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    Rollout of new COVID-19 booster has been slow in Maryland
    As of Thursday, the shot has been administered 600,560 times in the state.
    A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 bivalent booster at the start of a vaccination campaign for people 80 years and older, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
    Curtis Bay residents are suing CSX following explosion at coal facility
    The complaint seeks damages and the establishment of a medical monitoring fund.
    The CSX coal facility in Curtis Bay on August 11, 2022.
    Maryland health officials confirm first human monkeypox-related death
    Health department officials said in a statement that "the individual was immunocompromised, resulting in a more severe case."
    A healthcare worker prepares to administer a vaccine to Michael Nicot for the prevention of monkeypox the Pride Center on July 12, 2022 in Wilton Manors, Florida. The center is offering the free smallpox/monkeypox vaccinations from the Florida Department of Health in Broward County as South Florida leads the state in the number of people infected.
    Monkeypox cases are down in Baltimore as vaccine eligibility expands
    More vaccination appointments will be offered at a new location, Nomi Health, located at 419 W. Baltimore St.
    Baltimore Health Commissioner Letitia Dzirasa address the public during a press conference Tuesday Oct. 18, 2022.
    A Baltimore City Health Department program has quietly been supporting young trauma victims and their families, many who lose loved ones to violence
    Although considered atypical for a health department to be involved in victims' services, the program has grown as the lens through which Baltimore views its trauma expands from a public safety issue to a public health issue.
    Families walk through row of open doors and silhouette of a youth
    City health department team stays busy tracking infectious diseases
    Their jobs took on new levels of urgency during the pandemic, and they continue to monitor possible threats to public health.
    The Baltimore City Health Department team tracks infectious disease outbreaks.
    Drug treatment center subpoenas community associations near neighborhood it wants to locate
    They want to know if residents were discriminatory in their opposition.
    As polls show broad support for legalizing marijuana in Maryland, a small group of demonstrators raised concerns about the health risks
    Opponents to a ballot measure that could legalize marijuana for recreational use say there's been little focus on mental health harms that marijuana, which is already approved for medical use, may cause or exacerbate, including psychosis and depression; especially in children and teenagers.
    Mark Marchione (left), his wife Deborah, of northern Baltimore County, and Kevin Becker, a Sparks Glencoe geneticist retired from the National Institutes of Health, display signs opposing the November referendum to approve adult-use cannabis in Maryland.
    A cold is not as serious as COVID, but deserves the same self-care
    When we feel bad, are we more or less likely to take care of ourselves if it's not COVID-19?
    Columnist Leslie Gray Streeter took a sick day, even though she was COVID negative, and made herself sit on the couch, watch bad dating shows and got lunch delivered. It's what at least one doctor ordered.
    Why has D.C. administered more monkeypox vaccines than Maryland? Here’s what we found.
    Washington, D.C., health officials have vaccinated people against monkeypox at a rate at least 56 times higher than Maryland, a Baltimore Banner data analysis of both jurisdictions’ data found.
    A healthcare worker prepares to administer a vaccine to Michael Nicot for the prevention of monkeypox the Pride Center on July 12, 2022 in Wilton Manors, Florida. The center is offering the free smallpox/monkeypox vaccinations from the Florida Department of Health in Broward County as South Florida leads the state in the number of people infected.
    COVID exacerbated childhood trauma. Here’s what to look for — and how to help
    A Baltimore ACE (adverse childhood experiences) trainer, and a survivor or childhood trauma himself, explains why — and how to help.
    Ulysses Archie, Jr. seen here in his Irvington yard surrounded by his chickens, is a survivor of childhood trauma and a trainer in recognizing such trauma in communities.
    Johns Hopkins Hospital’s accreditation is at risk because it ‘poses a threat to patients,’ accreditor says
    Surveyors flagged problems in the medical center’s food preparation facilities, primarily the kitchen in one of the hospital’s original buildings, and pointed out various pieces of furniture in need of repair.
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore
    Field of dreams: Queenstown couple transform cornfield into wildflower meadow
    Anne Habberton and Jon Shaw turned about 30 acres of farmland into a meadow of native wildflowers and have deepened their bond with the land.
    Jon atop Domino in the pollinator fields at the Emory Farm on August 4th, 2022 in Queenstown Maryland
    Under fire from ‘disgusted’ council, Baltimore public works officials concede missteps in E. coli water response
    The city's top public works official told council members that there were many "lessons learned" in last week's response to bacteria contamination in the Baltimore water system.
    DPW Director Jason Mitchell speaks at a press conference out front of the Office of Emergency Management addressing the concerns about the e.coli outbreak in West Baltimore.
    Maryland foster children are being kept overnight in hotels and downtown office buildings
    “These children are often abused or neglected and this is how the state is choosing to raise them,” one attorney said.
    Silhouette of teen in front of office building and family house
    E. coli contamination highlights challenges in updating Baltimore’s aging water system
    With an average age of 75 years, Baltimore’s old water pipes have become increasingly vulnerable to the kinds of contamination that occurred last week.
    Charles Jackson of DPW guides residents to the water line where each resident received several gallons of water. Baltimore officials are advising residents of the Sandtown-Winchester and Harlem Park neighborhoods to boil their water before drinking it. E.coli was detected in samples taken from three addresses.
    Young local author dedicates colorful caveman tale to supporting cancer patients, like his mom
    The fun comic about a caveman and a time-traveling scientist is now helping with a good cause.
    Maryland State Delegate Cathy Forbes meets her young constituent and author Orion Filippazzo.
    Mental health care with a twist: New Howard County treatment center seeks to promote ‘creative recovery’
    A new outpatient mental health treatment center in Howard County combines elements of art therapy, group therapy and intensive outpatient therapy to make mental health treatment more palatable and relatable to artists, professionals and other creatives.
    Steve Hall stands inside of Glass House Recovery, a rehab for creatives and artists in Ellicott City on August 31, 2022. Run by Hall, a musician, and Sarah Kitlowski, a former biotech company CEO, Glass House is using new approaches and tactics to make rehab more palatable for the creative mind.
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    Try your luck with our weekly news quiz.
    Morgan State to open a medical school — first at a historically Black university in decades
    The proposed Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine at Morgan aims to increase the number of Black doctors entering the profession and, in turn, increase Black Baltimore residents’ access to physicians that look like them.
    Morgan State University is moving forward with plans to create the nation’s fourth medical school to be affiliated with an HBCU.
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