Health

The bacteria Legionella can be hard to pinpoint and harder to eradicate.

State government officials are continuing to battle Legionella bacteria at the aging State Center office complex in Baltimore, sending workers home this week as they flush the water systems.

A study from the Johns Hopkins University reconfirms what residents have long suspected: The black dust in Curtis Bay comes from coal.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced he has nominated Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins University pancreatic surgeon and Fox News contributor, to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

Hospitals are seeing an increasing number of homeless patients walking into emergency rooms. After they’re admitted, some refuse to leave. This is the story of a lawsuit Sinai Hospital filed against one such patient.

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and disabled Americans.

An Essex boardinghouse faces likely closure after a local zoning appeals board found that it hadn’t met the requirements to stay open despite being out of compliance with the zoning code.

The Maryland Department of Health has a new public health dashboard that shows data related to cannabis use, including emergency room visits and calls to poison control centers.

There’s been a sharp uptick in cases of walking pneumonia, especially among young children. Ask pediatricians about the spike during a free webinar on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at noon.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research.

There’s another phase to the trial — and likely appeals — after Tuesday’s verdict. The city has laid out a plan to spend settlements over the next 15 years.

Two drug distributors, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen, are liable for their role in Baltimore’s deadly opioid crisis, a civil jury found.

Baltimore’s opioid trial against the two drug distributors who didn’t settle has become, in many ways, a contest of expert witnesses.

“This is the biggest and most important case in the city’s history,” Baltimore’s lead attorney, Bill Carmody, told jurors.

Voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot measure to solidify reproductive rights in Maryland’s constitution.

The future legality and availability of abortion hinges not only on ballot measures, as policies could shift depending on who controls Congress and the presidency.

Track results on the statewide ballot question that would amend Maryland's constitution to protect abortion rights.

Trans and nonbinary people can struggle to find clothes that fit their bodies, their gender expression and their budget, but the Skylight Boutique is a thrift store stocked with items that are often difficult and expensive to obtain.

The pneumonia vaccine is now recommended for those age 50 and older, down from age 65.

Heat is an insidious killer that exacerbates existing health conditions and especially targets vulnerable populations, including children and older adults.