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Thousands of Marylanders are signing up for health insurance amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the state’s health exchange Wednesday extended the window to allow more people to enroll. The state’s special enrollment period for the coronavirus will now run through ...

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Maryland will open three drive-up COVID-19 testing sites at vehicle emissions testing stations Wednesday, adding to an existing site at FedEx Field, but it remains unclear what the state’s testing capacity is and whether it would expand anytime in the ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and the state of Maryland will spend $4 million to back a Johns Hopkins University study into whether the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients can be used to treat patients suffering from the disease. The effort will also ...

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In response to the coronavirus outbreak, The Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) will open a day care center to provide child care services to Maryland’s first responders and essential personnel beginning March 30. MSB’s Pre-School and Early Learning Center, at ...

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) Friday announced financial flexibility for members and groups that are experiencing economic hardship. Customers can request a deferral of up to two months of premium with due amounts carried forward with no interest or penalty. The ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Friday announced $4 million in emergency grant funding as its initial response to the developing COVID-19 public health crisis. The emergency grants will support current grantees that are providing vital services within their communities ...

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Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price announced Friday it has donated more than 130,000 N95 masks to health care providers in Maryland and Colorado to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The masks were given to Johns Hopkins Hospital and ...

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Maryland hospitals stand to benefit from Congress’s massive $2 trillion stimulus bill, but questions about what they would get and when remain unanswered. The state’s hospitals have not yet entered a “crisis situation” over beds for COVID-19 so far, state ...

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Officials with LifeBridge Health announced Tuesday its visitor policy for four medical facilities will tighten in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Beginning at 7 a.m. Wednesday, there will be no inpatient visitors at Sinai Hospital, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital and ...

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield announced Monday it will contribute $2 million to community nonprofit organizations working to provide relief for communities’ health, social and economic needs that may arise during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This philanthropic contribution is part of CareFirst’s ...