A new partnership moves the Druid Health Clinic into a Total Health Care site in West Baltimore, centralizing primary, dental, OBGYN, urgent and behavioral care. City leaders say the move is meant to reduce barriers and keep services local.

Mercy Medical Center clinicians say new metabolomics research points to blood markers that could flag Type 2 diabetes risk years before diagnosis. The findings could shift how Baltimore screens older adults.

Maryland officials confirmed a measles case tied to recent international travel and named possible exposures at BWI, FastMed Pikesville and Sinai Hospital. Unvaccinated people may be eligible for post-exposure treatment.

The CVS at 3200 St. Paul St. was temporarily closed after a Baltimore City Health Department notice cited a rodent infestation. Prescriptions were rerouted to a Falls Road CVS.

Harford County has opened a state‑certified PFAS lab at the Abingdon Water Treatment Plant that officials say will speed testing from weeks to days and help protect about 130,000 residents.

A cat found near Dover Road in Reisterstown tested positive for rabies. Baltimore County officials identified a possible human exposure and are urging medical care and pet vaccinations.

Sinai Hospital’s NICU is caring for five sets of twins at once — ten infants taking up nearly half of its 21 beds. Staff say twin pregnancies are likelier to be premature.

Harford County officials say medetomidine — a potent veterinary sedative nicknamed "rhino tranq" — is showing up mixed with fentanyl and complicating overdoses.

CareFirst has named Elevance Health Medicaid chief Kurt Small as its new president and CEO, bringing a government-program veteran to lead the Baltimore-based insurer.

Autopsies and police records link six more deaths to a West Baltimore building run by operators tied to PHA Healthcare, highlighting a regulatory gap in recovery‑housing oversight. Lawmakers and regulators say reforms are underway.

Inspections on March 19 found unsafe refrigeration temperatures, mold‑like residue and bare‑hand contact at a Hanover Royal Farms and the Dallastown Family Restaurant.

Pediatricians say a growing share of parents are declining vitamin K shots and other newborn protections, a trend tied to rare but preventable bleeding and infections. Local hospitals are stepping up counseling.

Baltimore finalized a strategic plan to cut fatal overdoses 50% by 2040, directing opioid settlement dollars to naloxone, mobile treatment and community grants.