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You may have heard of the toxic chemicals used in Teflon, but you may not know that these largely unregulated “PFAS” (short for polyfluoroalkyl…

The House of Delegates passed several bills Friday designed to bolster the state’s public health system. Some measures were born of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Pharmacists

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed an unprecedented strain on the health care system in Maryland, which has led to decreased access to health care…

Almost a year to the day after he imposed a COVID-19 emergency order, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) on Tuesday lifted most of…

Behavioral health

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to highlight the behavioral health challenges facing many of our Maryland neighbors. As someone who has lived and worked in…

Editor’s Note: The headline was changed to specify the type of care homes. A few days ago, our new President and Vice President held…

One year ago, Maryland got its first known case of COVID-19. There have been 7,740 confirmed deaths in Maryland since.  As infection rates spiked…

Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination program has been chaotic, inefficient, and contentious. The state recently launched a centralized COVID-19 vaccination registration system for its mass vaccination…

A Senate panel divided evenly along party lines Wednesday over the nomination of Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health…

An emergency measure, already approved in the Senate, to allow each of Maryland’s 86 school-based health centers to offer telehealth was voted out of…