Health

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.

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.

Book: Growing number of dead bodies nearly crippled Maryland's medical examiners.

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.

After three weeks in an orthopedic boot, I have to figure out how to get my fitness back.

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.

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.

The kind of lifesaving training that saved Damar Hamlin is required in Maryland high schools.

Insulin copays dropped to $30 maximum per month for privately insured Marylanders and $35 for those with Medicare January 1, thanks to new state and federal laws.

Experts say cocaine-related deaths are likely due mostly to use in combination with, or contamination by, fentanyl.

“It’s one thing to just throw resources at a community,” one harm reduction worker. “It’s another to build relationships."

A large investment of federal and state funding for skills training is needed to build the workforce for fixing Baltimore’s crumbling infrastructure, State Sen. Cory McCray and entrepreneur Mike Rosenbaum say. That kind of “Marshall Plan” for Baltimore would benefit workers and all residents of the Baltimore region, they say.

20 months after Mayor Brandon Scott first announced the city’s intent to buy two hotels to provide permanent and temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness — a flagship piece of the homeless services strategy — city officials say they have yet to close the deal.

Residents, community activists and others took to the streets in protest one year after an explosion at the CSX coal storage facility in Baltimore’s Curtis Bay area. Residents spoke about their heightened fears of dangers to health, safety and the environment they believe the facility poses.

The state’s long ER wait times — an average of 228 minutes — predate the current tripledemic.

Baltimore police aren’t seeing an uptick in reports, but a Pride Center of Maryland survey found a rising concern in the LGBTQ community about being drugged in a drink at gay bars.

What’s next for Maryland’s first-of-its-kind Prescription Drug Price Affordability Board, and will its innovative approach to lowering drug prices succeed?

The Baltimore Health Department gets an infusion of money after years of pandemic strain.

The post-Thanksgiving uptick in respiratory illness foreshadows what could be in store following the winter holidays, experts say.

Violence intervention programs must go beyond public health-based approaches and build solutions that consider the complex historical and economic conditions that drive violence in Baltimore communities, Lawrence Grandpre of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle says.