Health

An executive order from the Trump administration could upend research by pausing NIH grants, which scientists say could harm health and the economy.

A state board suspended the permit for Heaven Bound Cremation Services LLC after finding the crematory was not cremating bodies properly, but stockpiling them.

State officials have recorded 24 deaths related to the cold weather as of Jan. 18, according to the latest data available from the Maryland Department of Health.

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement.

Clifton T. Perkins will get new leadership after the state’s psychiatric hospital CEO made threats to staff.

PHA Healthcare has told some patients that they can continue to reside in its housing, according to Banner interviews with current clients.

Bird flu has been found on the Eastern Shore, so how big a threat is it to chickens and humans?

PHA Healthcare, a drug addiction treatment provider that enrolls hundreds of Medicaid patients in Maryland each year, has been ordered by the state health department to stop providing services to patients.

Last year, 72 Marylanders died from reported cold-related illness; 51 the season before. Cold weather illness includes hypothermia and frostbite. Exercising in cold weather, including shoveling snow, can also cause cardiac health issues.

In September 2023, exactly one year after West Virginia’s abortion ban took effect, the new clinic opened its doors in tiny Cresaptown in Allegany County

New Year’s Day has been the deadliest day of the year for overdoses, a Banner analysis of a decade of autopsy data found.

Two more government buildings closed early on Friday after showing elevated levels of Legionella bacteria in the water system, the mayor’s office announced.

An Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu.

The moratorium, first announced in June, followed explosive growth of new providers, some of whom were described by officials as unscrupulous.

Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one program—PHA Healthcare—offered little help.

An investigation of millions of death records in partnership with The New York Times, Big Local News and nine newsrooms across the country reveals the extent to which drug overdose deaths have affected one group of Black men in dozens of cities across America at nearly every stage of their adult lives.

A note from Baltimore Banner Editor in Chief Kimi Yoshino on The Banner sharing data about U.S. overdoses.

The trial in Howard County Circuit Court ended with what is believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in county history.

Three men have been reported dead from cold-related illness in Maryland so far this winter season.

Bishop Donte Hickman, head of Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore, held a celebratory ground breaking ceremony for the new Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center expected to open in 2027.

Maryland is planning to begin milk testing for bird flu by January, on par with a recent announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s national milk testing strategy to monitor any aviation influenza outbreaks, state officials said.

Here are some frequently asked questions that could help determine when your mold problem is more than just a nuisance.

The bacteria Legionella can be hard to pinpoint and harder to eradicate.