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Your hospital is a nonprofit, but your ER doctor works for Wall Street
Maryland's emergency rooms need improving, and hospitals are increasing outsourcing the job to a national firm.
Laurel Medical Center will be among the 10 University of Maryland Medical System locations where the emergency room will be operated by an outside firm.
Biden promised a new bridge built with American steel. Could some of it come from Baltimore?
President Biden said the new Key Bridge will be built with American-made steel, and experts say this is not just possible, but likely.
The Domino Sugar Factory, with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the background, is seen on Thursday, March 14, 2024.
What’s a stevedore? 15 Port of Baltimore terms you need to know
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.
Two blue cranes tower overhead, both reading "Port of Baltimore" on them. The foremost one is lifting a red shipping container.
Don’t swear off bridges. Overcome your fear this way.
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.
People may be afraid to drive over bridges like the Chesapeake Bay Bridge after a bridge collapsed in Baltimore, but experts say you can help yourself overcome those feelings.
Maryland needs more nurses. Their licenses are caught in red tape.
Amid a severe shortage, nurses and nursing assistants have struggled to their licenses approved by the Maryland Board of Nursing.
Maryland has a shortage of nurses and nursing assistants, exacerbated by long delays in getting their licenses.
What U. of Maryland experts want you to know about Ozempic
Thanks to celebrities like Oprah, “miracle” weight loss drugs are having a moment — and come with a hefty price tag and side effects.
Ozempic and other drugs are seen as a “miracle” for weight loss, but come with side effects, high costs and other issues.
Baltimore courts added a room for breastfeeding moms. That made jury duty harder.
New mothers face a lot of challenges, and in Baltimore one of them is serving jury duty.
Photo collage shows close up of woman’s face in profile, her eyes look right. On right side of collage are a breast pump and baby bottle with a jury box seats in the background.
Maryland lawmakers approve easier path for undocumented immigrants to buy insurance
About 6.1% of state residents are uninsured, and officials estimate that about 30% of them — 112,000 — are immigrants who lack legal documentation.
Members from several organizations held a rally on Lawyers Mall outside the State House in Annapolis on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. They advocated for a series of bills to address health care access and affordability.
Think your closets are full? These Maryland hospitals need room for millions of gloves and gowns
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.
The University of Maryland Medical System is building a warehouse in Tradepoint Atlantic to house millions of masks, gowns and other supplies used each year.
Baltimore County health officer ‘no longer’ in job, but reasons for the departure unclear
Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch, the longtime health officer for Baltimore County has “departed” county government, according to a news release.
Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch outside the Baltimore County health department in 2021.
Meet the ‘leaplings’: These Maryland babies got a special leap day birthday
The odds of being born on Feb. 29, which comes every four years, is 1 in 1,461. These Maryland babies beat the odds.
Baby Braelyn, born in the early morning hours of February 29, 2024, at Sinai Hospital, is one of an estimated 5 million living people with leap day birthdays.
Maryland psychiatric hospital CEO, accused of threatening staff, agrees to stay away
Dr. Scott Moran consented to a peace order without the judge ruling and without admitting to the allegations.
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
Food allergies scared his patients. A Hopkins doctor helped find the first treatment.
The FDA just approved the first therapy to lessen severe and life-threatening reactions from food allergies.
Xolair, a new injection to treat food allergies, from the manufacturer Genentech. (Photo courtesy of Genentech)
U. of Maryland will launch training program for abortion providers this summer
The effort stands in contrast to those in more conservative states that moved to limit abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
A Planned Parenthood clinic.
State replaces health system contractor auditors found cost the state millions
The current vendor “has just failed to deliver” the level of service that Marylanders deserve, said Gov. Wes Moore, one of three members of the Board of Public Works that approved the contract.
The Maryland Department of Health offices in Baltimore.
Call them bird-brained, but Hopkins scientists say it’s why pigeons can fly
John Hopkins scientists say they have the evidence to finally explain why birds can fly, and it starts with their big brains.
Scientists took images of bird brains to gather proof about how they evolved to fly. The colored part is the cerebellum, the part responsible for flight.
Maryland psychiatric hospital CEO on leave, accused of threatening staff
A restraining order was issued against the top official at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center.
The top official at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center is accused of threatening other staff.
Do at-home COVID tests work? Here’s what Maryland scientists found.
You probably have a box of tests on the shelf. Is it worth using?
COVID-19 rapid tests on a table outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022.
One biotech company is leaving, one is staying. What does that say about Baltimore?
Baltimore is working to keep biotech companies that start here from leaving when they grow bigger.
The biotech company Haystack Oncology spun from technology developed at Johns Hopkins University has signed a long-term lease in City Garage, part of the Baltimore Peninsula development in South Baltimore.
A Baltimore program keeps people healthy and housed. Hospitals may stop funding it anyway.
As funding dries up, more than 200 formerly homeless Baltimoreans could lose the support of a program helping them stay under a roof and out of the hospital.
There is a program showing success at getting and keeping people in housing in Baltimore, but funding for the program is at risk.
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