Science and medicine

Two Maryland teams — from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County — and a team from the Netherlands Institute for Space Research and Airbus Netherlands B.V., each worked on one of the three instruments on the satellite.

A group of physicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center have formed a union that would represent more than 900 residents and fellows, according to union organizers.

This week’s total eclipse of the sun was a total moment of togetherness for me and my son.

The University of Maryland, College Park, on Tuesday announced the creation of its Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland.

Don’t throw them out. Donate them, instead.

Baltimore courthouses are one of the places that need to ensure that breastfeeding mothers have the opportunity and the right kind of environment to feed their babies, says former Baltimore City Councilwoman Shannon Sneed, a current candidate for council president.

The invasive blue catfish is suspected of reducing populations of local rockfish, crab and other native fish, and altering the balance of aquatic life in the Chesapeake Bay as we know it.

It's probably too late to make big travel plans to see the total solar eclipse. Here's how to view the partial eclipse in or around Baltimore.

Amid a severe shortage, nurses and nursing assistants have struggled to their licenses approved by the Maryland Board of Nursing.

A total solar eclipse will pass over the United States in early April. Maryland is close to, but not quite in, the path of totality. If you want to see it, you should start planning now.

Thanks to celebrities like Oprah, “miracle” weight loss drugs are having a moment — and come with a hefty price tag and side effects.

A group of 12 organizations has written a letter of support for Sherita Golden, a respected chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer who resigned after her definition of “privilege” caught the ire of high-profile conservatives. The letter includes several demands.

It's time for Maryland to repeal a law that criminalizes people based on their HIV status, leaders of three advocacy organizations say.

The University of Maryland Medical System is doing what other Americans do when they have a lot of stuff —it’s turning to a storage locker to house millions of masks, gloves and other supplies.

Baltimore children suffer from disproportionately high asthma rates, and pollution inside homes is considered a major cause, Panagis Galiatsatos, an associate professor and physician in pulmonary medicine at Johns Hopkins, says.

The FDA just approved the first therapy to lessen severe and life-threatening reactions from food allergies.

Pharmacies may not be able to fill some prescriptions due to an attack on UnitedHealth Group, which forced the company to shut down operations.

The effort stands in contrast to those in more conservative states that moved to limit abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s plan would make it the second HBCU in the country and first university in the state to offer a stand-alone veterinary school.

John Hopkins scientists say they have the evidence to finally explain why birds can fly, and it starts with their big brains.