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    Anastasia Curtis, a 24-year-old trans woman from Essex, helps to support other LGBTQ people especially during the holidays, which she says can be tough for them.
    Holidays can be a difficult time for members of the LGBTQ community
    For the LGBTQ community, the holidays can oftentimes be extremely difficult. This is top of mind for many in the community and thus they are extra vigilant to protect the community and its most vulnerable members.
    There is a new vaccine to prevent severe illness caused by respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, left. But the vaccine for infants is in short supply.
    Struggling to find an RSV vaccine in Maryland? Here’s what to know about the shortage
    Maryland pediatricians report vaccine shipments far below what’s needed, and the CDC released guidance last month instructing providers on how to prioritize the few doses they have.
    Former First Ladies Betty Ford and Rosalynn Carter testifying before Congress in support of including mental health and substance abuse treatment benefits in the national health care reform plan, Washington, D.C.
    Commentary: Rosalynn Carter was a giant in the field of mental health
    Rosalynn Carter devoted her time as first lady to working on behalf of people with mental illness and carried on that work tirelessly in the years after leaving the White House, Dr. Steven S. Sharfstein says.
    FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. As Americans head into the late 2022 holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.
    Letters: I agree with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines
    People characterized as anti-vaxxers should know others feel as they do, Josh Mazur, an Annapolis supporter of Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, says.
    A Maryland Department of the Environment vehicle remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on July 27, 2022.
    Haze and a whiff of smoke in Maryland, thanks to wildfires to the south
    A faint brown haze enveloped Baltimore and much of Maryland Thursday from wildfires in western Virginia that have been burning for weeks, fueled by drought and steady wind.
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore
    Johns Hopkins doctor on leave following violent anti-Palestinian social media posts
    Johns Hopkins Hospital has placed its director of pediatric cardiac critical care on leave while it investigates anti-Palestinian social media posts from a now-deleted account.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, flanked by Police Commissioner Richard Worley and MONSE Director Shantay Jackson, speaks at a press conference inside Baltimore City Hall on Friday, June 23, 2023.
    Commentary: Baltimore has been flattening the curve on murders
    While Baltimore’s leaders continue to look for ways to lower the city’s murder rate, a flattening of the curve on homicides is evident, Lawrence Brown, an author and research scientist in the Center for Urban Health Equity at Morgan State University, says.
    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.
    Is Baltimore’s harbor swimmable? Advocates take the plunge to prove it
    More than 13 years after the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore set out to make the city’s harbor swimmable, the coalition of public and private partners is planning a public swim event called “Harbor Splash” in 2024.
    A video still shows officers removing  Paul Bertonazzi from a police van upon arrival at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Bertonazzi died days later after suffering a severed spine while in the hospital’s care.
    Violence at Maryland hospitals was a concern before a death at Hopkins was ruled a homicide
    Much of the concern has been about rising violence against health care workers, but efforts to tackle those problems are tied to safety for patients, too.
    Registered nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes in Baltimore celebrate after winning a union election.
    Nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes vote to unionize, a Baltimore first
    Saint Agnes will become the first private hospital in the Baltimore area to have a nurses’ union.
    A video still shows officers removing  Paul Bertonazzi from a police van upon arrival at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Bertonazzi died days later after suffering a severed spine while in the hospital’s care.
    Video shows man who died at Johns Hopkins Hospital moving, talking before arrival at facility
    The attorney for the family of 63-year-old Paul Bertonazzi released body camera video of his interactions with police to The Baltimore Banner.
    Sinai Hospital in North Baltimore.
    Maryland continues to have the worst ER wait times in the nation, new data shows
    The average wait time for the state's hospitals is about eight hours, according to data from the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission.
    Guests attend a reception for the opening of the Johns Hopkins University’s new Washington, D.C., location last month, which will house the School of Nursing’s Institute for Policy Solutions and elements of other schools.
    Johns Hopkins nursing school launches D.C. institute focused on health equity
    The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing announced Wednesday that it’s launching a Washington, D.C. research institute that aims to move the U.S. health care system away from its focus on treating problems and toward to preventive, whole-person care.
    Lawrence Faucette, who had end-stage heart disease, received a genetically modified pig heart transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center on Sept. 20.
    U. of Maryland pig heart transplant patient dies after six weeks
    The second man to get a pig heart transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center has died after his body showed signs of rejecting the organ.
    Rev. Elazar Atticus Schoch Zavaletta waves to those passing across the street after holding a meeting for those of North Ave Mission at St Mark's Lutheran Church, Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
    Sermon on the streets: A trans pastor helps those on the margins find grace
    Growing up, Elazar Zavaletta heard that trans people, like him, are an "abomination" in the eyes of God. Now a Lutheran pastor, Zavaletta has transformed his pain into solidarity with marginalized people.
    The Maryland Department of Health offices in Baltimore.
    Audit: Maryland could be on the hook for $1.4B due to poor health department accounting
    A new nonpartisan audit also uncovered problems with a consulting contract for the coronavirus vaccine rollout that was expanded to other services and ballooned from $3.8 million to $83.3 million without sufficient justification.
    Six consortium members met downtown to livestream the Biden-Harris announcement of Baltimore's official Tech Hub designation.
    Baltimore named one of 31 federal tech hubs, with focus on AI and biotechnology
    The Baltimore region effort is now eligible for nearly $500 million in federal funds over five years that the Greater Baltimore Committee estimates will generate $3.2 billion in economic impact and 52,000 jobs by 2030.
    Larry Faucette, who received a pig heart transplant last month at the University of Maryland Medical Center, gets physical therapy.
    One month later, U. of Maryland’s pig heart transplant patient is ‘embracing his life’
    One month ago today, Larry Faucette became the second human ever to receive a pig heart in place of his own at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
    Roland Griffiths in the “psilocybin room” at Johns Hopkins
    Roland Griffiths, pioneering Johns Hopkins psychedelics researcher, dies at 77
    Roland Griffiths, who founded and led the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins, died yesterday. He was a pioneer in bringing psychedelics into mainstream medicine.
    Geraldine Long, a neighborhood resident, comes in to get her COVID booster. Baltimore City's continued effort towards combating COVID-19 includes a stationary mobile clinic that gives vaccine recievers incentives to keep up to date on their vaccines.  A mobile setup is shown here on February 10, 2023.
    Where Baltimore residents without insurance can get COVID vaccine for free
    The city health department will hold vaccine clinics every Friday through November.
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