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    The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals hears federal cases from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
    Appeals court upholds Maryland’s ban on ‘excessively dangerous’ assault weapons
    The entire court heard oral arguments in the case in March, with the circuit ruling 10-5 in favor of upholding the ban.
    Boar's Head meats are displayed at a Safeway store on July 31, 2024 in San Rafael, California. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, Boar's Head has expanded its recall of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products to nearly 7 million additional pounds due to a listeria outbreak.
    What caused the listeria outbreak? A Baltimore grocery store held the answer.
    As people fell sick, scientists from Maryland discovered listeria was the cause of a nationwide outbreak by testing Boar’s Head deli meat at a Baltimore grocery store.
    The Maryland Department of Health collected a sample of deli meat at a Maryland store that has tested positive for listeria.
    Here’s what to know about recalled Boar’s Head deli meats linked to a deadly listeria outbreak
    A deadly food poisoning outbreak has led to the recall of more than 7 million pounds of popular Boar’s Head deli meats made at a plant in Virginia.
    The Maryland Department of Health collected a sample of deli meat at a Maryland store that has tested positive for listeria.
    Boar’s Head expands recall to include 7 million more pounds of meats tied to listeria outbreak
    The new recall includes 71 products made between May 10 and July 29 under the Boar’s Head and Old Country brand names. It follows an earlier recall of more than 200,000 pounds of sliced deli poultry and meat. The new items include meat intended to be sliced at delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold in stores.
    Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga after being sworn in as health commissioner by Mayor Brandon Scott at Baltimore City Hall, March 20, 2024.
    Fired Baltimore health commissioner under criminal investigation
    Dr. Emenuga is the subject of a criminal investigation that focuses, at least in part, on work she did at a health care provider while also serving as Baltimore’s health commissioner.
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
    Letter: Bloomberg’s $1 billion gift to JHU will pay dividends for generations
    The entire health care ecosystem, and the communities it serves, have been uplifted by the transformational generosity of Michael Bloomberg, says Mohan Suntha, president and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System.
    The Maryland Department of Health collected a sample of deli meat at a Maryland store that has tested positive for listeria.
    Boar’s Head recall: Listeria found in Maryland deli meat
    State officials investigating a listeria outbreak said a sample of deli meat from a Maryland store tested positive for the dangerous bacteria.
    The Baltimore Fire Department and BGE responded to a gas explosion in the 1500 block of Ridgley Street in south Baltimore on Nov. 18, 2023.
    Gas leaks in Baltimore are costing taxpayers millions
    A 15-year study estimated the financial burden placed on first responders and emergency resources due to gas leaks incidents. When Baltimore firefighters respond, it’s costly.
    Buprenorphine and naloxone, medications used to reverse opioid overdoses.
    Maryland heath department unveils new dashboard to track drug overdose data
    The new overdose dashboard will be updated monthly, rather than every 90 days.
    Maryland has the second highest number of cases of Listeria, a bacterial infection that can cause flu-like symptoms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
    CDC says Maryland has at least 5 cases of listeria
    Two people died of listeria in Illinois and New Jersey.
    COVID-19 vaccines are advertised at pharmacies across the region, but they're in short supply.
    Is COVID rising in Maryland? Here’s what we know
    The limited data suggests COVID-19 is spreading in Maryland during this crazy-hot summer.
    Prince George’s County has recorded four heat-related deaths so far in 2024, the most of any Maryland jurisdiction.
    Maryland records 3 more heat deaths, matching last year’s total
    All of the people who died were white men, according to data published by the Maryland Department of Health for the week of July 7-13. Two of the deaths were in Baltimore City and one was in Kent County.
    There has been a rise in gunshot violence with youth in Baltimore.
    Fewer teens were shot in the first half of 2024 than in any year in the last decade
    The number of high school-aged teens shot in Baltimore has fallen by more than two-thirds compared to last year’s 10-year-high watermark.
    Kevin Lindamood, president and CEO of Healthcare for the Homeless, speaks at a news conference inside Baltimore City Hall. City leaders announced funding to continue and expand a pilot program providing permanent housing for nearly 300 city residents.
    How an unusual experiment helped Baltimore house nearly 300 families and counting
    Mayor Brandon Scott and other officials announced permanent funding for a program that helps formerly unhoused people stay in their homes.
    A sign warns people not to swim or engage in other water activities in Marley Creek in the fall of 2023. On July 10, 2024, the county issued a new emergency closure for the same stretch of creek after a pump failure at a nearby apartment complex.
    Marley Creek in Glen Burnie closed due to large sewage spill
    The Anne Arundel County Department of Health has closed Marley Creek for the second time in a year due to a large sewage spill at a pumping station owned by an apartment complex.
    During Maryland’s COVID-19 public health emergency, Medicaid coverage was extended to all Marylanders already enrolled. With the emergency coverage now ending, Maryland is beginning the process of re-enrolling all 1.8 million Medicaid beneficiaries. Organizations like Health Care for the Homeless help patients through the process of re-enrolling in Medicaid, which can include creating email addresses, locating necessary paperwork to enroll, and selecting insurance.
    Over 1.6M people in Maryland enrolled in Medicaid, more than before COVID
    The state finished a yearlong process of determining who should stay on Medicaid, and ended with fewer from a year ago but more than pre-COVID.
    An industrial trash can filled with melted ice and bottled water was found at a Baltimore Department of Public Works facility in south Baltimore, July 10, 2024.
    In record-breaking heat, OIG finds broken AC, inoperable water fountains at public works facility
    The inspector general made an emergency visit to the Cherry Hill Department of Public Works Facility early Wednesday morning and released the report just hours later.
    Discarded Narcan nasal spray sits on Retreat Street in Baltimore on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.
    $20M to pay lawyers: Where money from Baltimore’s opioid settlement will go
    Questions abound about how the money will be used to combat overdoses.
    A silhouetted man walks along the harbor with nobody else in sight. Street lights divide the photo in half between the water and the walkway.
    Baltimore under heat advisory as global temperatures break records
    The heat advisory in Maryland comes as large swaths of the country grapple with a heat wave.
    Hugo Kugiya
    Malls, the last refuge of teen freedom, are tightening their grip
    As the virtual realm of teens expands unfettered and unsupervised, the physical realm of teens — already limited by barriers of driver’s licenses, drinking ages, parental consent and finances — is shrinking in the Baltimore area.
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