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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…

Citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announced Monday that the state’s special health insurance enrollment period will be reopened…

Editor’s note: Between now and Jan. 3, we’re re-running 12 great articles that appeared in Maryland Matters in 2020, in chronological order. On Jan….

By Lillian Reese, Sara Chernikoff and Laura Franklin Phone lines are busier for Baltimore mental health hotlines as demands for their services are on…

Nearly 18 months after its creation, Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board has its first executive director.  The panel has hired Dr. Andrew York, an…

More than 104,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, which was authorized by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, have been sent to Maryland…

Patient Rights

Our dedicated health care workers in Maryland are facing extraordinary challenges in the current pandemic crisis, working long hours under extremely difficult conditions. This…

A record number of Maryland residents signed up for health insurance using the state’s Obamacare health portal during this year’s enrollment period. More than…

By Ryan McFadden As coronavirus cases continue to rise across Maryland, the state is looking into testing wastewater as another way to help combat…