Health

Oprah Winfrey recently brought noted hot people like Naomi Watts and Halle Berry into the discussion about menopause on a television special. Maybe this will help break the shame of The Change.

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.

Mass layoffs at federal health agencies began this week, producing anxiety about workers, public health and economy.

Seven months after she descended into the Kafkaesque situation, Joyce Evans was dead.

A credit rating agency is taking a slightly dimmer outlook on the long-term health of Greater Baltimore Medical Center, or GBMC.

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.

In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies

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

An Amtrak train passenger with measles traveled through Washington, D.C. last week, leaving some exposed to the airborne virus and at risk of infection.

Ronald Silver II called out sick the day before he died during his trash collection shift because of heat-related illness.

Dr. Dan Morhaim, a former state delegate, says passing the Safe Hospital Staffing Act will improve patient care by making sure hospitals have adequate staffing.

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.

The layoffs are part of a global reduction of more than 2,000 employees.

Environmentalists have pushed for years to no avail to end the state’s subsidy for trash incinerators, which burn garbage to produce electricity and steam.

Immigrants and their attorneys claim there are no beds, little food and medicine at Baltimore’s ICE holding room.

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.