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Upper Chesapeake Health sets community meetings Feb. 8 and 24 on new medical...
University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health will hold two community meetings in Havre de Grace this month to enable residents to learn more about the plans to develop a new medical campus in Havre...
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Havre de Grace officials optimistic but cautious about new Upper Chesapeake...
Havre de Grace city leaders have reserved any strong opinions about University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health's new hospital plans, saying they support the overall vision, but more dialogue and...
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Profectus BioSciences launches human trials of Ebola vaccine
Baltimore biotechnology company Profectus BioSciences is testing a vaccine to guard against the Ebola virus on 39 human subjects, a first step toward administering it more broadly to people at risk of...
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8 tips for safe snow shoveling
With the first large snow event of the winter scheduled to hit the greater Baltimore area this weekend, here are eight helpful tips for safe snow shoveling courtesy of the Snow & Ice Management...
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Chipotle stores to open later on Monday for companywide meeting on food...
Chipotle restaurants across the U.S. are opening later than usual Monday as workers gather in movie theaters and hotel conference rooms across the country to discuss the chain's recent food safety...
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Obama to ask Congress for $1.8 billion to combat Zika virus
The Obama administration will ask Congress for $1.8 billion to respond to the Zika virus abroad and prepare for it at home, officials said Monday. "We must work aggressively to investigate these...
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As their numbers grow, centenarians get more company
Each Thursday, Dr. Walter Ehrlich can be found along busy 41st Street in Roland Park, surrounded by signs protesting excessive war and expressing concerns about climate change. The 100-year-old...
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Delaware officials report case of Zika virus
State public health officials say the mosquito-borne Zika virus has turned up in Delaware. Officials say the first Delaware Zika case in a woman is travel-related, and that pregnancy is not an issue....
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Parents should monitor student athletes prescribed opioids for injuries
Students who play sports are more likely to be prescribed an opioid painkiller than those who don't play sports because of the chance of injury during a game or practice. That can lead to abuse of the...
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State health insurance enrollment exceeds goal
More than 162,000 Marylanders signed up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, a 33 percent jump from last year that surpassed a state goal of 150,000 new people on the health insurance rolls....
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State insurance regulators ban gender transition-related exclusions
State officials have told insurers who sell health plans to small businesses, individuals and students that they can't exclude coverage of care related to gender transition. Gay-rights advocates...
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Eight ways patients can avoid risky drug interactions
Experts say there are important steps patients can take to help protect themselves from a harmful mix of medications. • With every new prescription, ask your doctor and pharmacist about what other...
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Data mining for deadly drug combinations
The experiment began with thousands of patient files, millions of prescription orders, billions of clinical measurements and a single question: Could big data be used to discover deadly drug...
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Overly critical parenting linked with persistent ADHD in kids
If you've ever plopped down on your bed exhausted after chasing around your inattentive and hyperactive kid all day and wondered with self-doubt — "Could it possibly be me?" — a new study gives some...
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Plenty of fish in the sea, so start eating them
Here's some scary news about seafood: Most of us aren't eating nearly enough of it. A whopping 80 to 90 percent of Americans don't get the recommended minimum of 8 ounces weekly, according to a recent...
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Maryland confirms first case of Zika virus
Maryland health officials announced Thursday the state's first confirmed case of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus alarming public health officials with its rapid spread throughout Latin America and the...
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Baltimore retailers face fines, closure for selling K2, Spice and other...
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Thursday signed into law Thursday legislation that imposes hefty penalties and the possible shutdown of retailers that sell synthetic drugs – chemically laced...
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Hopkins scientists develop mini-brains in promising research
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are growing tiny replicas of the human brain to help the study of neurological diseases in a trend many hope could lead to better...
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Religious institutions enlisted to help keep fellow worshipers healthy
When an elderly parishioner wound up in the hospital recently, Rev. Dellyne Hinton of Gwynn Oak United Methodist Church didn't find out until days later. The woman had her pastor's number stored in her...
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In pregnancy, eating too much fish can raise a child's obesity risk, study says
Newborns whose mothers ate fish more than three times a week during pregnancy grew faster in their first two years of life and were more likely to be overweight or obese at 4 and 6 years old than were...
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