Health

Changing a child less frequently can lead to painful medical complications, like urinary tract infections and diaper rashes.

A raccoon captured inside Fallstaff Elementary/Middle School in Northwest Baltimore on Tuesday tested positive for rabies, according to the city’s health department.

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.

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.

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.

Syphilis has long been a problem in Baltimore, but now cases of the potentially severe bacterial infections are showing up in newborns. Officials are working to get pregnant women tested.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said he was making a “firm commitment” and placing “firm accountability on all of our people” to make sure they use the rest of his time in office to “fix this.”

Health care is one of the most intractable issues in Congress — and a real compromise amid the government shutdown will not likely be easy, or quick.

Rite Aid has officially closed all 16 of its Maryland stores, with customers’ prescriptions transferred to other pharmacies.

Currently, the program is being kept afloat by an $150 million contingency fund, but experts say it could run dry quickly.

The Howard County Public School System canceled its free flu and COVID vaccine clinics due to a lack of grant funding.

A Hopkins study not only seeks to uncover causes of autism, but what might better the lives of people who have it.

Federal health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain heat-and-eat pasta meals sold at Walmart and Trader Joe’s because they may be contaminated with listeria bacteria previously linked to a deadly outbreak.

American Sign Language is distinct and separate from English. In Baltimore, Black ASL has its own vernacular.

Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Kisha Davis is strongly rebuffing federal officials’ claims that autism is linked to vaccines and Tylenol. She’s also warning of the promotion of an experimental drug, leucovorin, to treat autism.

Teen period clubs like the one at Mount Hebron High School have successfully expanded access to menstrual products in Howard County.

Her death comes one week after publication of a legislative audit that criticized the state for placing nearly 300 foster children in hotels instead of homes over a two-year period.

A federal advisory panel on vaccines declined to recommend the COVID-19 shot to anyone this fall — an unusual move that sowed confusion for public health officials.

Some studies have raised the possibility that taking the over-the-counter painkiller in pregnancy might be associated with a risk of autism — but many others haven’t found a connection.

Women experience heart attacks differently than men and often dismiss the symptoms. “It’s a cautionary tale, frankly,” said my friend who had one at 44.