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FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. As Americans head into the late 2022 holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.
Thousands of Marylanders used this site to track their vaccinations. Now it’s gone.
A popular online portal to track Marylanders’ vaccination histories became unavailable in the state Thursday.
Johns Hopkins University campus
Federal cuts have been brutal for Johns Hopkins. Here’s how its endowment can help.
The university tapped its endowment to replace some research grants, a highly unusual move.
Johns Hopkins University plans to launch research grant programs of its own to help make up for lost federal funding.
Johns Hopkins to tap earnings from endowment to help address federal cuts
As the federal government scales back funding for research, Johns Hopkins is launching its own grant programs to keep the work going.
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
The state’s troubled psychiatric hospital has a new issue: Legionella bacteria
The troubled Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center is the latest state building to test positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease.
Photo collage shows close up of woman’s face in profile, her eyes look right. On right side of collage are a breast pump and baby bottle with a jury box seats in the background.
Parents of young children will be able to defer jury duty under new state law
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.

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A Mallard swims in pollen filled water along the eastern shoreline of the Patapsco River in Baltimore County.
Allergy season is in full swing in Maryland and about to get worse. Here’s how to cope.
Baltimore’s allergy season is here and it may big longer and worse for many of us.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore presented Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa of the Kanagawa Prefecture a signed Tomoyuki Sugano Baltimore Orioles jersey. A pitcher for the Os, Sugano is from the Kanagawa Prefecture and is a three-time MVP in Japan.
Moore’s Asia trip helped by baseball talk and a slight football gaffe
Sports were frequent cultural touchstones on Gov. Wes Moore's trip to Japan and South Korea.
Pikesville resident Jill Smokler, who created the popular parenting site Scary Mommy, faces a terminal brain cancer diagnosis.
Scary Mommy creator Jill Smokler faces brain cancer with warmth and wit
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.
Comet SWAN25F is visible across the star field as a bright green dot with a faint tail.
Comet visible in Maryland this weekend: ‘Once every couple years event’
To take a look at the comet yourself, you’ll want to head outside just before dawn and look toward the northeast horizon.
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
State’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital gets failure warning
Clifton T. Perkins, the state-run maximum security hospital for those charged with crimes, was warned to improve or risk losing its accreditation.

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Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Hopkins trailblazer scrambles to protect cancer research as Trump cuts hit home
The world-class pancreatic cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins University had so-called indirect funds slashed by the federal government.
Dr. Mark T. Gladwin, pictured here at the UMB’s BioPark in Baltimore in January, is the dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine who said this week that federal funding cuts threatens work at the university to treat and cure maladies.
Have a disease and hoping for a cure? That’s now at risk with federal cuts, UMB scientists say
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.
Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stand in line to enter the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building on April 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Layoffs began earlier this week at the Health and Human Service Administration offices after it was announced last week that the Trump Administration plans to cut 10,000 jobs at HHS.
Nearly 3,000 jobs cut in Maryland after federal health agencies scale back
Mass layoffs at federal health agencies began this week, producing anxiety about workers, public health and economy.
Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson.
GBMC faces credit downgrade for ‘persistent’ operating losses
A credit rating agency is taking a slightly dimmer outlook on the long-term health of Greater Baltimore Medical Center, or GBMC.
The Maryland Department of Health is located in the Herbert R. O'Conor State Office Building at 201 W. Preston Street in Baltimore.
Vaccines, transgender health studies at risk as $300 million in federal cuts expected in Maryland
Another round of federal health grant cancelations threatens kids' vaccines and other medical research.

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Baltimore residents, Emmanuel Stewart and Isaac Stewart, view the eclipse at its peak from Patterson Park in Baltimore, MD on 4.8.2024.
Solar eclipse this weekend: How much is visible in Maryland?
A partial solar eclipse will be visible March 29 from the East Coast.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 27: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building is seen on March 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Department of Health and Human Services announced it is cutting 10,000 jobs and closing offices aimed at cutting $1.8 billion.
Maryland likely to bear brunt of 10,000 job cuts at federal health agency
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.
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 01: A sign is posted in front of the 23andMe headquarters on February 01, 2024 in Sunnyvale, California. Genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, is facing the possibility of delisting from NASDAQ as the company navigates numerous class action lawsuits (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Maryland AG urges consumers to delete 23andMe accounts. Here’s how to do it.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown urged residents to consider deleting their 23andMe accounts.
Martha Midgette and her husband buried the two vultures in the forest, side-by-side.
Vulture who appeared to mourn its mate has died
A Maryland vulture that appeared to be mourning its long-time mate last month has also died, according to the property owner who has been observing the birds for years.
The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, both face new cuts to NIH grant funding
HHS cuts millions in grants to Hopkins and University of Maryland, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, both had NIH research grants terminated this month and more cuts are possible.
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