Health

Former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke recalls the ”scorn, derision and dismissiveness” he encountered when he argued in favor of the decriminalization of marijuana and other drugs in the 1980s. He now applauds the public and political shift to his point of view, but advises caution as drug laws are reformed.

The World Health Organization cited stigma in changing the name of monkeypox to mpox.

About 60 people rallied and marched in Curtis Bay to demand accountability from the transportation company that operates the coal terminal in South Baltimore where there was an explosion last year.

Advocates say they are “appalled” by Maryland Energy Administration grants aimed at promoting and expanding natural gas infrastructure in the state.

The therapy won’t harm other parts of the body, unlike traditional chemotherapy drugs.

Wages have increased by about 25% at Maryland hospitals since the start of the pandemic in early 2020

For Maryland’s American Indian population, Thanksgiving can be a complicated — and oftentimes painful — reminder of lost lives, land and culture.

Amoxicillin and other common drugs for ear, sinus and chest infections are in short supply nationally.

173 people are hospitalized for flu statewide, per the most recent state data, and that number is in line with what is typically seen months later.

State health officials plan to seek a new vendor by year’s end.

Recent examples of mistreatment of people with disabilities point to a need to provide them with greater protections, an advocate for people with autism says. An election judge calls for the return of centralized polling places.

Sheppard Pratt President and CEO Dr. Harsh K. Trivedi says Maryland needs to do more to address what he calls a behavioral health crisis affecting young children and teens. Hospital emergency departments are not the best setting to respond to a rise in behavioral problems among young people linked to the pandemic and other factors.

On any given day this past summer, about 50 children in Maryland found themselves in hospital emergency departments waiting weeks — or even months ― for a spot in a residential treatment center, psychiatric facility, or therapeutic foster home.

As of Thursday, the shot has been administered 600,560 times in the state.

The complaint seeks damages and the establishment of a medical monitoring fund.

Health department officials said in a statement that "the individual was immunocompromised, resulting in a more severe case."

More vaccination appointments will be offered at a new location, Nomi Health, located at 419 W. Baltimore St.

Their jobs took on new levels of urgency during the pandemic, and they continue to monitor possible threats to public health.

Although considered atypical for a health department to be involved in victims' services, the program has grown as the lens through which Baltimore views its trauma expands from a public safety issue to a public health issue.

Opponents to a ballot measure that could legalize marijuana for recreational use say there's been little focus on mental health harms that marijuana, which is already approved for medical use, may cause or exacerbate, including psychosis and depression; especially in children and teenagers.