Meredith Cohn

Marylanders awoke Friday to widespread reports of a global technology outage disrupting transportation, courts, tolls, some of the state’s hospital systems and local governments.

Black women are more than three times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related causes.

With the first day of school just around the corner, health officials are urging kids and adults to get up to date on their vaccinations, including the latest COVID-19 booster, expected in September.

Emergent BioSolutions was supposed to be a key player in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccine production, but after a mix-up at its Baltimore plant that resulted in hundreds of millions in wasted doses, the company is largely exiting the business and laying off much of the staff.

But more than 200 households in Baltimore could lose that support if funding pledged by hospitals comes to an end in June and no other funding source is secured.

A draft bill in the Maryland General Assembly would allow six locations where people can consume illegal drugs with medical supervision.

The money for Baltimore City's health department is part of the $3.2 billion in funds allocated nationwide through a grant program created under the American Rescue Plan Act that’s specifically directed to public health infrastructure.