Health

Some call dozens of pharmacies, pay hundreds of dollars or ration their medicine to avoid a decline in functioning at school or work.

With severe COVID cases dropping, Maryland health officials have decided to close the State Center testing, vaccination and treatment site in downtown Baltimore.

When police officers demonstrate a lack of empathetic humanity, incidents such as the killing of Tyre Nichols occur, a reader says. A physician says Marylanders will benefit from full implementation of the state’s family and medical leave law. Any plan for Lutherville-Timonium redevelopment must rely on the area’s history and facts about issues such as zoning, the Lutherville Community Association’s president says.

Baltimore native Josh Siems died from a drug overdose, but was never tested for fentanyl in the hospital, even though loved ones knew he used it. They want to make fentanyl testing a required component of toxicology screens.

Baltimore County Detective Jonathan Chih sustained critical injuries when police say he was shot by David Emory Linthicum on Feb. 9, on the second day of manhunt for the gunman.

Before David Linthicum was found and arrested, Baltimore County Public Schools closed six schools on Feb. 9 as a precaution. Parents had to explain to their kids why they had to stay home.

The agency has confirmed the water is now safe to drink.

This spring will mark a shift in how many people access COVID tests and vaccines, and who pays for them, but many free public sites will remain open.

In two months, the county saw as many sleep-related infant deaths as it usually sees in a year.

The legislation broadens which treatments would be covered under Medicaid to be more aligned with what private insurers offer individuals.

Physician-scientists at University of Maryland School of Medicine are testing radically different ways to stem the catastrophic blood loss that often kills trauma victims — one using a Tang-like, artificial blood powder and another by inducing hypothermia.

Maryland has the longest emergency room wait times in the nation. Patients say it can be a painful and perplexing experience to wait so long for care.

The Maryland Department of Health is making it possible for more parts of Maryland to emulate Anne Arundel County’s crisis response system.

With a new governor, a draft bill would allow six locations where people can consume illegal drugs with medical supervision.

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.

Homegrown community outreach platform Live Chair Health uses an innovative approach to help hard-to-reach communities access healthcare.

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.

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, 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.

Obamacare health insurance gains appeal among Black and Hispanic Marylanders.