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Baltimore City Health Commissioner Extends Code Red Heat Advisory Through Sunday

Aug 12th, 2016

BALTIMORE, MD (August 12, 2016)– With a heat index exceeding 105 degrees expected throughout the weekend, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen has extended the previously announced Code Red Heat Advisory through Sunday, August 14th. The heat index is a measure of air temperature and relative humidity and indicates how hot it feels to individuals outside.

FINDING SUCCESS: Needle programs take aim at heroin crisis as it spreads from inner cities to suburbs

Aug 12th, 2016

Roughly 40 miles away from the nation’s capital sits the city dubbed the “heroin capital of the United States.” Heroin has been present in thi

Baltimore City Health Commissioner Declares Code Red Heat Advisory Through Saturday

Aug 11th, 2016

BALTIMORE, MD (August 11, 2016)– With a heat index of 105 degrees expected today, followed by a continued stretch of extreme heat into the weekend, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen has issued a Code Red Heat Advisory for Thursday, August 11th through Saturday, August 13th. The heat index is a measure of air temperature and relative humidity and indicates how hot it feels to individuals outside.

Baltimore area braces for hot weather

Aug 11th, 2016

 

Baltimore City has issued a Code Red heat advisory that will be in effect Thursday through Saturday.

As the heroin crisis grows, doctors prescribe enough painkillers for every person to have a bottle

Aug 9th, 2016

Every year in the United States, there are enough opioid painkillers prescribed to give one bottle to every adult in the country.

Sunday: "Wounded Places"

Aug 9th, 2016

It used to be that post-traumatic stress disorder was only associated with soldiers who had seen war, but over the past several years we've seen a narrative shift. A couple of weeks ago, J.

Maryland awards $3 million to fight heroin, but not in Baltimore

Aug 8th, 2016

Gov. Larry H

Baltimore City Health Department, Maryland Department of Agriculture to Implement Conduct Mosquito Control Activities

Aug 6th, 2016

BALTIMORE, MD (August 6, 2016)– In keeping with Baltimore City’s response plan, the Baltimore City Health Department and Maryland Department of Agriculture will expand mosquito control services in Baltimore City Sunday, due to a public health concern over the potential for mosquito-borne diseases, including West Nile virus and Zika virus. 

 

Mosquito control trucks to spray in Cylburn neighborhood Sunday

Aug 6th, 2016

Mosquito control trucks will spay in the Cylburn neighborhood in Northwest Baltimore Sunday night, the city's health department said.

Daily Record: Dr. Leana Wen: Hogan’s withholding of funds could be death sentence for some (August 5, 2016)

Aug 5th, 2016

Note: Originally Appeared in The Daily Record (August 5, 2016): 

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