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    Baltimore Police launch raids tied to Penn North mass overdose events
    Authorities carried out pre-dawn raids and made arrests in the city Wednesday as part of a continuing investigation, sources familiar with the matter said.
    Baltimore Police and law enforcement partners carry out raids and make arrests before dawn Wednesday as part of the continuing investigation into the mass overdose incident in Penn North in July that sent nearly three-dozen people to the hospital. In the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood on Wednesday morning.
    Walter Reed Medical Center is expanding. Veterans could fill its new beds.
    Not everything in Congress is paralyzed. There’s a quiet push to open space at Walter Reed National Medical Center and other DOD hospitals to veterans.
    Navy Capt. Melissa Austin, director of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, cuts a cake during opening ceremonies for the new Roosevelt Pavilion in June with Capt. Jeffrey Klinger,
    Anxious? Depressed? Psychedelics researchers want to give you LSD — for science
    Scientists are studying how LSD’s potent mind-altering properties could help disrupt troubled patterns of thinking, such as constant worrying or hopeless thoughts, by rewiring the human brain.
    A dissolvable LSD pill developed by pharmaceutical company MindMed is being tested in ongoing clinical trials at Sheppard Pratt in Baltimore County.
    We won’t stop talking about mammograms
    Breast Cancer Awareness Month is over. This survivor wants you to get a mammogram anyway.
    Honor Gifford was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer after a routine mammogram in March 2020.
    The latest viral outbreak in Maryland schools is yucky but rarely dangerous
    There are a lot of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in Maryland and around the country right now, but officials says it’s rarely dangerous.
    Hand, foot and mouth disease HFMD Human hand of scarlet fever in coxsackievirus palmarosa virus and child hand on white background
    Marylanders face premium increases as open enrollment begins for state’s health exchange
    Open enrollment on Maryland's health exchange begins Saturday, with consumers facing big premium increases as federal subsidies lapse and Congress remains at an impasse.
    The Maryland Health Connection site, the state's health exchange.
    Baltimore health commissioner links powerful animal sedative to mass drug overdose
    A powerful veterinary sedative called medetomidine was detected in two drug samples collected after the latest mass drug overdose in Baltimore City's Penn North community this month.
    Baltimore Fire Department EMTs take a stretcher to the triage area at the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Pennsylvania Avenue after rescue workers ⁩responded to a call for multiple people experiencing overdose symptoms at the intersection of Pennsylvania & North avenues in West Baltimore on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
    University of Maryland Children’s Hospital receives ‘transformational’ $50 million gift
    Some of the money gifted to the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital will go to expanding surgical capacity, launching a comprehensive pediatric gene therapy program, researching cellular therapy and treatment for sickle cell disease.
    Mohan Suntha, president and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System, said the $50 million gift was the largest in the institution’s history.
    Maryland sues Trump administration over decision to halt food benefits
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is asking the federal government to cover SNAP benefits with money already set aside by Congress.
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown addresses legal measures taken by the his office related to federal funding and the integrity of the federal payment system in regards to actions taken by the Trump administration.
    Howard County has lost 544 residents to COVID-19. A new memorial honors them.
    After losing 544 residents to COVID-19, Howard County on Monday unveiled a memorial to the victims of the pandemic in Meadowbrook Park.
    Howard County unveiled a memorial to the COVID-19 pandemic in Meadowbrook Park on Monday.
    Company recalls 2 million pounds of barbecue pork jerky that may contain metal wire
    A South Dakota company is recalling more than 2.2 million pounds of Korean barbecue pork jerky sold at Costco and Sam’s Club stores because the product may be contaminated with pieces of metal, federal health officials said Friday.
    Packaging for South Dakota company barbecue pork jerky was recalled because the product may be contaminated with pieces of metal, the USDA said Friday.
    Sticker shock: Obamacare premiums jump in Maryland as Congress deadlocks
    The federal government remains shut down, keeping the prospect of federal subsidies to buy health insurance off the table as open enrollment on the health exchange approaches for Maryland.
    Rep. Jamie Raskin, center, a Maryland Democrat, leads a news conference in Silver Spring calling for an end to the government shutdown and an extension of subsidies that help people buy health coverage on the state health exchange.
    Wawa recalls some lemonade, milk drinks due to ‘foreign object’ contamination
    Wawa recalled the beverages out of concerns for “potential foreign object contamination.”
    Malvern, PA, USA - June 26, 2022: A Wawa convenience store and gas station in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Wawa, Inc. is an American chain of convenience stores and gas stations along the East Coast.
    680,000 Marylanders could lose food assistance next week, officials warn
    Maryland’s state government has $3.5 billion in “fully liquid cash” available for emergency needs, but the governor has not indicated whether he would use the money for SNAP.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L), accompanied by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, speaks after Rollins signs three new SNAP food choice waivers for the states of Idaho, Utah, and Arkansas in her office at the United States Department of Agriculture Whitten Building on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. The wavers will limit what the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can select as eligible foods, targeting unhealthy food.
    Thousands travel to Maryland for abortions, but support is stretched thin
    The number of people from around the country who seek help getting an abortion in Maryland continues to rise, but donations are not keeping pace to cover costs for everyone.
    Co-Executive Directors Porsha Pinder, left, and Lynn McCann-Yeh of the Abortion Fund of Maryland. The organization provides logistical and financial assistance to women seeking to end their pregnancies.
    Baltimore families are 10 million diapers short
    Changing a child less frequently can lead to painful medical complications, like urinary tract infections and diaper rashes.
    ShareBaby spends up to $350,000 a year on buying diapers in bulk and at cost to give to families with small children. That's between 300,000 and 400,000 diapers, depending on the sizes families need, every two months. Photo credit: Alicia Sindlinger with ShareBaby.
    Raccoon captured inside Baltimore school tests positive for rabies
    A raccoon captured inside Fallstaff Elementary/Middle School in Northwest Baltimore on Tuesday tested positive for rabies, according to the city’s health department.
    A raccoon that tested positive for rabies was captured inside Fallstaff Elementary Middle School in Baltimore on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
    Maryland failed to document many deaths from suspected child abuse or neglect
    Maryland’s Department of Human Services repeatedly violated a policy mandating detailed reports on child deaths tied to suspected abuse or neglect. The Baltimore Banner uncovered the problem after requesting records for all such cases over five years and finding many reports didn’t exist.
    No needle, no problem? Why our medical writer sprayed flu vaccine up her daughter’s nose
    After years of writing about medicine, I got the chance to do something myself when I ordered the FluMist vaccine to use on my teen at home.
    FluMist was federally approved in 2003, and this year’s version is the same strain as the traditional influenza vaccine shot.
    Here’s Baltimore’s latest plan to start spending millions to combat drug overdoses
    As Baltimore witnessed another mass overdose this week, the city is moving ahead with plans to fund community groups that help people who struggle with drug addiction.
    The city hopes to fund the expansion of harm-reduction services designed to improve safety, including overdose-reversal medication naloxone and clean syringes that reduce the chance of spreading disease.
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