Health

Overdose deaths in Maryland fell “dramatically” last year, Gov. Wes Moore announced Tuesday.

"We will not stand by while our community suffers at the hands of Governor Moore’s proposed funding cuts,” said Laura Howell, CEO of the Maryland Association of Community Services.

Days after Gov. Wes Moore ordered an independent review of the state board that oversees the funeral industry, three members of the board resigned, according to a state official.

Following the discovery of stockpiled bodies at a Southern Maryland crematory, Gov. Wes Moore is ordering an independent review of the state board that oversees the industry.

A backyard bird flock in Montgomery County have preliminarily tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza, also known as the bird flu.

An investigation of millions of death records in partnership with The New York Times, Big Local News and nine newsrooms across the country reveals the extent to which drug overdose deaths have affected one group of Black men in dozens of cities across America at nearly every stage of their adult lives.

The push for county pest control began in 2016, when East Side residents flooded council chambers to ask for help reducing their rodents.

What we know about President Donald Trump’s temporary pause on federal spending and its impact on Marylanders.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on social media that the Trump administration is aware of the issue and that no payments had been affected.

What Mark Conway says is groundbreaking and lifesaving, the mayor’s office says is irresponsible and simplistic.

Dr. Devesh Kanjarpane has been trying for years to convert a former auto parts warehouse in West Baltimore into a health center that will also dispense methadone.

LifeBridge Health says gun trafficking is a public health problem and it needs the public to get involved to find solutions.

An executive order from the Trump administration could upend research by pausing NIH grants, which scientists say could harm health and the economy.

The rhetoric surrounding immigration and deportations is certain to set large parts of Maryland on edge.

The owner of PHA Healthcare said he has ended its treatment services, but clients are still living in the addiction treatment provider’s housing.

A state board suspended the permit for Heaven Bound Cremation Services LLC after finding the crematory was not cremating bodies properly, but stockpiling them.

State officials have recorded 24 deaths related to the cold weather as of Jan. 18, according to the latest data available from the Maryland Department of Health.

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement.

Baltimore County firefighters say they continue efforts to extinguish a fire at a recycling plant in Dundalk.

Baltimore Police have advised people to drive carefully due to icy and snowy roads Sunday night. Temperatures are expected to drop and usher in 1 to 3 inches of snow Sunday and maybe more on Tuesday.