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COVID-19 vaccines are advertised at pharmacies across the region, but they're in short supply.
Why it’s so hard to find appointments for the latest COVID vaccine
COVID-19 cases are rising, and a new vaccine is approved, but it can be hard to find doses in the Baltimore area.
Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, center, a researcher and an associate professor in the public health program at Morgan’s School of Community Health and Policy, will lead a research network designed to reduce disparities in maternal health.
Morgan State U. will lead a national research network to curb deaths of Black moms
Black women are more than three times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related causes.
Dr. Armando Sardi performs HIPEC surgery at Mercy Hospital.
How a bath of hot liquid chemotherapy can save late-stage cancer patients
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.
Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at a press conference during the memorial service for Henrietta Lacks’ last surviving son, Lawrence Lacks Sr., at Faith Christian Fellowship in Owings Mills, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.
Henrietta Lacks’ last son dies after long-sought settlement with firm using her cells
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.
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 bivalent booster at the start of a vaccination campaign for people 80 years and older, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
New COVID-19 vaccines were just approved. Who should get a shot and when?
New COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be available soon, as early as this week.
Howard County EMS aims to save more lives with blood transfusions in the field
Howard County EMS joins state Medevac officials in offering whole blood to trauma patients in the field.
Johns Hopkins Medicine began charging patients in July for some messages they sent their doctors through the MyChart patient portal to compensate for the large number of communications. They said about 1% of the messages were billed.
Johns Hopkins said it would charge for some messages to doctors. How often are they doing it?
About 1% of the messages patients sent to their Hopkins doctors incurred a charge.
Alexander’s Tavern in Fells Point offers a separate gluten free menu, which includes many of the same items are the regular menu with gluten free bread and crust substitutes.  The salmon BALT sandwich comes with a gluten free flag.
Where to find gluten-free food in Baltimore
There are plenty of options for gluten-free goods in Baltimore.
LOUISVILLE, KY - AUGUST 25: Matthew Vanderpool, environmental health specialist and entomologist for the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness, displays a mosquito collected earlier in the day on August 25, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. Vanderpool specializes in mosquito control, a public health process that involves placing traps to collect specimen, identifying various mosquito species, and testing the samples for mosquito-borne diseases. Lab technologists test for Saint Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus, La Crosse encephalitis, and Eastern equine encephalitis.
A retired Maryland Zoo veterinarian died of West Nile virus. What should we know?
Deaths are unusual from West Nile virus, but there are more cases nationally. So what should be done about all the mosquitoes?
Anna, a 48 year old African Elephant, basks in the sunlight during her outside play time.
No lion around: Physical therapy helps senior animals at the Maryland Zoo stay active
For aging zoo animals, stretching life expectancy involves actual stretching. It’s as cute as it sounds.
FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. As Americans head into the late 2022 holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.
Maryland is seeing a new wave of COVID cases, but don’t expect much masking or testing
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.
Matthew Vanderpool, environmental health specialist and entomologist for the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness, is fed upon by a female mosquito on Aug. 25, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. Maryland health officials Friday announced the discovery of the first case of locally acquired malaria in the state in 40 years.
Locally acquired case of malaria found in Maryland for the first time in 40 years
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.
Jacquie Cohen Roth is pictured at her home on August 10, 2023, with her cannabis plant, Louise, that was named after her grandmother. Louise loved the way the plant leaves looked in her flower arrangements.
Want to work in Maryland’s cannabis industry? There are classes and degrees for that.
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 Baltimore Montessori school in South Baltimore pictured on August 10, 2023. (Meredith Cohn/The Baltimore Banner)
What happens when a day care center abruptly closes? Some Baltimore parents found out.
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.
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 bivalent booster at the start of a vaccination campaign for people 80 years and older, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
COVID vaccine maker who botched millions of doses lays off 200 Baltimore staff
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.
The ghost of Marcia Crocker Noyes, the librarian of 50 years at the Maryland State Medical Society’s library in Mount Vernon, is often heard and sometimes seen in the library stacks, the reading room and her old office. These images were created in-camera with the double-exposure method using a portrait of Noyes over the places she’s haunted.
She may be Baltimore’s least famous ghost. Want to meet her?
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.
Dr. Ron Elfenbein, right, appeared with then-Gov. Larry Hogan, middle, at a ribbon-cutting event for the COVID testing operation at BWI airport on Aug. 24, 2021.
Maryland doctor in charge of COVID testing at BWI convicted of health care fraud
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.
Henrietta Lacks’ living relatives reached a settlement with a biotechnology company they sued seeking compensation for its routine use of cells that were taken from her decades ago without her consent. Attorney Ben Crump, center, says there are others who’ve profited off her cells that the family may bring to court.
Like Henrietta Lacks’ immortal cells, the legal case lives on: More lawsuits expected
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.”
Want to pouring a fresh glass of tap water? Officials say ‘Forever chemicals’ have long been in our tap water.
‘Forever chemicals’ have long been in our tap water. Maryland, U.S. officials say enough already.
There is a movement afoot to rid the chemicals linked to health hazards from water systems.
File photo shows hands of an old man and a woman in the sunlight.
Maryland ranks among top states for Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s prevalence in the state is likely due to demographic data, including the numbers of seniors, Black and Hispanic people in Maryland.
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