Stateline.org reporter
Nada Hassanein is a health care reporter for Stateline with a focus on inequities.
Legislation in the Maryland General Assembly to ban menthol cigarettes failed in 2023. It passed in the House in 2020 but never received a Senate vote due to COVID-19.
A model lethality assessment practice, developed by the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, starts with an 11-question survey to determine whether a person’s life is at risk and is used around the country.