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A mask is seen on the ground at John F.  Kennedy Airport.
As the COVID-19 emergency ends, a new subvariant is emerging. Does it matter?
Exactly how many people have it and where, no one knows. Real-time data is becoming scarce.
Photo collage of patient in medical gown sitting on exam table, reading chat bubbles that partially obscure white doctor’s coats and stethoscopes hung on the wall.
The chatbot will see you soon: Hopkins study finds AI answers patient questions better than doctors
New research shows the software’s responses may be smarter and have a better bedside manner.
Xylazine is the newest drug to complicate the ever changing illegal drug landscape, in Columbia, Md., April 17, 2023.
A dangerous animal sedative in street drugs is spreading beyond Maryland. It’s not the only new threat.
Xylazine, an animal sedative that slows breathing and causes hard-to-treat skin ulcers, was found in 80% of Maryland drug samples in a recent study.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Abusive priests were once seen as moral failures. Now they get psychiatric treatment.
For decades, priests accused of abuse were sent for treatment that was ineffective or not medically based, and then returned to service, often in different states. Many went on to reoffend.
A buildings on St. Mark Parish property, in Catonsville, Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
A dozen sexually abusive priests served at St. Mark’s. It may not be a coincidence.
Five priests are known to have abused children while serving at St. Mark. Another seven abused children before or after they served at the Catonsville parish.
Candida Auris Cells.  3D Render
Fungi help make pinot and penicillin. But scientists say a new one is killing people.
A fungus called Candida auris is spreading rapidly around Maryland and the country, concerning public health officials. But it’s not an immediate threat to people outside hospitals and long-term care facilities.
Alina Anthony, left, checks Braziah Murphy’s blood pressure at the Healthcare in the Library station inside the Enoch Pratt Library’s central branch on Friday, March 10. Anthony is a second semester nursing student at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Struggling to make health care appointments in Maryland? You’re not alone
Securing an appointment with health providers in Maryland has become a monumental task for patients, who say they have hit barrier after barrier in the search for care.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
An investigation of the Baltimore archdiocese will have names redacted. That’s happened across the U.S.
There’s court battle over whether to permanently redact the names of some in the Archdiocese of Baltimore who are accused of committing or enabling abuse. Here’s how similar situations played out elsewhere.
Roy McGrath speaks during a coronavirus press conference at the Maryland State House on April 15, 2020. McGrath, who eventually became Gov. Larry Hogan's chief of staff, is facing state and federal criminal charges related to a "severance" payment he received from the Maryland Environmental Service when he left to join Hogan's office.
New Roy McGrath book claims to spill Annapolis secrets. We got a sneak peek at two chapters.
A book about former state official — and fugitive — Roy McGrath goes on sale Wednesday. Here’s what The Banner learned from previewing two chapters.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - MARCH 28: A general view of The Johns Hopkins University on March 28, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. The school is shut down due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Data, dots and devotees made the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 map huge. Now it’s done.
Excluding NORAD’s Christmas Eve Santa tracker, there may not be a world map viewed so many times as the one Johns Hopkins University engineers created to keep tabs on COVID-19.
Photo collage showing scribbled-out medication bottle and pills in man’s hands, with prison bars in background on left and text from House Bill 116 on right.
Less than half of Maryland jails comply with opioid-addiction treatment law meant to save lives
The first-in-the-nation law required all Maryland jails to have opioid treatment programs in place by January.
Baltimore Health Commissioner Letitia Dzirasa address the public during a press conference Tuesday Oct. 18, 2022.
Baltimore’s monkeypox emergency is over
With no active cases and low transmission for the past two months, Baltimore health officials have ended their emergency response to the outbreak.
Baby Mobile and shadow above a baby crib in the bedroom
Spike to 18 sleep-related infant deaths in Baltimore City, county alarms officials
Officials said pandemic isolation and respiratory illnesses contributed to the “alarming” spike in sleep-related infant deaths.
ESSEX, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 13: In this photo illustration, a Citoswab Coronavirus (COVID-19) Home Test kit is displayed on November 13, 2020 in Essex, England.
Some people never catch COVID-19. Johns Hopkins scientists use algorithms to find out why.
Johns Hopkins scientists created a mathematical algorithm, among the nation’s first of its kind, to search for patterns among people who’ve escaped catching COVID-19.
Dr. Tom Hyde, chief medical officer, takes a sample from a donated brain. The Lieber Institute for Brain Development has been working to increase diversity in research, researchers and research subjects and recently got a grant to expand efforts.
Who’s at risk for brain disease? Baltimore scientists need diverse subjects to find out
The Lieber Institute for Brian Development is tapping its store of 4,000 human brains to unlock mysteries about why some people get sick and others don’t.
The State Center office complex in Baltimore has long been slated for redevelopment.
State’s main COVID-19 testing, vaccination center in Baltimore to close
With severe COVID cases dropping, Maryland health officials have decided to close the State Center testing, vaccination and treatment site in downtown Baltimore.
Geraldine Long, a neighborhood resident, comes in to get her COVID booster. Baltimore City's continued effort towards combating COVID-19 includes a stationary mobile clinic that gives vaccine recievers incentives to keep up to date on their vaccines.  A mobile setup is shown here on February 10, 2023.
How Marylanders will get COVID vaccines and tests when the federal emergency ends
This spring will mark a shift in how many people access COVID tests and vaccines, and who pays for them, but many free public sites will remain open.
Baby room with mobile made up of sporting equipment over cot
Four infant deaths have Baltimore County health officials ‘sounding an alarm’
In two months, the county saw as many sleep-related infant deaths as it usually sees in a year.
Candy Jovan demonstrates how an overdose prevention site would work at a mock setup at The Charles Theatre before the screening of a Canadian film about fentanyl on January 24, 2023.
Could overdose prevention sites be in Maryland’s future?
With a new governor, a draft bill would allow six locations where people can consume illegal drugs with medical supervision.
Healthy pregnant woman sitting on big doctor's hand. Prenatal care helps ensure a healthy pregnancy.
Baltimore’s infant deaths dropped by one-third in a decade
A report evaluating the B’more for Healthy Babies program found that it specifically reduced the number of Black and Hispanic babies who died before their first birthdays, narrowing long-standing racial disparities.
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