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.

With the first day of school just around the corner, health officials are urging kids and adults to get up to date on their vaccinations, including the latest COVID-19 booster, expected in September.

The Maryland case involves a strain that is different from the strain seen so far in Florida and Texas, and can be more severe, state health officials said Friday afternoon.

Marylanders working in the cannabis industry are required to get training, and others want as much education as they can get. There are now classes catering to all of them.

The emergency suspension at Baltimore Montessori may be a harbinger of a growing crisis in the child care industry that often struggles to pay the bills and doesn’t have enough willing and qualified workers.

Emergent BioSolutions was supposed to be a key player in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccine production, but after a mix-up at its Baltimore plant that resulted in hundreds of millions in wasted doses, the company is largely exiting the business and laying off much of the staff.

Legend has it that Marcia Crocker Noyes was so dedicated to her job that she never left the Mount Vernon medical library — even after she died in 1946.

In a first-of-its-kind federal trial, Dr. Ron Elfenbein was found guilty of submitting up to $15 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and other insurers for COVID tests.

Lawyers who represent Lacks’ descendants said any company using her cells, known as HeLa cells, for research or product development without consulting or compensating the family might be the next target they “see in court.”

There is a movement afoot to rid the chemicals linked to health hazards from water systems.

Alzheimer’s prevalence in the state is likely due to demographic data, including the numbers of seniors, Black and Hispanic people in Maryland.

While there’s evidence of medical benefits from cannabis, long-term use can be harmful to those with mental health disorders or those at risk for one.