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Flu cases are the highest in years, and low vaccination rates may be to blame
Maryland, along with the rest of the nation, is experiencing the worst flu season in years, leading to a high number of hospitalizations.
FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. As Americans head into the late 2022 holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.
Johns Hopkins joins lawsuit against NIH cuts to universities
Johns Hopkins University joined several universities in a lawsuit on Monday evening suing the federal government over NIH funding.
A lawsuit, joined by the Johns Hopkins University, filed late Monday stemmed from NIH’s announcement last week that it would cap the availability of indirect funds.
Maryland sues to stop Trump cuts that could cost universities millions
U.S. attorneys general are suing to stop the Trump administration from cutting funding for costs related to research, a move putting hundreds of millions in funding in Maryland at stake.
Johns Hopkins University stands to lose million in funding from NIH for the indirect costs of research under a new directive from the Trump administration.
Ice skaters, company executives, hunters. These are the Marylanders we know died in the DC plane crash.
The number of Marylanders confirmed dead in an aviation crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that shook the nation this week continues to rise.
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 31: An airplane takes off from Reagan National Airport as Roberto Marquez from Dallas, Texas, puts up crosses as part of a memorial for the victims of the midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter earlier this week in the Potomac River, January 31, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Flights have resumed in and out of Reagan National Airport after an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to the airport. According to reports, there were no survivors among the 67 people onboard both aircraft.
Trump wants to cut humanitarian aid. These Maryland groups could suffer.
More than 100 groups and contractors will be affected by cuts at USAID, a review by the Baltimore Banner shows.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: A worker removes the U.S. Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters on February 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) abruptly shutdown the U.S. aid agency earlier this week leaving thousands unemployed and putting U.S. foreign diplomacy and aid programs in limbo.
Another Baltimore-based global aid group faces cuts: Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services may be the next Baltimore-based humanitarian aid group to face major cuts as the Trump administration’s DOGE slashes USAID funding.
The Catholic Relief Services headquarters in Baltimore on Thursday, February 6, 2025.
Elon Musk’s gutting of USAID rips through Baltimore humanitarian groups
Johns Hopkins University-affiliated Jhpiego and Center for Communication Programs have received stop-work orders, affecting at least 4,400 employees worldwide.
Jhpiego, headquartered in Fells Point, is in turmoil over the Trump administration’s move to gut a funding source: USAID.
Why a Baltimore hospital on the front lines wants to curb gun trafficking
LifeBridge Health says gun trafficking is a public health problem and it needs the public to get involved to find solutions.
LifeBridge Health asks the public to help it stop gun trafficking that sends so many people to its emergency room.
Trump froze grantmaking for health research. Now Maryland is shivering.
An executive order from the Trump administration could upend research by pausing NIH grants, which scientists say could harm health and the economy.
Johns Hopkins University campus
A crematory wasn’t cremating bodies but stockpiling them, state board says
A state board suspended the permit for Heaven Bound Cremation Services LLC after finding the crematory was not cremating bodies properly, but stockpiling them.
Baltimore County firefighters continue work at site of recycling plant fire in Dundalk
Baltimore County firefighters say they continue efforts to extinguish a fire at a recycling plant in Dundalk.
The fire at the Owl Metals Inc. facility in the 1900 block of Rettman Lane caused the partial collapse of a building, according to fire officials. (Baltimore County Fire Department)
Bundle up: More snow predicted, with sub-freezing temperatures all week
Baltimore Police have advised people to drive carefully due to icy and snowy roads Sunday night. Temperatures are expected to drop and usher in 1 to 3 inches of snow Sunday and maybe more on Tuesday.
Snow falls in Charles Village on Sunday. Up to 3 inches of snow by day’s end in Baltimore and 4 or 5 inches north of the city, according to the National Weather Service, along with bitterly cold temperatures.
Incoming psychiatric hospital CEO will face troubled system
Clifton T. Perkins will get new leadership after the state’s psychiatric hospital CEO made threats to staff.
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
Bird flu is infecting cats, cows and chickens, but no Marylanders yet
Bird flu has been found on the Eastern Shore, so how big a threat is it to chickens and humans?
The USDA is testing the milk supply since dairy herds have become infected with H5N1 strain of avian influenza, but so far have not found live virus in pasteurized products.
Why do we drop New Year’s resolutions? Blame your brain
New research from Johns Hopkins suggests people with naturally lower brain chemicals called dopamine find exercise more burdensome and may lose motivation faster.
Under Armour Sponsored Runner Willy Fink wins the Baltimore Marathon during the Baltimore Running Festival on October 19th, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. Eric Thompson for The Baltimore Banner.
University of Maryland merges engineering and medicine to turn ideas into companies
A new center in the Baltimore biopark will help develop and commercialize technology that officials say will save and improve people’s lives.
The new 4MLK building in the University of Maryland BioPark will officially open next week with lab space and an incubator for startup companies in the Center for Translational Engineering and Medicine.
PHA Healthcare ordered to ‘cease and desist’ after Banner investigation
PHA Healthcare, a drug addiction treatment provider that enrolls hundreds of Medicaid patients in Maryland each year, has been ordered by the state health department to stop providing services to patients.
An apartment complex in West Baltimore that housed PHA Healthcare patients, photographed on Friday, January 10 2025
Your dog have cancer? These Hopkins grads have a cool way to treat it
A new tool, created by a pair of Johns Hopkins bioengineering students, is the first to use carbon dioxide to freeze tumors off dogs.
Dr. Salifou Bishop, left, uses cryotherapy to remove a tumor from a patient at Loving Pet Care Hospital in Baltimore, Md., on Thursday, January 2, 2024. He is joined by Clarisse Hu, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder at Kubanda, center, and Katie Ogg, clinical engineer for Kubanda,
Maryland extends pause on some new addiction, mental health programs to tackle Medicaid fraud
The moratorium, first announced in June, followed explosive growth of new providers, some of whom were described by officials as unscrupulous.
The Maryland Department of Health is located in the Herbert R. O'Conor State Office Building at 201 W. Preston Street in Baltimore.
They entered treatment. Drugs, overdoses and deaths followed.
Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one program—PHA Healthcare—offered little help.
Amanda Vlakos was found dead of an overdose in September while enrolled in PHA Healthcare, a recovery program that offered free housing.
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