Health

Johns Hopkins’ split with UnitedHealthcare will leave patients facing higher costs and tough choices. Here’s what the breakup means for coverage, care access and next steps.

More questions about Baltimore County's lack of swimming opportunities and why more arrangements aren't provided.

The MoCo Pride Center opens as the Trump administration tries to roll back protections for queer people.

A growing number of Democrat-led states are joining together to protect common-sense safeguards against infectious disease with vaccines. Maryland has yet to join these partnerships, but the idea is under discussion.

Johns Hopkins Medicine officials say they have ended negotiations with the insurance giant UnitedHealthcare, leaving its doctors and hospitals out of network for some 60,000 patients.

After Maryland regulators found hospitals were charging patients due free and discounted emergency care, lawmakers required they repay the money. But the effort was just dropped.

Gov. Wes Moore sought to reassure Marylanders that those who want the COVID vaccine will be able to get one.

Morgan State University, Baltimore's top HBCU, has been trying to open a medical school for a decade, and officials say they believe they now have the right formula.

U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 shots Wednesday but limited their use for many Americans — and removed one of the two vaccines available for young children.

Nearly a quarter of Maryland adults report that they do not have a source of primary care.

The deadline was Monday and there was no agreement between Johns Hopkins and UnitedHealthcare, so officials began notifying thousands of patients that the Hopkins hospitals and doctors’ offices are now out of network.

The New World screwworm parasite primarily affects livestock and is rare in humans. It does not spread from person to person, and poses a very low risk to the public, according to U.S. health officials.

Tens of thousands of patients at Johns Hopkins Medicine could be out of network starting Monday if the hospital system and UnitedHealthcare don’t reach an agreement.

Catalent is laying off hundreds at its facility in Anne Arundel County and more than two dozen workers in Baltimore.

Confusion and hesitancy over vaccines is growing nationwide and public health officials worry about what that means for fall when viruses abound in Maryland.

Firefighters in Pikesville are getting themselves screened for cancer as new research continues to find that they are at higher risk of dying from all kinds of the disease.

Maternal mental health has declined significantly across the nation in the last decade. That trend holds true in Baltimore, experts say

The city could walk away with about $152 million if it takes the deal — a fraction of the $5 billion that Baltimore sought.

The University of Maryland Medical Center and 1,000 residents and fellows signed a deal for a new contract that includes a pay raise.

Under the Trump administration, ICE has detained immigrants in Baltimore holding rooms for an average of 51 hours, four times longer than the maximum time limit under its longstanding policy, according to a Baltimore Banner analysis of federal data.