Health

Physician-scientists at University of Maryland School of Medicine are testing radically different ways to stem the catastrophic blood loss that often kills trauma victims — one using a Tang-like, artificial blood powder and another by inducing hypothermia.

Maryland has the longest emergency room wait times in the nation. Patients say it can be a painful and perplexing experience to wait so long for care.

The Maryland Department of Health is making it possible for more parts of Maryland to emulate Anne Arundel County’s crisis response system.

With a new governor, a draft bill would allow six locations where people can consume illegal drugs with medical supervision.

A report evaluating the B’more for Healthy Babies program found that it specifically reduced the number of Black and Hispanic babies who died before their first birthdays, narrowing long-standing racial disparities.

Homegrown community outreach platform Live Chair Health uses an innovative approach to help hard-to-reach communities access healthcare.

The question of whether oversight of Baltimore’s water and wastewater systems — which serve Baltimore County and parts of Carroll, Howard and Harford counties — should change hands has lingered for years amid its dysfunction.

Governor Wes Moore and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra highlight federal and state investments in youth mental health at roundtable event in Baltimore.

Gov. Wes Moore, Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, and local health leaders gathered in Baltimore for a mental and behavioral health roundtable discussion. A big topic issue was teen violence, and tackling its root causes.

Obamacare health insurance gains appeal among Black and Hispanic Marylanders.

Long COVID patients want treatment and good data about the mysterious condition that continues to cast a shadow over their recovery. But at the moment, they’re limited to what’s available: hardly anything.

When PriceRite closed, Pigtown leaders feared the neighborhood would become a new food ‘desert.’

We came of age with lots of information about puberty, but with less guidance when it comes to menopause.

Lawsuit accuses the Maryland Department of Human Services and its Social Services Administration of overusing psychotropic medications as a form of “chemical restraint” for some kids with severe behavioral health problems.

Researchers are looking to test an mpox treatment during the outbreak, like they did for COVID.

Of the more than one-third of the foster children prescribed psychotropic drugs, half are given more than one drug, despite concerns by the medical community about the use of multiple psychotropic drugs by children, according to the complaint.

A spike in COVID-19 and other diseases means Marylanders need more workplace protections, an attorney says; Baltimore County's Office of Inspector General needs more authority, not less, says a former reporter who covered county government.

Maryland Hospital Association reports that most hospitals are more than 90% full and many are at capacity, contributing to longer wait times for all patients.

Book: Growing number of dead bodies nearly crippled Maryland's medical examiners.

After three weeks in an orthopedic boot, I have to figure out how to get my fitness back.