Buprenorphine, also known by the brand name Suboxone, is hard to find at retail pharmacies, threatening efforts to stem the growing number of opioid overdose deaths.

The five Dunbar High School students who suddenly became ill on Monday had ingested marijuana, according to Baltimore City Public Schools.

Much of the concern has been about rising violence against health care workers, but efforts to tackle those problems are tied to safety for patients, too.

The second man to get a pig heart transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center has died after his body showed signs of rejecting the organ.

Data shows a program at four Baltimore-area hospitals has reduced emergency visits by half among the patients who frequent the emergency room.

Rev. Paschal Morlino was removed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore amid allegations of a secret $200K settlement.

Most hospitals and doctors’ offices aren’t mandating masks, but they can stave off illness, expert say.

How did an unpaid medical bill affect your life?

Kaiser Permanente workers across the country have gone on strike, but not in Maryland so far.

Mental health professionals and crisis response researchers now have more than two decades of experience responding to school and campus shootings, and have a better idea of how to help survivors and community members whose mental health may suffer.

COVID-19 cases are rising, and a new vaccine is approved, but it can be hard to find doses in the Baltimore area.

Black women are more than three times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related causes.

A surgeon at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore is among the pioneers of procedure called HIPEC that can give some late-stage cancer patients months or years cancer free.

Lawrence Lacks, eldest son of Henrietta Lacks, “held on through illness” to get justice for his mother. He died weeks after a settlement with a company that used her HeLa cell line.

New COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be available soon, as early as this week.

Howard County EMS joins state Medevac officials in offering whole blood to trauma patients in the field.

About 1% of the messages patients sent to their Hopkins doctors incurred a charge.

There are plenty of options for gluten-free goods in Baltimore.

Deaths are unusual from West Nile virus, but there are more cases nationally. So what should be done about all the mosquitoes?

For aging zoo animals, stretching life expectancy involves actual stretching. It’s as cute as it sounds.