medication blister pack floating over a boy’s silhouette.
    Greater COVID protections urged; Baltimore County IG needs more authority
    A spike in COVID-19 and other diseases means Marylanders need more workplace protections, an attorney says; Baltimore County's Office of Inspector General needs more authority, not less, says a former reporter who covered county government.
    A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 bivalent booster at the start of a vaccination campaign for people 80 years and older, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
    New COVID strain, winter viruses fueling rise in hospitalizations in Maryland
    Maryland Hospital Association reports that most hospitals are more than 90% full and many are at capacity, contributing to longer wait times for all patients.
    A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 bivalent booster at the start of a vaccination campaign for people 80 years and older, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
    Victims of homicides, overdoses pile up in Maryland’s medical examiner office. A new book details the crisis.
    Book: Growing number of dead bodies nearly crippled Maryland's medical examiners.
    "Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center" by Bruce Goldfarb.
    When an injury throws a wrench in your workout plans
    After three weeks in an orthopedic boot, I have to figure out how to get my fitness back.
    I spent three weeks in a boot on my injured toe. Here's how I'm climbing back.
    Women can now obtain the abortion pill at retail pharmacies, FDA says. But will pharmacies comply?
    The FDA changed its rules to allow the abortion pill to be obtained at the pharmacy counter instead of in-person from a provider. It’s up to pharmacies whether they will comply.
    382212 01: The controversial abortion pill known as RU-486, seen here as Mifeprex, is being shipped to U.S. physicians for the first time beginning November 20, 2000 following approval of the drug by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September.
    Federal court rules that UMMS discriminated against a transgender man
    A transgender man scheduled a hysterectonmy at a Catholic hospital in Towson and was told the night before the surgery it couldn't be performed because it went against the hospital's Catholic ethics.
    St. Joseph Medical Center has a new program to train more nurses at the Community College of Baltimore County to work at the hospital (there's a giant national and local nurse shortage).
    Baltimore’s Tuerk House expands, adapts to treat those with drug, alcohol addictions
    The facility in West Baltimore unveils new kitchen, gym and medical center that includes a pharmacy as part of a multiyear, $10.2 million expansion program.
    Renovated, expanded Tuerk House to help restore people struggling with addiction, mental illness
    Quick response helped Bills’ player Damar Hamlin; experts say more should get trained
    The kind of lifesaving training that saved Damar Hamlin is required in Maryland high schools.
    CINCINNATI, OHIO - Buffalo Bills players look on after teammate Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after making a tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first quarter at Paycor Stadium on January 02, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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