New research shows the software’s responses may be smarter and have a better bedside manner.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A book about former state official — and fugitive — Roy McGrath goes on sale Wednesday. Here’s what The Banner learned from previewing two chapters.

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.

The first-in-the-nation law required all Maryland jails to have opioid treatment programs in place by January.

With no active cases and low transmission for the past two months, Baltimore health officials have ended their emergency response to the outbreak.

Officials said pandemic isolation and respiratory illnesses contributed to the “alarming” spike in sleep-related infant deaths.

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.

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.

With severe COVID cases dropping, Maryland health officials have decided to close the State Center testing, vaccination and treatment site in downtown Baltimore.

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.

In two months, the county saw as many sleep-related infant deaths as it usually sees in a year.

With a new governor, a draft bill would allow six locations where people can consume illegal drugs with medical supervision.

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.

Sen. Ben Cardin invited Gov. Wes Moore to President Biden's State of the Union address to highlight federal-state cooperation.