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11 TV Hill: Lawmakers try to attack addiction (WBAL)

Jul 24th, 2016

 

Baltimore declares Code Red heat day Monday (WBAL)

Jul 24th, 2016

BALTIMORE —Temperatures are forecast to reach the upper 90s and the heat index could break 100 Monday.

Baltimore Health Department Hosts Roundtable on Long Acting Reversible Contraception

Jul 22nd, 2016

BALTIMORE, MD (July 22, 2016)- Today, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen joined clinicians, health professionals, and public health advocates for a strategic roundtable on long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) hosted by the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD).

Baltimore City Eastern Health Clinic Experiences Third Break-In This Month

Jul 20th, 2016

BALTIMORE, MD (July 20, 2016) – Last night, Baltimore City Health Department's Eastern Health Clinic at 620 N Caroline St. experienced a subsequent break-in.

Capitol Hill's Shameful Indifference to Zika (Baltimore Sun)

Jul 20th, 2016

As if the threat posed by the Zika epidemic wasn't scary enough, now comes word of a recent case in Utah where it appears the virus, for which there is no vaccine or medication, was transmitt

East Baltimore City Health Clinic Burglarized for Third Time in July (Fox)

Jul 20th, 2016

Thieves appear to have broken into a Baltimore City Health Department clinic in Eastern Baltimore for a third time this month.

Female Trouble podcast: Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner (episode 4) (Baltimore Sun)

Jul 19th, 2016

In December 2014, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake 

What Science Says To Do If Your Loved One Has An Opioid Addiction (Five Thirty Eight)

Jul 19th, 2016

When a family member, spouse or other loved one develops an opioid addiction — whether to pain relievers like Vicodin or to heroin — few people know what to do.

Public-Health Officials Across U.S. Race to Build Defenses Against Zika Virus (Wall Street Journal)

Jul 18th, 2016

With summer in full swing, public-health and mosquito-control officials are pulling out the stops to halt the Zika virus from taking root and spreading in the continental U.S.

State Medicaid Program Limits Access to a Drug Treatment, Upsetting Advocates (Baltimore Sun)

Jul 15th, 2016

As heroin and other opioid-related overdose deaths continue to rise across Maryland, some who treat addiction are criticizing a move by the state to limit access to a drug treatment used by t

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