Health

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a leading anti-vaccine advocate before becoming health secretary.

Vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit delivered a graduation address to the next generation of doctors coming from University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.

Maryland health officials have outlined the massive potential cuts to the budget and enrollment if Congress goes through with proposals to slash the Medicaid health program.

There have always been a few cases of babesiosis in Maryland every year, but now researcher says the Baltimore region has become a hotspot for cases tied to parasites found on ticks.

A popular online portal to track Marylanders’ vaccination histories became unavailable in the state Thursday.

The troubled Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center is the latest state building to test positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease.

Maryland's governor has signed a law allowing new mothers to be excused from jury duty for up to three years, making the policy uniform across the state.

A group of University of Maryland, Baltimore researchers led by the dean of the school of medicine, say cuts to federal funding will hamper efforts to treat and cure diseases.

One mother of a former federal contractor who died while in PHA Healthcare’s housing said authorities should close the program permanently and punish its operators.

Another round of federal health grant cancelations threatens kids' vaccines and other medical research.

The federal Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 people, on top of 10,000 jobs already lost, with Maryland likely to absorb the brunt of the cuts.

Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, both had NIH research grants terminated this month and more cuts are possible.

Hundreds have died in Baltimore’s senior apartment buildings with little intervention. New efforts could stem the tide.

Two measles cases were confirmed in Prince George’s County. Officials said they were not connected to the confirmed case in Howard County.

Maryland’s hospitals have, for now, dodged federal cost cutters, who axed a half dozen special programs around the country for not saving enough money.

Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut off.

A Maryland woman pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid of millions for mental health services she never provided.

There was a measles case found in Maryland. Here is what we know about who was exposed and what to do.

A Howard County resident who recently traveled abroad tested positive for the highly contagious virus measles, the Maryland Department of Health said Sunday.

The Baltimore City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee approved more than $14 million to community organizations and city agencies to help tackle Baltimore’s overdose crisis, which in recent years had become the worst ever in a major American city.

With measles cases rising in Texas and the death of a child, public health officials are unsettled. But Maryland appears to have a good vaccination level for protection.