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Affordable Healthcare a Challenge for Many in Baltimore's Growing Latino Community (Baltimore Sun)

Cecilia Ramirez is worried about her weight and troubling symptoms that hint of 

New Head Start Center Opens in West Baltimore (Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore health officials on Tuesday formally opened the first city-run Early 

Maryland Health Officials Try To Battle Heroin Epidemic (WJZ)

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s one of the number one killers in the state of Maryland.

Health Officials Try Accommodating rather than Punishing Heroin Addicts (Baltimore Sun)

She is another harried mother, on her way to pick up her child at school on a recent afternoon but with one more errand to run — to a van parked on a Southwest Baltimore street where city health wo

As Obesity Rates Rise, Cities Declare War on Sugar (10News)

There's no delicate way to put this -- America's getting fatter. And women have taken the lead.

Public Education is a Matter of Public Health (Baltimore Sun)

Every day, in each of my classes, there is a moment, after we sit down, after the academic warm up, after stretching, jogging in place, after the fidgeting, the last sneaky check of the phone and t

Overdose Deaths in Maryland Continued Grim Spike Last Year (Baltimore Sun)

Despite increasing efforts to stem the grim tide of overdose deaths, the use of heroin and fentanyl, largely in the Baltimore region, pushed up the number of fatalities 21 percent last year in Mary

City leaders Meet with Obama Officials to Discuss 'Social Entrepreneurship' (Baltimore Sun)

A broad cross section of Baltimore leaders met with Obama administration officials on Monday to discuss how to expand "social entrepreneurship" as one solution to the deep societal problems underpi

Medicaid May Pay for Prescription Bug Repellent to Combat Zika (NOLA)

State Medicaid programs now have approval to pay for prescription mosquito repellent to prevent the spread of the Zika

Baltimore Considering Warning Labels for Sugary Drinks (FOX)

BALTIMORE (WBFF) - Baltimore could become the second jurisdiction in the country to require warning labels for sugar-sweetened beverages.

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