The Medicare Open Enrollment period is from October 15 through December 7. All Medicare recipients can change their Medicare health plan and prescription drug coverage for 2015. Baltimore City residents can call Maryland Access Point at 410-396-2273 to get additional information.
More than six in every thousand babies in Maryland die before their first birthday. In Baltimore, the infant mortality rate is even higher – 10.3 deaths in the first year for every thousand live births – although the rate has been heading down in recent years.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plans to announce a new task force Wednesday that will spend the next nine months studying heroin and substance abuse in Baltimore and developing ideas for the city to better coordinate treatment options.
Antoine Dow is a 40-year-old Baltimore barber who never passes on an opportunity to talk about a lifesaving issue - safe Sleep for babies. Dearea Matthews is a 29-year-old Baltimore mother who experienced a tragic loss. Antoine, Dearea and others are interviewed for this excellent story about Baltimore's efforts to protect babies.
National HIV / AIDS Aging Awareness Day is September 18th. Aging is a part of life, HIV doesn’t have to be! There is free HIV testing available at Baltimore City Senior Centers all month.
September is National Preparedness Month, and this year's theme is "Be Disaster Aware. Take Action To Prepare." Check out the many resources and tips provided by BCHD's Office of Public Health Preparedness & Response here.
When eight high school students are commissioned to make a graphic novel about sexual health, don't be surprised if the result includes pet dragons, a troll with genital warts and a guy named Funk Master Flexin'. These comedic touches appear in a booklet created during a six-week summer program for students at the Baltimore City Health Department that aims to raise awareness about sexual health.
BALTIMORE - It's a disease that claimed millions of lives all over the world and here at home in Baltimore we've seen our fair share of cases, ranking our city as one of the top in the country for HIV cases. With about 13,000 people diagnosed with the virus in the city Health Department officials are getting creative with a program that could turn those numbers around. It's called Protect Baltimore.
