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It’s germ season. But getting flu and COVID boosters for babies may take patience.
Getting children flu and COVID vaccines this fall may take patience, as pharmacists can't vaccinate babies and pediatricians don't all have doses yet.
Caucasian baby boy being vaccinated by a female pediatrician
A Hopkins doctor is using diabetes medicine to help Black women fight hair loss
A common drug used to treat diabetes may also help Black women with a type of alopecia, a Johns Hopkins scientist found.
Belinda Robinson participated in a Johns Hopkins Medicine study to see if a common diabetes drug could help her regrow hair after she was diagnosed with alopecia.
Syringes, hygiene products found among tide of medical waste on Maryland beaches
Medical waste and debris continued to wash up on beaches in Maryland, and officials say they will prohibit swimming as they investigate.
More medical waste has washed up on shore in Ocean City, as well as on Assateague Island.
Johns Hopkins violated Americans with Disabilities Act during pandemic, federal complaint says
Johns Hopkins Health System violated the Americans with Disabilities Act during the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Justice Department said.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Baltimore will get an opioid treatment center for kids. Montgomery County will pay.
Settlement money from opioid manufacturers will fund Maryland’s first inpatient addiction treatment center for kids.
Addiction treatment centers like the one coming to Baltimore use medications like buprenorphine, along with counseling and other services, to treat opioid use disorders.
Baltimore faces an ‘STI emergency’
Massive cuts to HIV funding means some Baltimore programs have reduced services aimed at ensuring low-income people get tested, treated and maintain their treatment.
7/12/22—Exterior of the Druid Sexual Health Clinic on W. North Ave.
Emergent gets go-ahead for mpox vaccine, but it won’t be made in Baltimore
Gaithersburg-based Emergent BioSolutions got approval to make more smallpox vaccine for use against mpox, but it won’t be produced in Baltimore.
Emergent Bio Solutions was given federal approval to use its smallpox vaccine against mpox.
Should you get another COVID-19 booster? In Maryland, yes.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved two new versions of the coronavirus vaccine.
COVID-19 vaccines are advertised at pharmacies across the region, but they're in short supply.
Maryland found ‘forever chemicals’ in school water fountains. Now what?
Maryland officials found the insidious chemicals in water at 34 schools.
Water fountains in public school(Photo by Shan Wallace/The Baltimore Banner)
Sinai Hospital’s effort to train more doctors gets a multimillion-dollar boost
The Baltimore hospital will use a $10 million gift to help pay tuition for medical students training there.
Students training at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore will have some of their tuition covered, thanks to a philanthropic gift. The hospital is encouraging them to train to become primary care doctors and practice in the city.
Group seeks to defy national trend on abortion votes by appealing to parents’ rights
Maryland has no requirement parents give consent for their children under age 18 to have an abortion. The law says parents need to be notified, but doctors can waive the requirement.
Supporters of Health Not Harm Maryland rally in Annapolis on Thursday. The group is opposing a question on the fall ballot that would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.
What caused the listeria outbreak? A Baltimore grocery store held the answer.
As people fell sick, scientists from Maryland discovered listeria was the cause of a nationwide outbreak by testing Boar’s Head deli meat at a Baltimore grocery store.
Boar's Head meats are displayed at a Safeway store on July 31, 2024 in San Rafael, California. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, Boar's Head has expanded its recall of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products to nearly 7 million additional pounds due to a listeria outbreak.
Fired Baltimore health commissioner under criminal investigation
Dr. Emenuga is the subject of a criminal investigation that focuses, at least in part, on work she did at a health care provider while also serving as Baltimore’s health commissioner.
Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga after being sworn in as health commissioner by Mayor Brandon Scott at Baltimore City Hall, March 20, 2024.
Global outage dinged BWI, Maryland hospitals, government and courts
Marylanders awoke Friday to widespread reports of a global technology outage disrupting transportation, courts, tolls, some of the state’s hospital systems and local governments.
Crowds and long lines form inside BWI after a global tech outage grounded all flights on Friday, July 19, 2024.
Is COVID rising in Maryland? Here’s what we know
The limited data suggests COVID-19 is spreading in Maryland during this crazy-hot summer.
COVID-19 vaccines are advertised at pharmacies across the region, but they're in short supply.
How an unusual experiment helped Baltimore house nearly 300 families and counting
Mayor Brandon Scott and other officials announced permanent funding for a program that helps formerly unhoused people stay in their homes.
Kevin Lindamood, president and CEO of Healthcare for the Homeless, speaks at a news conference inside Baltimore City Hall. City leaders announced funding to continue and expand a pilot program providing permanent housing for nearly 300 city residents.
Over 1.6M people in Maryland enrolled in Medicaid, more than before COVID
The state finished a yearlong process of determining who should stay on Medicaid, and ended with fewer from a year ago but more than pre-COVID.
During Maryland’s COVID-19 public health emergency, Medicaid coverage was extended to all Marylanders already enrolled. With the emergency coverage now ending, Maryland is beginning the process of re-enrolling all 1.8 million Medicaid beneficiaries. Organizations like Health Care for the Homeless help patients through the process of re-enrolling in Medicaid, which can include creating email addresses, locating necessary paperwork to enroll, and selecting insurance.
University of Maryland doctors to move into former Target space at Mondawmin in 2025
University of Maryland Faculty Physicians plans to open a doctors’ office at Mondawmin Mall, aiming to fulfill a community need.
University of Maryland doctors will move into a space that was left empty when Target left Mondawmin Mall.
Johns Hopkins to offer free medical school tuition from $1 billion Bloomberg Philanthropies grant
Bloomberg Philanthropies grants Johns Hopkins $1 billion to cover the cost of medical school.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Paper, fax machines, stress. Inside cyberattacks on hospitals.
Saint Agnes Hospital was just the latest to face a cyberattack, which are increasingly focused on health care facilities. Workers want more attention to their stress.
Members of a nurses union rally to address staffing issues outside Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Catonsville on June 20, 2024.
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