Earlier this month, the Maryland Department of Health ceased providing free COVID-19 tests to state eldercare facilities, leaving advocates and lawmakers to question how…
The familiar, comforting presence of Fran Philips, former deputy secretary of public health services and Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s (R) “trusted adviser,” will…
More than 1,100 Marylanders have died from COVID-19 in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in the past five months. On behalf of…
Members of the General Assembly’s Joint COVID-19 Legislative Workgroup raised questions Wednesday about the Maryland Department of Health’s data reporting methodology, citing inconsistencies with…
In an effort to help uninsured residents weather the pandemic and a harsh economic climate, Maryland has opened a special health insurance signup window….
With a pending lawsuit and a Republican congressman calling for a federal investigation looming over their shoulders, Montgomery County officials announced Friday afternoon that they…
Maryland’s lone Republican member of Congress is calling for the federal government to investigate Montgomery County’s decision to ban in-person learning at private and…
Beyond and veggie burgers don’t taste like meat, and I’m not in denial about it anymore. Last week, after denying myself the delight of…
Immunizing kids in low- and middle-income countries against preventable diseases such as measles pays off in the long term, according to a Johns Hopkins study….
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to ravage the country, deaths of despair are rising. In Maryland, we have already seen a surge in drug…