One-third of U.S. adults know someone who has overdosed and died, a Johns Hopkins survey found.

Construction hasn't started, funding appears uncertain and it'll be at least another two years before students enroll.

The blueprint released Wednesday closely tracks the draft plan that the archdiocese put out in April, reducing the number of parishes — or Catholic communities — from 61 to 23. The number of actual churches would shrink from 59 to 30. But Archbishop William Lori did spare eight churches initially, while delivering some late bad news to others.

About 80% of Maryland’s nursing homes have not had annual inspections, and fewer than half of complaints have been investigated, the lawsuit alleges.

Angela Alsobrooks won the Democratic primary for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday night and will face off against Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan in the general election.

A crush of court orders and the lack of psychiatric hospital bed space have led to a record-high waitlist for jail transfers.

Refunds are coming — as much as eight years after the first patients paid their bills.

Urban planners have often favored male trees that make pollen over female trees that make seeds, contributing to the abundance of sneeze-inducing yellow stuff.

After the U.S. logged its first cases of malaria in decades, Johns Hopkins mosquito research takes on new urgency.

Advocates are sounding alarms and asking state health officials to find funding to offset big looming cuts to services that have made living with HIV infections possible.

Maryland's emergency rooms need improving, and hospitals are increasing outsourcing the job to a national firm.

President Biden said the new Key Bridge will be built with American-made steel, and experts say this is not just possible, but likely.

We’ve heard a distinct, and foreign, language in the week since a cargo ship toppled the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Here’s what it means.

It’s normal to feel scared of bridges following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Here’s how to conquer your fear.

Amid a severe shortage, nurses and nursing assistants have struggled to their licenses approved by the Maryland Board of Nursing.

Thanks to celebrities like Oprah, “miracle” weight loss drugs are having a moment — and come with a hefty price tag and side effects.

New mothers face a lot of challenges, and in Baltimore one of them is serving jury duty.

About 6.1% of state residents are uninsured, and officials estimate that about 30% of them — 112,000 — are immigrants who lack legal documentation.

The University of Maryland Medical System is doing what other Americans do when they have a lot of stuff —it’s turning to a storage locker to house millions of masks, gloves and other supplies.

Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch, the longtime health officer for Baltimore County has “departed” county government, according to a news release.