Extortion trial could expose details about risky organ transplants at UMMS
Medical malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder’s extortion trial spotlights the underlying situation at UMMS that he was trying to expose.
Maryland abortion amendment passes, protecting against future restrictions
Voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot measure to solidify reproductive rights in Maryland’s constitution.
The CDC is pushing a vaccine for pneumonia — just not for the kind infecting kids
The pneumonia vaccine is now recommended for those age 50 and older, down from age 65.
Listeria, again? This time it’s in mushrooms
Enoki mushrooms are the latest food potentially contaminated with listeria, which can cause a deadly infection.
These kids have never done drugs. They’re still being treated for addiction.
Opioids have devastated not just individuals in the rural Cecil County, but impacted children so heavily that officials are now treating addiction as a family affair.
Maryland law closes a loophole in abortion care, attorney general says
Maryland is trying to eliminate an obscure rule that stopped Medicaid from paying for certain patients’ abortions.
Maryland is a safe haven for abortion care — with one obscure exception
Women who qualified for Medicaid because they are pregnant may have to foot the bill for an abortion.
It’s germ season. But getting flu and COVID boosters for babies may take patience.
Getting children flu and COVID vaccines this fall may take patience, as pharmacists can't vaccinate babies and pediatricians don't all have doses yet.
A Hopkins doctor is using diabetes medicine to help Black women fight hair loss
A common drug used to treat diabetes may also help Black women with a type of alopecia, a Johns Hopkins scientist found.
Syringes, hygiene products found among tide of medical waste on Maryland beaches
Medical waste and debris continued to wash up on beaches in Maryland, and officials say they will prohibit swimming as they investigate.
Johns Hopkins violated Americans with Disabilities Act during pandemic, federal complaint says
Johns Hopkins Health System violated the Americans with Disabilities Act during the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Baltimore will get an opioid treatment center for kids. Montgomery County will pay.
Settlement money from opioid manufacturers will fund Maryland’s first inpatient addiction treatment center for kids.
Baltimore faces an ‘STI emergency’
Massive cuts to HIV funding means some Baltimore programs have reduced services aimed at ensuring low-income people get tested, treated and maintain their treatment.
Emergent gets go-ahead for mpox vaccine, but it won’t be made in Baltimore
Gaithersburg-based Emergent BioSolutions got approval to make more smallpox vaccine for use against mpox, but it won’t be produced in Baltimore.
Should you get another COVID-19 booster? In Maryland, yes.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved two new versions of the coronavirus vaccine.
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