An Ocean City hotel is voluntarily closing a week earlier than planned for the season after three people who were guests developed legionellosis about a week after staying there. Maryland’s health department made the announcement Wednesday. The health department says ...

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Maryland proposed the first statewide ban on the sale of crib bumper pads Tuesday, with health officials saying they pose unnecessary risks to infants. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s informal proposal for a ban stems from a ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland health department will be discussing its next steps in an investigation into baby crib bumper pads, which some studies have linked to asphyxia and death in young infants. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s health department has drafted new regulations for clinics where surgical abortions are performed, after a woman required emergency surgery following an abortion performed by an unlicensed doctor at an Elkton clinic last year. The regulations, which were ...

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