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    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 01: In this photo illustration, A Narcan nasal overdose kit, given out free by the city of New York, is displayed as part of the Brooklyn Community Recovery Center's demonstration on how to use Narcan to revive a person in the case of a drug overdose on September 01, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Nearly one million people have died of drug overdose deaths in America in the past two decades, with an increasing majority of those deaths due to synthetic opioids like fentanyl. The Brooklyn Community Recovery Center handed out packs of Narcan nasal spray before holding a brief vigil to those lives lost due to drug overdoses.
    How to get naloxone (Narcan) in Maryland — and how to use it
    Naloxone is a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose.
    Linda Flores is a community health worker through Latino Health Initiative.
    Community health workers were essential during COVID. Now, they’re asking for help.
    There is a move afoot to help expand and pay for a what been a largely hidden workforce in Maryland of community health workers, who help marginalized people get health care and other services though they often go without.
    A billboard spreading awareness about the dangers of fentanyl usage seen near Mondawmin Mall on Feb. 7, 2024.
    A striking number of people say they know someone who overdosed
    One-third of U.S. adults know someone who has overdosed and died, a Johns Hopkins survey found.
    The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore is promoting a Healthy Harbor in Baltimore took a test swim in the waters in September. The group is promoting making the harbor swimmable by 2024.
    No, really. 150 people are jumping in the Inner Harbor in June.
    Waitlist spots may become available for the Inner Harbor public swim set for late June — but they are not guaranteed.
    The election will be held at the hospital’s downtown campus and its midtown campus over two days, June 12-13.
    UMMC doctors will decide whether to unionize in a vote next month
    The election will be held at the hospital’s downtown campus and its midtown campus over two days next month. The results will determine whether the union is established.
    Photo collage of old hospital building on left and young Black female medical student on right, both obscured by chain link fence.
    Morgan State’s plan to train more Black doctors is years behind schedule
    Construction hasn't started, funding appears uncertain and it'll be at least another two years before students enroll.
    Meeting the the needs of migrant children in Maryland will make our communities stronger, a Pikesville physician says.
    Letters: Immigrants have always made America better
    Meeting the the needs of migrant children in Maryland and their families will make our communities stronger, a Pikesville physician says.
    The animals were in an unsafe and unhealthy environment — officials said they were found covered in excrement and insects
    Officials say before seizure, 83 rescued puppies and dogs were being bred and sold by owner
    The animals were in an unsafe and unhealthy environment — officials said they were found covered in excrement and insects.
    As he faces off against Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland’s U.S. Senate race, Larry Hogan now says he favors reproductive choice for women.
    Commentary: Larry Hogan’s abortion pivot reminiscent of Bush’s ‘no new taxes’
    Maryland voters have every reason to be skeptical about Larry Hogan’s announcement at the start of his 2024 general election campaign for the U.S. Senate that he now favors abortion rights, says a former Maryland official who compares the announcement to President George H.W. Bush's “no new taxes” pledge.
    The front of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Headquarters.
    Detoxing woman dies in Harford County jail. The sheriff won’t say what happened.
    A woman struggling with fentanyl addiction died in the Harford County Detention Center after being declared a “danger to self + community” and held without bail following a home-invasion burglary charge.
    Cassidy Fredrick, 6, sits on the headstone of her father, Devon Wellington, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Baltimore, MD on April 7, 2024.
    ‘I love you in the sky, daddy’: Stories from Baltimore’s overdose crisis
    Unprecedented overdose rates from fentanyl and other drugs have left signs of loss across the city.
    Doni Smith sits at the grave of her fiancé, Jaylon Ferguson, with their children Jrea and Jyce Ferguson at St. Paul No. 1 Cemetery in St. Francisville, Louisiana, on June 21, 2023. Smith crafted items to leave at Ferguson's grave on the one-year anniversary of his passing.
    Jaylon Ferguson made it from Louisiana to the Ravens. An overdose cut his legacy short.
    The same drug that Jackie Ferguson had used to ease her mother’s pain had also taken her son Jaylon’s life.
    Almost 6,000 dead in 6 years: How Baltimore became the U.S. overdose capital
    The city was once hailed for its response to addiction. But as fentanyl flooded the streets and officials shifted priorities, deaths hit unprecedented heights.
    The synthetic opioid fentanyl, up to 50 times more potent than heroin, has taken over Baltimore’s illegal drug supply, contributing to more and more deaths.
    Baltimore’s unprecedented overdose crisis: 5 takeaways
    Nearly 6,000 people have died over the past six years — an unparalleled number among U.S. cities.
    Buprenorphine and naloxone sublingual films can help treat opioid use disorder.
    Share your experience with drug addiction treatment programs, recovery homes in Maryland
    Help us cover the response to Baltimore’s overdose crisis by sharing your experience.
    Former Governor Larry Hogan faces Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, who would be Maryland’s first Black senator.  Hogan is bidding to flip a reliably blue U.S. Senate seat red. The matchup is one of a few nationally expected to determine the balance of power in the chamber.
    Hogan, Alsobrooks differ on abortion limits in first skirmish of Senate campaign
    A key difference between the two candidates emerged on Thursday, with Hogan saying he’d support legal abortions up to 26 weeks of a pregnancy while Alsobrooks opposed a firm cutoff.
    Collage of photograph of elderly woman supporting herself with walker flanked by figures that have been cut out of the photograph. Red scribbles fill the background behind the photo and a red spray obscures the elderly woman's face.
    Maryland nursing home residents allege years of neglect. Now they’re suing the state.
    About 80% of Maryland’s nursing homes have not had annual inspections, and fewer than half of complaints have been investigated, the lawsuit alleges.
    Illustration shows three college students with notebooks standing on either side of a credit card machine that is blowing a protective bubble around a younger student sitting at a desk. Small bullets ricochet off the bubble.
    Shark Tank U: Maryland students compete for $2M in private equity to reduce school shootings
    A class of students at UMD, would-be entrepreneurs, have been given an opportunity to compete for $2 million in private equity seed funding. All they have to do to win it? Come up with a way to help detect and prevent school shooters.
    Illustration of Henrietta Lacks and members of her family.
    Henrietta Lacks family can proceed with lawsuit over use of HeLa cells after ‘milestone’ ruling
    The family of Henrietta Lacks can pursue compensation from a pharmaceutical company over its use of her HeLa cells, which have been influential in modern medicine after being taken without her consent decades ago.
    The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore is promoting a Healthy Harbor in Baltimore took a test swim in the waters in September. The group is promoting making the harbor swimmable by 2024.
    Want to swim in the Inner Harbor? ‘Harbor Splash’ event set for late June
    The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore on Monday said the first public swim event in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in decades will be held on June 23. Registration for “Harbor Splash” begins next week.
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