Health

The city health department will hold vaccine clinics every Friday through November.

Maryland needs air quality standards to curb harmful emissions from heating and air conditioning systems and water heaters, say Panagis Galiatsatos, an associate professor and a physician in pulmonary medicine at Johns Hopkins, and Ruth Ann Norton, president and CEO of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative.

Data shows a program at four Baltimore-area hospitals has reduced emergency visits by half among the patients who frequent the emergency room.

The second floor of the Baltimore City Circuit Court building went into lockdown Monday afternoon after an employee received a letter containing white powder.

Meghan Marsh has been the executive director since September at Disability Rights Maryland.

A Baltimore City Council hearing Wednesday offered new information but left a number of questions less than fully answered.

Former Maryland Health Secretary Joshua Sharfstein will chair the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission.

Most hospitals and doctors’ offices aren’t mandating masks, but they can stave off illness, expert say.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 3 people will get jiggy with varicella zoster virus in their lifetimes. If you’ve had chickenpox, there’s a very good chance the virus will pay you a return visit.

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Baltimore needs to prioritize emergency rental assistance to protect families from the physical and mental harm caused by evictions, representatives of two community advocacy groups say.

A second water sample taken Tuesday from Druid Lake Reservoir has tested negative for the parasite cryptosporidium.

The city health initiative offers COVID vaccines to adults without insurance or whose insurance doesn’t cover the cost.

Kaiser Permanente workers across the country have gone on strike, but not in Maryland so far.

Mental health professionals and crisis response researchers now have more than two decades of experience responding to school and campus shootings, and have a better idea of how to help survivors and community members whose mental health may suffer.

Test results delivered Tuesday showed no traces of the parasite cryptosporidium in the open-air reservoir, where low levels had recently been found.

How safe is the drinking water in Baltimore right now? How did Baltimore discover cryptosporidium in the water? We answer those questions and more.

In the wake of confirmed — or even suspected — cryptosporidium contamination, it is common for certified labs to offer 24-hour testing for an additional fee.

New fellowship program offered by local universities aims to strengthen school social worker pipeline, but schools still won’t have enough social workers.

COVID-19 cases are rising, and a new vaccine is approved, but it can be hard to find doses in the Baltimore area.