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Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott and Health Commissioner Letitia Dzirasa Wednesday announced plans for a new, centrally-located vaccination site and provided an update on plans for a coherent, collaborative and equitable approach to scaling up vaccination in Baltimore. Scott announced ...

Fourteen months after acquiring the former Bon Secours Baltimore Hospital, LifeBridge Health Tuesday debuted a brand-new emergency department as well as renovated primary care/specialty care clinics and surgery suite at Grace Medical Center in west Baltimore. The new ED opened ...

Whether cutting up fallen trees or helping replace burned-out light bulbs, older adults often need help with household chores. If they are unable to find a contractor or relative to help, they often end up doing the projects themselves, which ...

Legislation to create permanent Health Equity Resource Communities will be introduced during the 2021 General Assembly session with the support of over 250 groups and organizations in the state, including Johns Hopkins. Under the proposed bill, areas with poor health ...

LifeBridge Health is raising the minimum wage for more than 1,100 hospital team members to $15 an hour, officials said Friday. The move comes on top of a recent 2.5% pay increase and applies to team members who include frontline ...

The American Cancer Society and Pfizer have approved grants totaling more than $3 million in 10 communities focused on reducing racial disparities and helping optimize cancer outcomes for Black men and women, including the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ...

The Baltimore County Department of Health invites county health care providers to register their practice in the county’s new provider registry. Joining this registry will make it easier for the Department to get information to providers in the county as ...

The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) Midtown Campus has been awarded an ‘A’ in the fall2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing UMMC Midtown Campus’ achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is ...

As Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine rolls out in the United States and Britain, Maryland employers are hoping the vaccine will allow them to return to the office.  But it’s unclear how much the vaccine will actually change. Not all Marylanders are ...

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WASHINGTON — A government advisory panel endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, paving the way for the shot to be added to the U.S. vaccination campaign. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation for the vaccine ...