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    The Maryland State House is encircled by construction scaffolding for an ongoing renovation project, as lawmakers returned to Annapolis for the first day of their 90-day General Assembly session on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024.
    A housing program that kept Marylanders out of hospitals could get state funding
    The little-known housing program supports about 900 households statewide and is now set to expand.
    Rabid fox spotted near Taneytown in Carroll County
    A fox spotted near Taneytown in Carroll County has tested positive for the rabies virus, the Carroll County Health Department said Tuesday.
    Baltimore police pull a body from the Harbor near the 600 block of E Pratt street.
    Rescuers said person pulled from icy Baltimore harbor was dead. She wasn’t. Here’s why.
    Rescuers said a woman who fell in Baltimore’s icy harbor died, but later said she didn’t. A doctor calls the reason basic physiology.
    Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones speaks at the launch of the Freedom in Reproduction - Maryland ballot committee's efforts outside the State House on Monday. The coalition supports enshrining reproductive rights in the state's constitution. The coalition chose the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision to take their campaign public.
    Advocates for reproductive choice kick off campaign for 2024 ballot question
    The language that would be added to the state constitution would declare that “every person ... has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom.” And that freedom includes, but is not limited to, “the ability to make and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end one’s own pregnancy.”
    MIAMI, FLORIDA - JANUARY 28: A pedestrian walks past the Leading Insurance Agency, which offers plans under the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) on January 28, 2021 in Miami, Florida.
    How to sign people up for health insurance? Free food and Santa photo ops
    The number of Black people who signed up for insurance on Maryland's health exchange jumped by 33% to more than 41,600.
    Jessica Smith founded The Mental Health Emergency Fund Inc., a nonprofit organization that reduces financial barriers for community members struggling with their mental health who cannot afford treatment.
    Commentary: How to get mental health care to more of those who need it
    Ensuring access to mental health care to many in the Baltimore community who need it means delivering care that meets people where they are socially, culturally and financially, says Jessica Smith, a mental health advocate and social entrepreneur.
    Eastport Terrace is one of several apartment and townhouse being considered for a gun violence prevention program in Annapolis..
    Anne Arundel picks Odenton group for violence interruption program in Eastport neighborhood
    Anne Arundel County announced the organizations that will implement a violence interruption program in the Eastport Terrace neighborhood.
    Simone Day sits for a portrait in Federal Hill on December 22, 2023.
    Maryland doctors are loosening sickle cell’s painful grip on patients worldwide
    Last month, two groundbreaking gene therapies thought to cure sickle cell were approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and one will be available locally starting in a few weeks.
    Three Maryland health systems are once again requiring masks due to rising levels of respiratory illness.
    Masks are back: Maryland hospitals, doctor offices require face coverings again
    Johns Hopkins hospitals and doctor offices join two other Maryland medical systems in requiring masks again.
    Maurtice Brown was 17 when he was shot in the face by another boy, a friend, in the basement of his home. He doesn’t remember the shooting and to this day, his family does not know exactly how or why the shooting took place. His recovery has been slow and agonizing.
    His best friend shot him in the face. He doesn’t know why.
    On Wednesday, for the first time since April 1, Maurtice will see Connor, the boy accused of shooting him. He, his mother Margaret Neal, and his older sister Brittany Neal, have been summoned to testify at the Anne Arundel County Courthouse on Church Circle. Connor has been charged as a juvenile so the charging documents, details of the investigation, and the court proceedings are confidential.
    Person flushing toilet in bathroom
    What makes urine yellow? Maryland scientists make breakthrough discovery
    Have you ever wondered why urine is yellow? Turns out mankind hasn’t known why until recently, thanks to researchers in Maryland.
    Study investigators demonstrate the Gesundheit-II (G-II) machine that captures and analyzes viruses exhaled by flu sufferers.
    This all-expense-paid trip to Baltimore comes with a catch: You may get the flu
    In a first-of-its-kind-study, Maryland researchers will try to infect people with flu to learn how to stop it.
    COVID-19 rapid tests.
    Don’t call COVID seasonal, even if a winter spike is the ‘new normal’
    COVID-19 is rising for the fifth winter in a row, but infections are year-round.
    A wide photo of Northwood Elementary nurse Brianna Gibson writing a note to a second grader’s mom as the student, facing away from the camera, watches.
    Many Baltimore schools don’t have a nurse. Local colleges are stepping in to find them.
    In a first-of-its-kind arrangement, nursing schools at three Baltimore universities will hire and oversee registered nurses in public schools.
    Chris Uhl poses outside of Metro Gallery on Dec. 28, 2023. He quit drinking a year and said, “Cutting alcohol out of my life was one of the best decisions I ever made."
    Gay and sober: Giving up alcohol in the LGBTQ community
    Many in Baltimore's LGBTQ community say they're giving up alcohol or have noticed that members are drinking less at gay bars. Some say the move toward sobriety followed the end of the pandemic, when many Americans turned to drinking for relief.
    The Crownsville Hospital Center was a psychiatric hospital located in Crownsville, Maryland. It was in operation from 1911 until 2004.
    Confronting history of racism at former Crownsville hospital site
    The former hospital that treated African Americans was known for mistreating patients.
    Barbara Slusher, director of the Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery program, and Matt Tremblay, CEO of Blackbird Laboratories, are photographed during an interview in the lab’s Woodberry office.
    Ravens’ owner puts up $100 million to turn science into cures — and Baltimore jobs
    Steve Bisciotti is backing a Baltimore-based nonprofit called Blackbird that will help shepherd health care discoveries from local university labs into local startup companies.
    Dr. Ron Elfenbein, right, appeared with then-Gov. Larry Hogan, middle, at a ribbon-cutting event for the COVID testing operation at BWI Airport on Aug. 24, 2021.
    Judge reverses jury conviction of Maryland doctor for millions in health care fraud
    A federal judge took the unusual step of reversing a jury’s guilty verdict against a Maryland doctor for health care fraud.
    Maryland is halfway through a yearlong effort to renew health insurance for the 1.8 million Marylanders on Medicaid, following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency in May.
    100,000 Marylanders lost Medicaid coverage in the last 6 months
    In November, more than 1 in 5 people up for renewal lost their public health insurance because they did not turn in the necessary paperwork.
    Classroom at Overlea High School, in Baltimore, Tuesday, May 31, 2023.
    Baltimore Co. Public Schools to offer free teletherapy services to high school students
    The online mental health care is meant to supplement — not replace — the work of existing school counselors and social workers, said Superintendent Myriam Rogers.
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