A Howard County resident who recently traveled abroad tested positive for the highly contagious virus measles, the Maryland Department of Health said Sunday.
Conditions at the much beleaguered solid waste division of the Baltimore Department of Public Works are beginning to improve after myriad problems were brought to light last summer.
The Baltimore City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee approved more than $14 million to community organizations and city agencies to help tackle Baltimore’s overdose crisis, which in recent years had become the worst ever in a major American city.
Never before had more people accused of crimes in Maryland, but deemed too mentally ill to participate in their own cases, been left languishing in jail than in February.
With measles cases rising in Texas and the death of a child, public health officials are unsettled. But Maryland appears to have a good vaccination level for protection.
The operators of The Reprieve are among many addiction and mental health treatment providers — both prospective and established — who have said delays in the state’s bureaucratic machinery are hindering their ability to help Marylanders in the midst of an overdose crisis.
In a submitted letter, an agency official wrote that the bill aligns well with the Moore administration’s goal to prioritize transparency, honesty and openness. Last year, another agency official expressed concern about a similar bill.
Concerns about the reliability of the agency’s data emerged after The Banner questioned the growing number of child maltreatment fatalities in Maryland that had seemingly gone unnoticed by elected officials. Worry about the accuracy of human services data has widened since then.
President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting any hospital receiving federal funds from practicing gender-affirming care for youths callously disregards the needs of children who are both gender- and neurodiverse, a letter writer says.