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Healthier birth outcomes cooking at Baltimore’s Mercy Hospital Centering program
WYPR - Maryland
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July 10, 2025
Becoming a parent isn’t easy — and in Baltimore, the journey often comes with added challenges. The city has the highest infant mortality rate in Maryland and received an F in the 2024 March of Dimes Report Card. But at Mercy Hospital, a global...
Baltimore leaders commend community partners for mass overdose response
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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More than two dozen suspected drug overdoses in West Baltimore on Thursday got the attention of state and city leaders. Around 9:30 a.m., emergency responders were called to the intersection of Pennsylvania and North avenues, where at least 25...
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At Least 25 Hospitalized, 5 in Critical Condition After Mass Overdose in Baltimore: Reports
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW First responders were alerted to a "mass casualty event" in Baltimore on the morning of Thursday, July 10 At least 25 people had to be hospitalized, while paramedics also distributed life-saving medication to victims in the Penn–North...
25 hospitalized after suspected mass drug overdose in Baltimore
AZ Central - Arizona
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Officials in Baltimore are investigating after more than two dozen people appeared to be experiencing overdose symptoms on an unknown drug, first responders said. The incident took place in a neighborhood on the city's westside on Thursday, July...
Meritus Health seeks liquor license for multiple buildings on campus
Herald Mail Media - Maryland
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Meritus Health seeks a liquor license for events held in multiple buildings on its Hagerstown-area campus. The license would cover spaces like conference rooms in the Robinwood Professional Center, the new medical school, and a clubhouse by...
Baltimore mass overdose event sends more than dozen to hospital with 5 victims critical
The Mirror US
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July 10, 2025
One outreach worker likened the number of collapsed overdose victims to the scene of a mass shooting. ( Image: WJZ) As many as 15 people were taken to the hospital after what appeared to be a mass overdose event in Baltimore, according to the...
Baltimore partners hand out Narcan, resources after suspected mass overdose
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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Baltimore City community partners handed out Narcan and information on how to get help after more than two dozen people were hospitalized from a suspected drug overdose on Thursday morning. People in the area told WJZ that the drug was given out...
West Baltimore overdoses leave at least 25 hospitalized: ‘It’s like a mass shooting’
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 10, 2025
A suspected “bad batch” of street drugs swept through West Baltimore on Thursday morning, leaving men and women slumped and unconscious in the streets and sending rescue crews scrambling to search the back alleys and vacant homes for more victims....
State of Addiction: Substance misuse treatment resources in Maryland
98 Rock - Maryland
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July 11, 2025
According to the Maryland Overdose Data Dashboard, 2,590 people died from drug overdoses in 2022. Fentanyl caused almost 80% of those deaths. The San Francisco Chronicle’s nationwide drug overdose death tracker shows Baltimore has the highest...
Maryland Department of Transportation secretary to step down in August
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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Paul Wiedefeld will step down from his position as secretary of Maryland's Department of Transportation (MDOT) in August after nearly two years leading the agency. Gov. Wes Moore announced Wednesday that Deputy Secretary Samantha Biddle will serve...
Dozens taken to hospital after suspected mass overdose in Baltimore
BBC
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ShareSave The incident happened around a road intersection in West Baltimore close to a subway station. At least 25 people have been taken to hospital in West Baltimore following suspected drug overdoses. Citing officials from the region's fire...
Despite serious cases, Baltimore overdoses continue to decline
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 11, 2025
The mass casualty event in Penn North that saw at least 25 people hospitalized on Thursday underscored the persistence of Baltimore’s overdose crisis, despite a recent drop citywide. In 2025, overdoses in the city continue to decline after a...
Baltimore City schools don’t use water fountains because of lead. But the new system has its own flaws
WYPR - Maryland
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July 10, 2025
Nearly twenty years ago, Baltimore City schools shut off the majority of its drinking fountains to eliminate the risk of lead poisoning — instead opting to use five-gallon water jugs. That switch has caused a lot of relief, but it also comes with...
Surgeon's instinct saves Maryland woman's life after deadly diagnosis
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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Lynda Bush, a great-grandmother from Maryland, thought she was dying after doctors told her she had stage 4 cancer that had spread to her lungs and brain. What was really going on would shock everyone, including her care team. Diagnosed with lung...
‘Unacceptable’: Baltimore overdoses follow years of drug-dealing and use at Penn North
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 11, 2025
The open-air drug market at Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood has been “beyond control” for the past 10 years, community activist Ray Kelly said Thursday. The solution, Kelly said, is more resources for drug addiction, while others say the...
Baltimore police release bodycam video in fatal shooting of 70-year-old woman
Baltimore Afro-American - Maryland
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July 10, 2025
By Kendra Bryant AFRO Intern The Baltimore Police Department has released bodycam video footage of the police-involved shooting on June 25 that resulted in the death of Pytorcarcha Clark-Brooks on the 2700 block of Mosher Street. Police bodycam...
McClain-Delaney Concerned About Rural Healthcare
WCBC - Maryland
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July 11th, 2025 by WCBC Radio Maryland 6th District Congresswoman April McClain Delaney spoke exclusively with WCBC Thursday about the recently passed budget reconciliation package. She called the cuts a “tsunami” that would affect families,...
Medical Marijuana Reduces Anxiety And Depression, New Federally Funded Study Shows
Marijuana Moment
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July 10, 2025
Medical marijuana was associated with “significant decreases in self-reported anxiety and depression” compared to before patients began treatment with cannabis, according to a new study funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse...
Where Have the Primary Care Doctors Gone? Understand the Changing Landscape of Medicine
The Baltimore Times - Maryland
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July 11, 2025
Dr. Jeffrey Gaber, practices internal medicine and leads Dr. Gaber & Associates, a medical practice located in Baltimore and Pikesville known for providing patient-centered care. Forty-three years ago, when Dr. Gaber began his medical journey, the...
Dozens hospitalized during a mass overdose event in Baltimore
United Press International (UPI)
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July 10 (UPI) -- More than two dozen people were hospitalized Thursday morning following a mass overdose event in Baltimore, officials and authorities said. The fire department responded to a report of an overdose at around 9:20 a.m. EDT in the...