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As the COVID-19 infection rate increases and the death toll continues to climb, there is hope that the availability of multiple vaccines portends an…

Senate President Bill Ferguson slammed Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout on Tuesday, saying the state’s efforts to reach people have been beset by “confusion.” Maryland…

House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) unveiled a package of bills Tuesday aimed at minimizing race-based socio-economic and health disparities. “Our country had…

On March 30, 2020 Governor Hogan issued a stay-at-home order to protect Marylanders from the emerging coronavirus. The executive order was rolled out with…

The Maryland Senate moved quickly Friday to override 16 of the vetoes that Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) handed down following the 2020…

Teachers, child-care workers, people 75 and older, and members of various high-risk groups will become eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday,…

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The story of inequity and inequality is not a new one in our state’s history, and the COVID 19 pandemic has brought to the…

Johns Hopkins University and the JHU health system on Friday joined a legislative push to boost healthcare in under-served communities. More than 250 other…

A bill aimed at closing health disparities and honoring the medical contributions of Henrietta Lacks has been signed into law. President Trump on Tuesday…

Fighting off complaints that Maryland has been slow to act, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) pledged on Tuesday that the state will use…