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    A coalition is trying to get Baltimore’s biggest nonprofits to pay the city more
    Advocates are backing a City Council bill that would create a task force to help renegotiate Baltimore's PILOT with nonprofits.
    1199SEIU Senior Policy Analyst Loraine Arikat speaks during a 2023 kickoff event for With Us for Us, a coalition seeking to increase what nonprofits pay the city each year for services.
    What you need to know to stay safe after measles case in Maryland
    There was a measles case found in Maryland. Here is what we know about who was exposed and what to do.
    LUBBOCK, TEXAS - MARCH 01: Raynard Covarrubio fills a syringe with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine at a vaccine clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department on March 1, 2025 in Lubbock, Texas. Cases of Measles are on the rise in West Texas as over 150 confirmed case have been seen with one confirmed death.
    What we know about Trump’s FDA pick, Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary
    Makary is considered one of Trump’s more conventional health nominees and is widely expected to be confirmed.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 06: Dr. Martin Makary, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Dr. Makary is a cancer surgeon, researcher at Johns Hopkins University, and has also been a Fox News commentator.
    Upset by ‘horrid conditions’ in drug treatment, Maryland lawmaker calls for more oversight
    A Baltimore Democrat is pushing a new bill to improve state oversight of drug addiction treatment centers.
    Del. Sandy Rosenberg, a Baltimore City Democrat, introduced a bill that calls for the Maryland Department of Health to submit reports this year and next on how it is improving regulation of addiction treatment programs and recovery residences.
    Measles case reported in Howard County, unrelated to outbreak in Southwest U.S.
    A Howard County resident who recently traveled abroad tested positive for the highly contagious virus measles, the Maryland Department of Health said Sunday.
    PROVO, UT - APRIL 29: A nurse gives Michaella a measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine made by Merck at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019 in Provo, Utah. These were Michaella's first ever vaccinations. She asked that only her first name be used.
    Black Baltimoreans feel more climate anxiety, new survey finds
    Johns Hopkins researchers believe their findings represent the first assessment of how Baltimore-area residents think about climate change.
    From left, Baltimore residents Jeffrey Barnes, Sarah Broadwater, and Kelly Cross.
    New IG report shows improving conditions at Baltimore DPW
    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.
    A new report from Baltimore's inspector general has found conditions improving at Department of Public Works facilities.
    In the shadow of political clashes, Baltimore makes progress on overdose strategy
    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.
    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.
    Record number of people with mental illness languishing in Maryland jails waiting for hospital beds
    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.
    The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
    Renowned geneticist Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging ‘respect’ for embattled workers
    Dr. Francis Collins came to the NIH in 1993 to lead the Human Genome Project, which in 2003 completed mapping the human DNA instruction book.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 26:  National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins holds up a model of the coronavirus as he testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee looking into the budget estimates for National Institute of Health (NIH) and the state of medical research on Capitol Hill, May 26, 2021 in Washington, DC.
    A child died from measles in Texas. How protected is Maryland from an outbreak?
    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.
    PROVO, UT - APRIL 29: A nurse gives Michaella a measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine made by Merck at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019 in Provo, Utah. These were Michaella's first ever vaccinations. She asked that only her first name be used.
    Johns Hopkins bet big on federal funding. The losses could now be $200 million a year.
    The Trump cost-cutting measures for health research would prompt layoffs, the Johns Hopkins University says.
    Emily Ariail preps DNA for protein purification in the lab at the Translational Tissue Engineering Center, adjacent to Johns Hopkins Hospital, on February 21, 2025.
    Ready but unable to open: New treatment providers face hurdles in Maryland
    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.
    Melissa McCarthy at The Reprieve, a residential treatment center in Carroll County that she and her business partner have been unable to open due to delays with the Maryland Department of Health.
    Egg prices nationwide hit record high amid bird flu outbreak
    Egg prices hit a record high in January as avian influenza continues decimating flocks around the country and in Maryland.
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted that already record-high egg prices will increase an additional 20% this year.
    Legionella again detected at 3 Baltimore courthouses
    Elevated levels of the Legionella bacteria were again detected at three Baltimore City courthouses, the mayor’s office announced on Friday.
    Baltimore City District (People's) Courthouse at 501 E. Fayette Street
    Maryland child welfare agency backs bill to boost transparency on abuse deaths
    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.
    Del. Susan McComas, a Harford County Republican, at the Maryland State House in 2024.
    Penalties recommended for child welfare agency over missing data on foster kids, deaths
    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.
    Maryland hospitals agreed to cost controls. Now they say they need more money.
    Hospitals say the system is on the verge of crisis, with access to care increasingly at stake.
    Hospitals in Maryland are participating in a statewide program to keep costs in check, but some officials say the system needs updating to maintain access for patients.
    Baltimore County seeks to expand Quick Response Team for overdoses
    Baltimore County residents are treated for nonfatal opioid overdoses more than 1,500 times a year, according to state data.
    From left, certified peer recovery specialist Roger Miller, paramedic first class Carlos Velez and emergency medical services Capt. Amanda Wensel stand in front of a transport van the county's Quick Response Team uses in its overdose response efforts.
    Letter: Trump order prohibiting gender-affirming care for youths is cruel, harmful
    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.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.
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