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Feb 19, 2026

MD hospitals earn national AHA honors for heart and stroke care

Thirty-eight Maryland hospitals earned American Heart Association awards for outstanding heart disease and stroke treatment.

Dr. John Wang, director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at MedStar Union Memorial and MedStar Franklin Square and scientific director of Baltimore Cardiovascular Research, is the principal investigator for the Abbott Envision trial. (Photo courtesy MedStar Health)
Feb 18, 2026

MD heart care advances with minimally invasive tech, clinical trials

Maryland heart care is advancing with minimally invasive treatments, remote monitoring devices and clinical trials improving patient outcomes.

Dr. William Ashley is a neurosurgeon with LifeBridge Health and president-elect of the board of directors of the American Heart Association’s Eastern States region. (Submitted photo)
Feb 3, 2025

‘Stronger Hearts’ at BWI: ‘Smart’ health station installed at airport

Passengers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport can now visit a Higi Smart Health Station.

Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin poses with an AED (automatic electronic defibrillator) to help resuscitate heart attack victims, to local community groups following the announcement of the first program of his Chasing M's Foundation, the Chasing M's Foundation CPR Tour in Orchard Park, New York, on June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
Feb 5, 2024

After Damar Hamlin collapse, Md. exploring cardiac emergency response plans for school events

The American Heart Association is working on legislation that would require public schools to establish, utilize and maintain cardiac emergency response plans.

In this photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Lawrence Faucette sits with his wife, Ann, in the school's hospital in Baltimore in September 2023, before receiving a pig heart transplant. Two days after the transplant, Lawrence was cracking jokes and able to sit in a chair, doctors said Sept. 22, 2023. (Deborah Kotz/University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP)
Feb 2, 2024

Maryland surgeons look forward to third opportunity for pig-to-human heart transplant

The University of Maryland surgeons who conducted the world’s first pig-to-human heart transplants say they are ready to perform a third operation.

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Patrick Moran of the Maryland chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees announces the union is filing Unfair Labor Practice charges against Gov. Wes Moore's administration. (Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record)

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President Donald Trump gives a speech during the State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn on day two of the state visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on April 28, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS)

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