When St. Joseph Medical Center joined the University of Maryland Medical System in 2012, the hospital underwent an unusual transformation. The longtime Catholic hospital was no longer run by a religious institution. But it remained committed to Catholic principles, including ...

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WeSolar Inc. and the University of Maryland Medical System announced a partnership to develop a solar farm in Baltimore.

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The vast majority of University of Maryland Medical System staff members have come into compliance with the system’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements, the system reported Friday. According to the system’s vaccine mandate, employees were to be vaccinated or receive an exemption ...

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The University of Maryland Medical System announced it will begin paying a new minimum wage of $15 per hour, giving a raise to about 1,500 employees.

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The University of Maryland Medical System is donating more than 200 pallets of lifesaving COVID-19 equipment and supplies valued at more than $4.6 million to countries in southeast Asia, including India and Sri Lanka.

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With prosecutors asking for nearly five years of incarceration for former Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh, her attorneys and supporters are seeking leniency, urging the judge in charge of Pugh’s sentencing next week to recognize her career of public service ...

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Federal prosecutors are seeking a 57-month prison sentence for former Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion charges in November. Pugh is set to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow on ...

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Fourteen former patients of the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center have sued the Glen Burnie hospital and the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) in Baltimore Circuit Court, alleging that a doctor implanted counterfeit spinal fusion hardware during ...

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Here we are again. The Maryland legislative auditor wrote on Oct. 31 that the University of Maryland Medical System “delayed and hindered our work by repeatedly failing to make employees available and failing to provide requested information on a timely basis.” This ...

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Retired Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Glenn T. Harrell Jr. said Monday that he had been looking for “a new challenge” when Gov. Larry Hogan appointed him last week to a reconstituted University of Maryland Medical System board recently beset ...

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