Health

The Indian company Syngene plans to take over an existing plant in Bayview and make some of the most cutting-edge drugs, though it didn't come because Trump wanted drug maker to move to the U.S. Their customers did.

If Johns Hopkins Medicine and UnitedHealthcare are at odds over a new contract, and if they can't come to an agreement, Hopkins doctors will be out of UHC's network as of Aug. 25.

Emergency room visits in Maryland from tick bites have reached an all-time high because of climate change and urbanization.

Continuous glucose monitors, small patches that provide 24-hour insight into concentrations of sugar in the blood, could be a tool for Americans to “take control over their own health.

For a successful living kidney transplant, donor and recipient have to match up on a lot of things — but not personality.

A new analysis by Maryland health officials finds a potential loss of $2.7 billion over time from the new law passed by Congress.

A federal testing program found the synthetic opioid fentanyl mixed with other new drugs may be to blame for the mass overdose in Baltimore.

Baltimore groups ask for more funding for drug treatment services in the Penn North neighborhood in West Baltimore.

Here’s what you need to know about Narcan, a brand of the overdose-reversal drug naloxone, and how to use it.

A “bad batch” of drugs was suspected in the overdoses of 27 people in Baltimore. What are bad batches and where do they come from?

As of Friday morning, there were no fatalities, but at least 27 people had been hospitalized for suspected overdoses, officials said.

At least nine people, including two children, have died from heat-related illness so far in 2025 — more than twice as many as this time last year, according to Maryland data.

After two cancellations, Baltimore leaders starting this week will launch a series of public hearings on the city’s drug overdose crisis, which has been the worst in the country.

Medicaid has served as a critical lifeline for many rural patients and providers, including in Maryland.

The Howard County Health Department issued a precautionary health alert Wednesday after a clogged sewer line overflowed at a Laurel rest stop.

A former patient of an Eastern Shore hospital made a major gift to help the University of Maryland Medical System build a new hospital in Easton.

Maryland health officials are extending a temporary ban on the enrollment of certain types of mental health and addiction providers in Medicaid amid fraud.

Patients of PHA Healthcare, a treatment program in Baltimore, were housed in drug-ridden buildings where many overdosed, an investigation reported last year. Some are still there.

Ryan Moran, Maryland Medicaid director, becomes the second deputy under the new health secretary to head for the exit, just as Congress debates big cuts.

An initial surge of donations has subsided, scores of clinics have closed and advocates fear that federal policy changes will result in more shutting down.

The University of Maryland Medical System sued a Medicaid managed care company for denying $15 million in unpaid claims.

Dr. Wilbur Chen, a University of Maryland vaccine expert, is a former member of the panel that makes recommendations to the CDC about who should get vaccines. He explains what happens now that RFK Jr., the health secretary, fired all the current members.

On Monday, scores of scientists at the agency sent a letter challenging the Trump administration’s cuts in public health research.