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Baltimore declares Code Red heat day Monday (WBAL)

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

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

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

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

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

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

In December 2014, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake 

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

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)

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)

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

Experts Call on CDC to Break Silence on Gun Violence (CNN)

As an African-American man, Dr. Georges Benjamin says he feels like "an endangered species," due to gun violence claiming the lives of men his color disproportionately to their numbers.

The Congress of Public Health (The Hill)

This week, Congress has an unprecedented opportunity to use public health to transform the nation’s future.

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