Health

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.

Anne Arundel County announced the organizations that will implement a violence interruption program in the Eastport Terrace neighborhood.

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.

Johns Hopkins hospitals and doctor offices join two other Maryland medical systems in requiring masks again.

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.

Have you ever wondered why urine is yellow? Turns out mankind hasn’t known why until recently, thanks to researchers in Maryland.

In a first-of-its-kind-study, Maryland researchers will try to infect people with flu to learn how to stop it.

COVID-19 is rising for the fifth winter in a row, but infections are year-round.

In a first-of-its-kind arrangement, nursing schools at three Baltimore universities will hire and oversee registered nurses in public schools.

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 former hospital that treated African Americans was known for mistreating patients.

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.

A federal judge took the unusual step of reversing a jury’s guilty verdict against a Maryland doctor for health care fraud.

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.

The online mental health care is meant to supplement — not replace — the work of existing school counselors and social workers, said Superintendent Myriam Rogers.

Reporters with The Baltimore Banner and The New York Times are investigating the problem of drug overdoses and we want to hear from those with personal experiences.

If you find yourself with a hospital bill you can't pay, don't panic. You've got options.

Once the thorny process is complete, it could serve as a model for other states with nonprofit hospitals that overcharged patients.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is tapping a veteran of the city’s health department to head the massive agency that has been without a permanent leader for more than seven months.

More than three dozen men, identified only by their initials, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the state and the Department of Juvenile Services, alleging they were sexually abused as young boys while in the custody of the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School in Parkville.