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 […]
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Next in Baltimore’s opioid case: Seeking $5 billion to rectify drugs’ harm
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 […]
Baltimore wants $5 billion to combat the opioid crisis. Here’s what the city would do with it.
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 […]
From vaccines to Froot Loops: Why RFK Jr.’s health-related theories have sparked so much controversy
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 […]
How Trump’s reelection could impact reproductive health in low income countries
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 […]
Do Florida Abortion Proposals Permit Procedure Until Birth? What To Know
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, […]
The affordable housing crisis is also a health crisis
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, […]
CDC: Maryland saw slight increase in life expectancy in 2021, in depths of pandemic
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 […]
America’s Childless Trend
A growing number of Americans are choosing not to have children, with the percentage of women aged 15-44 without children rising from 40% in 2002 to 45% between 2017 and […]
RFK Jr.’s Exaggerations on Chronic Disease in Children
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