A 90-year-old Baltimore man became Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital's first coronary atherectomy patient after doctors found a 90% artery blockage. His next goals are golf, grandkids and polka dancing.

Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine welcomed about 145 students in Hagerstown as the state’s first new medical school in more than a century, aiming to expand residency training and serve rural Maryland.

An early Johns Hopkins phase 1 trial found the mKRAS‑VAX vaccine provoked strong KRAS‑specific T‑cell responses in high‑risk patients; longer trials are needed to prove prevention.