vaccine

About 97% of kids are getting their required vaccinations.

There are three main vaccines people should be considering this year.

The success of the legal strategy increases the likelihood that this becomes the first in a series of complaints seeking compensation for, and control of, Lacks’ cells.

The illness hit children hard this past winter.

Dr. David Marcozzi, one expert inside the University of Maryland Medical Center is among the thousands of doctors who are urging patients to get two vaccines — COVID-19 and flu shots — despite appetites for vaccines dwindling.

Far more residents in Washington D.C. have been vaccinated against monkeypox and some Marylanders trekked to the nation’s capital for shots.

There were nearly two dozen cases in the city which is spreading nationwide.

Maryland officials said they expect to get at least 181,000 doses for children ages 5 to 11 over the coming weeks.

A majority of Marylanders say they have been limiting interactions with unvaccinated friends and family members the last few months.

Gov. Larry Hogan says he plans to introduce legislation authorizing out-of-state nurses and nursing students to fill staff shortages in future health crises.