While there’s evidence of medical benefits from cannabis, long-term use can be harmful to those with mental health disorders or those at risk for one.

The staff at MedStar Harbor Hospital is used to tending gunshot wounds once every other week. But last weekend they treated two-thirds of the Brooklyn mass shooting victims.

Johns Hopkins medical offices will begin charging a fee to send some messages through its online patient portal, according to a memo to staff obtained by The Baltimore Banner. The change goes into effect July 18.

The American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidance calling for earlier interventions to help prevent kids from developing diabetes, high blood pressure and other potentially devastating conditions.

Maryland educators and academics said the ban on race-conscious college admissions will make them work harder to encourage Black and Latino students to apply to selective colleges.

It’s still illegal — and risky — for anyone under 21 to use marijuana.

Johns Hopkins APL scientists are figuring out how to get so-called “forever chemicals” used in products and packaging out of the environment so they can’t harm people or animals.

The University of Maryland Medical System’s rehab center near Woodlawn, formerly known as Kernan Hospital, will shutter in three years and trauma rehab will move to downtown Baltimore.

There’s been no rush on Baltimore emergency rooms, but the real concern is what happens next.

The air quality in Baltimore is worse Thursday morning than it was Wednesday. It is “very dangerous” or “hazardous” depending on where you are in the region.

The Baltimore area is under a code red air quality warning. Here’s how to stay safe.

A massive drug shortage has left people calling around pharmacies to get prescription filled, settling for half dosages or going without needed medications.

Measles is particularly concerning because the virus can hang in the air for two hours after someone sneezes or coughs.

Amy Shlossman takes over as president and chief operating officer of Sinai Hospital in North Baltimore this summer.

A giant billboard off I-83 in Baltimore aims to push the public to be tested for gonorrhea and other STIs that have been on the rise.

This was the first trip to Preakness for Tiffani and David Freeman, Baltimore natives who often drove past but never set foot in Pimlico before.

Dr. Kelly Ryan and her team, as well as the emergency medical staff, are making sure the jockeys are ready to ride, and if they’re injured, that they get prompt attention.

Success of the new University of Maryland Laurel Medical Center will hinge on luring back Prince George’s residents who now get their hospital and outpatient services in other counties.

Hopkins officials announced Wednesday that scientists received a $35 million grant to accelerate their work to understand why and how cancer spreads, or metastasizes, and to do something about it.

Dr. Rodney J. Taylor offered a more satisfying answer than the vague, and somewhat forgettable, “sore throat.”