Health

The number of people using Baltimore’s emergency shelter system for overnight stays has doubled in the last two years, the latest city data shows.

As the federal government scales back funding for research, Johns Hopkins is launching its own grant programs to keep the work going.

The troubled Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center is the latest state building to test positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease.

Maryland's governor has signed a law allowing new mothers to be excused from jury duty for up to three years, making the policy uniform across the state.

The Maryland Department of Emergency Management warned of “moderate” air quality issues and areas of “light” visible smoke from a wildfire in New Jersey.

Baltimore’s allergy season is here and it may big longer and worse for many of us.

A woman whose baby died from an alleged listeria infection is suing Seven Mile Market in Pikesville as well as multiple ice cream makers for selling a contaminated product.

When Jill Smokler awoke at Johns Hopkins Hospital last year, her skull sealed shut with a jagged seam of staples, her first response was wry laughter.

Clifton T. Perkins, the state-run maximum security hospital for those charged with crimes, was warned to improve or risk losing its accreditation.

The world-class pancreatic cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins University had so-called indirect funds slashed by the federal government.

The state spends a total of $16 billion on Medicaid, with $9 billion from federal sources — but cuts could be coming.

Oprah Winfrey recently brought noted hot people like Naomi Watts and Halle Berry into the discussion about menopause on a television special. Maybe this will help break the shame of The Change.

A group of University of Maryland, Baltimore researchers led by the dean of the school of medicine, say cuts to federal funding will hamper efforts to treat and cure diseases.

Mass layoffs at federal health agencies began this week, producing anxiety about workers, public health and economy.

Seven months after she descended into the Kafkaesque situation, Joyce Evans was dead.

A credit rating agency is taking a slightly dimmer outlook on the long-term health of Greater Baltimore Medical Center, or GBMC.

One mother of a former federal contractor who died while in PHA Healthcare’s housing said authorities should close the program permanently and punish its operators.

Another round of federal health grant cancelations threatens kids' vaccines and other medical research.

The federal Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 people, on top of 10,000 jobs already lost, with Maryland likely to absorb the brunt of the cuts.

In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies