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Baltimore offers online training for heroin antidote

Alarmed by a stubbornly high and rising number of heroin overdose deaths, officials in Baltimore are looking to put the overdose antidote naloxone into as many hands as possible by expanding its av

Baltimore plans for Zika virus

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Wednesday she has formed a working group to coordinate a plan to respond to 

Baltimore launches online training program for overdose-reversing drug

Baltimore health officials on Wednesday launched an online training program to teach residents how to use naloxone, the drug used to reverse heroin and opioid overdoses.

It is easier than ever to get your hands on the heroin overdose antidote in Baltimore

It's a sad statistic, nearly every day, one person dies from a drug overdose in Baltimore.

Baltimore City Health Commissioner Wen Testifies Before Maryland House Of Delegates on Bill to Help Eliminate Prenatal HIV Infections

ANNAPOLIS, MD (February 16, 2016)– Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen testified Tuesday before the Maryland House of Delegates Committee on Health & Government Operations Committee urging the General assembly to provide support for House Bill 180, Public Health- HIV Testing During Pregnancy, legislation that would require a second HIV test to be conducted in the third trimester of pregnancy.

Currently, HIV testing is required for all pregnant women only in the first trimester. Under this proposed legislation, if a woman tests positive during the third trimester, she can be given antiretroviral medications that would virtually eliminate any chance of spreading HIV to the child.

Thousands of kids at risk of lead poisoning in Baltimore City

While the numbers have decreased significantly since the year 2000, it's estimated 56,000 Baltimore City children remain at risk.

Baltimore City under 'Code Blue' through the weekend

Baltimore City will be under a Code Blue status until Monday, Feb. 15.

Baltimore under Cold Blue Alert

Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen has issued a Code Blue declaration for Baltimore City from Wednesday through Monday morning.

New City Law Punishing Stores That Sell Synthetic Drugs

They’re packaged as natural substances sold in drug stores and gas stations, but synthetic drugs are illegal nationwide.

Health Commissioner Wen Declares Code Blue Alert In Baltimore Beginning Wednesday Night Through the Weekend

BALTIMORE, MD (February 10, 2016)– With temperatures predicted to fall into the single-digits with wind chill tonight and expected to remain dangerously cold for much of the week, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen has issued a Code Blue declaration for Baltimore City for Wednesday, February 10th through the morning of Monday, February 15th.

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