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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland officials are reopening a coronavirus special enrollment period for people to enlist in the state’s health insurance exchange. Officials said Friday that the special enrollment period will run through Dec. 15. More than 54,000 Maryland residents enrolled ...

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Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center was named a Circle of Honor winner for the 2020 Minogue Awards for Patient Safety Innovation by the Maryland Patient Safety Center. The award-winning program was entitled Adopt-A-Room to Improve Patient Experience and Promote Teamwork. The ...

Howard County General Hospital is bringing COVID-19 testing to neighborhoods in Columbia with tests at two churches. Testing will be done at St. John Baptist Church, 9055 Tamar Drive, beginning July 25 from 8 a.m. to noon. Additional dates are ...

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BALTIMORE — The chief doctor of a Baltimore hospital’s critical care unit has died after contracting the coronavirus. Joseph Costa, who worked at Mercy Medical Center, died Saturday, news outlets reported. He was 56. “He dedicated his life and career ...

What is this enemy? Seven months after the first patients were hospitalized in China battling an infection doctors had never seen before, the world has reached an unsettling crossroads. Countless hours of treatment and research, trial and error now make ...

The University of Maryland School of Nursing’s (UMSON) Susan G. Dorsey, Ph.D., MS, RN, FAAN, a professor and chair of the school’s Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science; Associate Professor Cynthia Renn, Ph.D., MS, RN, FAAN; and professor Barbara ...

Following an extensive national search, longtime healthcare executive Ed Lovern, MHA, FACHE, has been selected to serve as health system president and CEO of Ascension Saint Agnes in Baltimore, effective July 20. Lovern is a transformational leader with more than ...

Howard Hospital Foundation received more than $238,000 in sponsorships and donations to Howard County General Hospital’s fifth annual Heroes in Health Care event, originally scheduled as an in-person event on June 13 but relaunched as a virtual fundraising campaign.  The ...

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LifeBridge Health is expanding care at Grace Medical Center with OB/GYN services at the west Baltimore hospital, Lifebridge officials announced Monday. Elizabeth Zadzielski, M.D. now provides OB/GYN preventive care, screenings and pregnancy care at the hospital on West Baltimore Street. ...

The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the worst health crisis in a century. Marshaled against a virus that has sickened at least 2.6 million in the U.S., killed more than ...

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