Science and medicine

After Maryland regulators found hospitals were charging patients due free and discounted emergency care, lawmakers required they repay the money. But the effort was just dropped.

Gov. Wes Moore sought to reassure Marylanders that those who want the COVID vaccine will be able to get one.

A dramatic new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the aftermath of stars being born.

Trump has promised to impose hefty import taxes on pharmaceuticals, a category of products he’s largely spared in his trade war.

Morgan State University, Baltimore's top HBCU, has been trying to open a medical school for a decade, and officials say they believe they now have the right formula.

Nearly a quarter of Maryland adults report that they do not have a source of primary care.

The deadline was Monday and there was no agreement between Johns Hopkins and UnitedHealthcare, so officials began notifying thousands of patients that the Hopkins hospitals and doctors’ offices are now out of network.

Tennis great Serena Williams is again taking the heat, this time for unveiling a taut physique and announcing she achieved it through taking a GLP-1 drug, the injectable weight-loss medication.

Generative AI, which includes chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Microsoft Copilot, are large Internet-based systems trained by conversations with their users.

Confusion and hesitancy over vaccines is growing nationwide and public health officials worry about what that means for fall when viruses abound in Maryland.

After years of whacking, smacking and squashing, more people are just letting the bugs be.

Firefighters in Pikesville are getting themselves screened for cancer as new research continues to find that they are at higher risk of dying from all kinds of the disease.

The University of Maryland Medical Center and 1,000 residents and fellows signed a deal for a new contract that includes a pay raise.

Brian Pieninck, CareFirst CEO, will take over as CEO of another BlueCross BlueShield insurer in Florida.

The Indian company Syngene plans to take over an existing plant in Bayview and make some of the most cutting-edge drugs, though it didn't come because Trump wanted drug maker to move to the U.S. Their customers did.

If Johns Hopkins Medicine and UnitedHealthcare are at odds over a new contract, and if they can't come to an agreement, Hopkins doctors will be out of UHC's network as of Aug. 25.

NASA has not said why Director Makenzie Lystrup abruptly announced her departure on Monday and did not make her available for comment.

In the dangerous heat in the region of late, officials are relying heavily on something called the wet bulb globe temperature to ensure they are taking enough steps to protect athletes’ health.

A new analysis by Maryland health officials finds a potential loss of $2.7 billion over time from the new law passed by Congress.

A federal testing program found the synthetic opioid fentanyl mixed with other new drugs may be to blame for the mass overdose in Baltimore.