Health

While there is a chance of scattered showers and storms, don’t expect it to bring relief: The forecast high for Saturday is 96 degrees, with a heat index that could reach 105, according to the National Weather Service.

Baltimore’s unprecedented overdose crisis has not been suffered equally. Neighborhoods with the highest overdose rates were often the same ones with the highest rates of poverty, a Banner analysis found.

Saint Agnes Hospital was just the latest to face a cyberattack, which are increasingly focused on health care facilities. Workers want more attention to their stress.

A state employee union alleged that hospital employees were not paid overtime for working extra hours. Instead, the state Department of Health had them to pick up extra shifts as independent contractors, paying them a lower rate.

June saw at least three drownings in the region. Here’s how to stay safe.

For all the new providers, relatively few new patients are being served.

Maryland has seen two heat-related deaths so far in 2024 — both before 2023 even saw one.

“The smoke box” at the Cannabis Science Lab in Baltimore is about as fancy as its nickname, but it’s in one of the most advanced marijuana research labs in the country.

Northwest Hospital in Randallstown is adding more space to its emergency department as part of a broader effort to reduce wait times and improve patient experiences.

City officials and their lawyers claim global beverage giants PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, along with six other companies, used deceptive business practices and created a public nuisance, while causing harm to people’s health and the environment, according to a lawsuit filed late last week.

The Baltimore area broke at least two heat records last week. This week, conditions should be cooler.

A wave of extreme heat has come to the region. Here’s how to stay safe.

The longtime head of the state office responsible for nursing home inspections will retire, officials announced about a month after a major lawsuit against the agency.

Emergent BioSolutions, known for botching millions of doses of COVID vaccine, will exit Baltimore entirely with sale of another plant.

Between a move and the onset of COVID, I hadn't been to the dentist since 2020. I only recently got the courage to go back — and discovered I wasn’t the only one who had dealt with this anxiety.

Many patients don’t even know about the annual screening, which can save lives when it catches the disease early.

City leaders, health care providers and law enforcement can work together to provide treatment, prevention and other strategies to confront Baltimore’s drug overdose crisis, directors of health and public innovation efforts at Johns Hopkins University say.

The news coverage of drug addiction has long covered victims and addicts differently depending on race and class. The Banner's recent project is a welcome change.

Craig Lippens, president of the Maryland Addiction Directors Council, said treatment is key to addressing Baltimore’s opioid crisis but too many obstacles persist to offer more options.