There had been no fatalities, but 25 people had been hospitalized for treatment as of Thursday night, according to Lindsey Eldridge, Baltimore City Police Department spokesperson.

After two cancellations, Baltimore leaders starting this week will launch a series of public hearings on the city’s drug overdose crisis, which has been the worst in the country.

After Baltimore City scored a windfall of new money from settlements with drug companies, leaders unveiled a draft plan of how to tackle substance use.

Maryland health officials are extending a temporary ban on the enrollment of certain types of mental health and addiction providers in Medicaid amid fraud.

Patients of PHA Healthcare, a treatment program in Baltimore, were housed in drug-ridden buildings where many overdosed, an investigation reported last year. Some are still there.

The city could accept the new, lower $52 million award or receive a new trial, the judge proposed.

Baltimore City opioid settlement money is starting to reach those in need.

Under the law effective July 1, signed by Gov. Wes Moore last week, the Maryland Department of Health must detail in annual reports how the state agency is improving oversight and regulation of the treatment field.

The Abell Foundation contributes $16 million to causes each year, and Embry has guided that giving.

Only $2 million is slated to be available to community organizations interested in applying for grants this upcoming year.

Mass layoffs at federal health agencies began this week, producing anxiety about workers, public health and economy.

One mother of a former federal contractor who died while in PHA Healthcare’s housing said authorities should close the program permanently and punish its operators.

Another round of federal health grant cancelations threatens kids' vaccines and other medical research.

Hundreds have died in Baltimore’s senior apartment buildings with little intervention. New efforts could stem the tide.

A Maryland woman pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid of millions for mental health services she never provided.

A Baltimore Democrat is pushing a new bill to improve state oversight of drug addiction treatment centers.

The Baltimore City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee approved more than $14 million to community organizations and city agencies to help tackle Baltimore’s overdose crisis, which in recent years had become the worst ever in a major American city.

The Trump cost-cutting measures for health research would prompt layoffs, the Johns Hopkins University says.

The operators of The Reprieve are among many addiction and mental health treatment providers — both prospective and established — who have said delays in the state’s bureaucratic machinery are hindering their ability to help Marylanders in the midst of an overdose crisis.

A Maryland addiction treatment program that was ordered to cease and desist counseling services has stopped paying rent on at least three properties.