Health

The new food poisoning toll includes two deaths in South Carolina plus one each in Florida, New Mexico and Tennessee, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Three deaths were previously confirmed in people who lived in Illinois, New Jersey and Virginia.

The Baltimore hospital will use a $10 million gift to help pay tuition for medical students training there.

An adult from the Baltimore area tested positive for West Nile virus, the first confirmed human case in Maryland this year, according to the state health department.

Highland House, a 14-bed recovery home for women, has been assisting clients since this past spring. It places an emphasis on assisting those who are pregnant.

Walmart has recalled nearly 10,000 cases of apple juice sold in stores across the U.S. that were found to contain potentially harmful levels of inorganic arsenic.

Curtis Bay residents run higher risks of health problems like heart disease and cancer from long-term exposure to pollution, research shows. It takes a mental toll, too.

The smallest and least suspecting victims of Baltimore’s opioid epidemic are young children. Since 2020, 15 young children have died of overdose.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture, along with the Anne Arundel County Health Department, will enhance mosquito control services in certain areas due to public health concerns about potential mosquito-borne diseases.

The Perdue Foods recall comes after some customers reported finding metal wire embedded in the products.

Symptoms are typically mild and mirror those of a cold or influenza but also include a facial rash on the cheek.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill said he's confident that the case will eventually reach the Maryland Supreme Court.

Marylanders are safe for now as the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus could cross borders.

The Democrat, who is 85, will likely return to his normal schedule next week and has responded well to treatment. He did not have any lingering symptoms from the stroke on Sunday night, according to Deputy Chief of Staff Margaret Mulkerrin.

After a Baltimore sanitation worker died on the job from overheating 10 days ago, his family spoke publicly for the first time Monday.

The settlement brings the city’s total recoveries to $90 million.

Since 2019, the Maryland agency responsible for investigating unsafe work environments initiated only 32 inspections into employers reported for heat stress-related issues, according to data obtained by The Baltimore Banner.

A reader says the mayor must fix the “deplorable, inhumane” working conditions at the Department of Public Works sanitation yards after a worker died while on his route.

Three people have now died in a listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats, federal food safety officials announced Thursday.

Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration has opted to remain silent on the city’s response to overdose deaths as it navigates litigation with opioid makers and distributors.

The entire court heard oral arguments in the case in March, with the circuit ruling 10-5 in favor of upholding the ban.