| Date | Title | Description |
| Sign up to see | Sign up to see | Sign up to see |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Governor Moore and Maryland Department of Labor Announce $16.4 Million in Rural Health Transformation Program Workforce Awards | ANNAPOLIS, MD — Governor Wes Moore and the Maryland Department of Labor today announced $16.4 million in grant awards through the Maryland Rural Health Transformation Program to address critical healthcare workforce shortages in the state... |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Nearly $3.6 Million Awarded to Expand Access to Local Food Storage and Distribution | October 13, 2026
ANNAPOLIS, MD (October 13, 2026) The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) is pleased to announce that 37 organizations across Maryland are the recipients of nearly $3.6 million through the Postharvest Infrastructure Gra... |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Howard County Youth Data Shows Promising Progress Amid Growing Mental Health Challenges | The Howard County Health Department (HCHD) is sharing newly released trend findings from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which tracks key health and behavioral indicators among middle and high school students. The data reflect change... |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Health Care Resources for Uninsured Marylanders | Maryland Health Connection is committed to helping all Marylanders understand how federal changes impact their health coverage and get connected with resources. If you or someone you know is unable to get health coverage, there may be other... |
| Sep 10, 2026 | WellCheck Joins St. Mary’s 360 Initiative to Expand Connected Care Across St. Mary’s County | Health tech company will support the $3.5 million investment to strengthen digital connections to health and community services across St. Mary’s County
WellCheck is proud to continue working alongside the St. Mary’s County Health Departmen... |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Cooling Centers to Open Wednesday, July 15th through Thursday, July 16th | Westminster, MD (Wednesday, July 15, 2026) – Due to the anticipated high temperatures and excessive heat, Carroll County Department of Citizen Services and the Carroll County Public Library will activate cooling centers around the county. C... |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Preventing Tick Bites Like The Pros – Advice from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Field Staff | July 8, 2026
Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged tick). Photo Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Visitors to Maryland’s parks and public lands should take steps to prevent tick bites and treat tick bites quickly to protect th... |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Howard County Introduces Free, 24/7 Overdose Prevention Vending Machines | The Howard County Health Department has installed two Naloxone and Safe Choice Vending Machines to provide free, 24/7, anonymous access to life-saving overdose reversal medication. In addition to two-dose boxes of naloxone, the vending mach... |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Equality in Health Insurance for LGBTQIA+ Marylanders | Maryland Health Connection, the state’s official health insurance marketplace, offers equal access to quality, affordable health coverage for all, including LGBTQIA+ Marylanders.
What you should know about your coverage options:
You may qua... |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Maryland Department of the Environment Lifts Precautionary Shellfish Harvesting Closure in Potomac River | Three weeks of water quality sampling show no effects from Potomac Interceptor collapse; Fishing is encouraged in Prince George’s County and points south
BALTIMORE (March 10, 2026) — The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) today an... |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Secretary’s Message: Potomac River Update – March 2026 | March 5, 2026
Water quality testing continues to show low bacteria levels in the Potomac River following historic spill
The Potomac River is important economically and recreationally; here, two people are seen bowfishing the river in St. Ma... |
| May 15, 2025 | Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say | Fowler didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment. State officials could reopen death investigations
Democratic Gov. Wes Moore said he has signed an executive order directing Brown to review the 41 cases and determine if any sho... |
| Apr 9, 2025 | The Fluoride Debate: A Watershed Moment for Public Health | Fluoride in drinking water has long been hailed as a public health triumph. It’s like a shield against tooth decay, a silent guardian of smiles. But now, this once-unquestioned practice is under fire. The recent legislative shift in Utah, b... |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Why water fluoridation, long considered a public health success story, is under scrutiny | Fluoride can come from a number of sources, but drinking water is the main one for Americans, researchers say. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population gets fluoridated drinking water, according to CDC data.
The addition of low levels of fl... |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Cold Water Safety: Rising Air Temperatures Don’t Equal Warm Water Temperatures | March 27, 2025
Dress for the water temperature, not the air temperature, and always wear a life jacket.
Paddlers and small boat operators should use extreme caution on the water this spring. Maryland DNR photo.
With rising outdoor temperatu... |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Theradaptive's OsteoAdapt™ SP Launches in Maryland with First Patient Dosed and $1 Million MSCRF Grant Support | Theradaptive
Theradaptive expands dosing of patients in Phase I/II OASIS trial to include clinical sites in Maryland
MSCRF awards Theradaptive $1 million to support manufacturing of OsteoAdapt™ SP and other regenerative therapeutics
FREDERI... |
| Jul 24, 2024 | Frederick County Horse Tests Positive for West Nile Virus | July 24, 2024
Department Urges Horse Owners to Keep Vaccinations Updated During Peak Mosquito Season
ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 24, 2024) – The Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health program is encouraging all horse owners to have thei... |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Health | Angry patients spur new state watchdogs to bring down drug prices | “Drug pricing is an extremely complex system, and you need experts in the space that understand how everything works,” said Andrew York, executive director of Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board. “Every state is proposing diffe... |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Measles spread to at least 3 other states after trips to Florida | Measles cases that turned up in at least three states this year were linked to visits to Florida, federal and state investigators concluded, shedding light on some of the early infections that have fueled an uptick of the highly contagious ... |
| Mar 1, 2024 | U.S. measles cases rise to 41, as CDC tallies infections now in 16 states | At least 41 cases of measles have been reported in the U.S. across 16 states so far this year, according to new weekly figures published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This is up from 35 cases in 15 states reporte... |
| Mar 1, 2024 | First Lady Dawn Moore Hikes with Local Students on Global Day of Unplugging to Highlight Nature’s Benefits to Children’s Mental Health | March 1, 2024
First Lady Dawn Moore, Maryland Department of Health Secretary Dr. Laura Herrera Scott, and Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz walk a trail at Patapsco Valley State Park. Photo courtesy Maryland Gove... |
| Dec 22, 2023 | 3 issues to watch in global health in 2024 | As we enter the fifth year of this challenging decade, life finally appears to be inching toward normal — a new normal — on the infectious diseases front.
Humans and the SARS-CoV-2 virus seem to be making progress toward a detente with each... |
| Aug 20, 2023 | A Marylander who hadn't recently traveled internationally caught malaria. Officials say it's the state's first 'locally acquired' case in 40 years. | A mosquito bites skin. Slowmotiongli/Getty Images.
Redeem now
Maryland detected a locally acquired case of malaria, the first in over 40 years, health officials said.
It comes after similar cases were reported earlier this summer in Florida... |
| Dec 23, 2022 | American Gene Technologies® Phase I HIV Gene Therapy Clinical Trial Data Published in Frontiers Journal Shows Success in Safety & Durability | American Gene™ Plans for Phase 2 Trial of AGT103-T
ROCKVILLE, Md. (PRWEB) December 22, 2022
American Gene Technologies®, a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Rockville, Maryland, has recorded data that meets the primary and secon... |
| Dec 22, 2022 | American Gene Technologies® Phase I HIV Gene Therapy Clinical Trial Data Published in Frontiers Journal Shows Success in Safety & Durability | Our primary goal concerned safety of the cell product. Our secondary objective included measuring responses to treatment, persistence of AGT103-T in vivo, responses to HIV peptide stimulation, and ability to coordinate a killer T cell respo... |
| Sep 11, 2022 | The tiny murder scenes of forensic scientist Frances Glessner Lee | Listen to this story:
A husband and wife, lying in their bedroom, their baby in her crib in the adjacent nursery. A typical family on a typical morning, minus the red bloodstains on the beige bedroom carpet and the pink and white striped wa... |
| Aug 5, 2022 | Celebrate Maryland Farmers’ Market Week August 7-13 | August 5, 2022
Visit a Local Farmers’ Market for Fresh, In-Season Produce
ANNAPOLIS, MD (August 5, 2022) – Governor Larry Hogan has declared August 7-13 as Maryland Farmers’ Market Week to recognize the 97 farmers markets across the state t... |
| Jul 28, 2022 | American Gene Technologies’ HIV Cure Clinical Trial Enters Critical Phase: Withdrawing Participants from Antiretrovirals | This is the next logical step in the trial’s progression. By withdrawing these patients’ antiretrovirals we can demonstrate whether our AGT103-T gene therapy leads to a cure. - Dr. Marcus A. Conant, Chief Medical Officer at American Gene Te... |
| Jun 21, 2022 | American Gene Technologies Appoints Dr. Jeff Boyle as Chief Science Officer | Science is at the heart of everything we do at American Gene Technologies, and Dr. Boyle’s background as a science-based C-suite executive is exactly what we need to expand our R&D team and drug pipeline. -American Gene Technologies CEO... |
| May 25, 2022 | Maryland Resources Available for Preventing and Preparing for Active Assailant Events | May 25, 2022
(ANNAPOLIS, MD) – On behalf of the Maryland Center for School Safety and Active Assailant Interdisciplinary Work Group for the State of Maryland, we offer our heartfelt condolences to the families and communities directly affec... |
| Mar 30, 2022 | American Gene Technologies Launches “The Cure Chronicles” Video Series | We believe there is hope for a cure, but we know it will take everyone working together to make it a reality and permanently end the suffering of millions of people living with HIV today. -American Gene Technologies CEO Jeff Galvin
ROCKVILL... |
| Feb 24, 2022 | American Gene Technologies Advances Closer to Demonstrating a Potential Cure for HIV | The IRB’s green light to proceed with the withdrawal study gives us the opportunity to gather additional critical efficacy data. The data we have already collected shows how close we could be to achieving our dream of curing HIV. -Dr. Marcu... |
| Feb 2, 2022 | American Gene Technologies’ HIV Clinical Trial Shows Blood Markers of Efficacy in Two More Patients | To see these markers in all five trial participants indicates that prospects are bright for a potential one-and-done therapy to functionally cure HIV. This milestone brings us another step closer to our goal of returning people living with ... |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Home for the Holidays? The Global Implications of a State-Level Cyberattack | Maryland is a tiny state. Geographically, it’s the 42nd biggest state and ranks only 18th in population. But despite its small size, the Dec. 4, 2021, cyberattack on the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) had a global impact. At first blus... |
| Jan 5, 2022 | American Gene Technologies Appoints Dr. Drew Palin as Business and Strategy Advisor to the CEO | Dr. Drew Palin's extensive medical and business background combined with his unique sense of entrepreneurship will greatly accelerate AGT’s mission. -AGT CEO Jeff Galvin
ROCKVILLE, Md. (PRWEB) January 05, 2022
American Gene Technologie... |
| Dec 22, 2021 | American Gene Technologies’ HIV Clinical Trial Demonstrates Blood Markers of Efficacy | This is an incredibly exciting milestone in our clinical trial. We believe it is possible for a one-and-done therapy to make a person living with HIV permanently immune to HIV, and this recent data increases our optimism that we are on trac... |
| Dec 21, 2021 | American Gene Technologies’ HIV Clinical Trial Generates Promising Efficacy Data Markers | This is an incredibly exciting milestone in our clinical trial. We believe it is possible for a one-and-done therapy to make a person living with HIV permanently immune to HIV, and this recent data increases our optimism that we are on trac... |
| Nov 9, 2021 | American Gene Technologies Passes Major Milestone in Potential HIV Cure Clinical Trial with Third Patient Showing No Serious Adverse Effects (SAEs) | With no serious adverse effects observed in the third participant, we’re seeing a verifiable trend in the data that gives reasonable confidence that the treatment has low risk of adverse events. -AGT CEO Jeff Galvin
ROCKVILLE, Md. (PRWEB) N... |
| Oct 11, 2021 | Free Background Checks in Maryland for Looking Up Public Records: The Best MD Criminal and Arrest Records Search Engines Online | Free Background Checks in Maryland for Looking Up Public Records: The Best MD Criminal and Arrest Records Search Engines Online Mon, Oct 11, 2021 13:30 CET
In Maryland, an official background check is used by employers and law enforcement o... |
| Sep 23, 2021 | American Gene Technologies HIV Cure Clinical Trial Shows Additional Progress with No Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) | The DSMB’s green light is a huge step forward. Now that no SAEs have been observed in the second participant, we can start treating the third patient shortly and then proceed to open enrollment of additional patients soon thereafter. -AGT C... |
| Sep 15, 2021 | American Gene Technologies Appoints Dr. Robert R. Redfield as Special Advisor to the CEO | It’s a great honor to have Bob back on board. He played a pivotal role for us as an advisor beginning in 2011, before having to resign when he was appointed as CDC director. Bob’s passion for public service is matched only by his devotion t... |