Maryland Senator Shelly Hettleman reintroduced a bill to legalize six overdose prevention centers (OPCs), backed by Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott. Despite proven benefits, past efforts have stalled, and advocates fear […]
Baltimore’s court case against drug distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen centers on a proposed 15-year, $472 million annual plan to combat the city’s opioid epidemic through medication-assisted treatment and harm reduction […]
Baltimore City is seeking $5 billion from drug distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen (now Cenora) to fund a comprehensive plan to combat the opioid crisis after a jury found them liable […]
Baltimore is returning to court to seek over $5 billion from opioid distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen in the second phase of its lawsuit, arguing the funds are necessary to combat […]
After battling addiction following a gunshot injury, Corey Newman found a lifeline in Baltimore’s mobile opioid treatment van, which provides medication-assisted treatment to individuals released from jail. As Baltimore seeks […]
Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health and human services secretary has sparked concerns among scientists and public health officials, given Kennedy’s history of promoting misinformation about […]
Former President Donald Trump is expected to reinstate and potentially expand the Mexico City Policy, which bars foreign organizations receiving U.S. aid from providing or even discussing abortion services. While […]
Florida’s proposed Amendment 4 seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, ensuring access before fetal viability, but has sparked misleading anti-abortion claims. These claims, amplified by social media, […]
Dr. Craig Evan Pollack, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, explores the critical intersection between housing affordability and health outcomes, highlighting how unaffordable housing, instability, […]
Maryland’s life expectancy increased by 0.4 years in 2021, bucking the national trend of decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts suggest that the state’s recovery from earlier pandemic waves, along […]
