Forced 9,000 miles from her family, Melissa Tran confronts what comes next for her U.S.-born children.

Despite some alarming encounters with rabid animals this summer, positive cases are not on the rise in Maryland.

A Banner analysis shows city residents wait weeks, often months, and sometimes almost a year to get a trash can when they request one.

Educators and researchers who embrace cursive say that the skill can help students’ motor skills, improve their writing’s legibility and even help them better retain what they’re learning.

Gov. Wes Moore has spent at least a portion of one in every five days out of state since he took office in 2023 — and that pace of travel has accelerated as his national profile has grown, according t...

Erica Schwartz, who earned a law degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, will lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

At one of the first licensed fully outdoor preschools in Maryland, low-income and kids of color won't be shut out of the benefits nature brings.

A public health researcher at Johns Hopkins University who was arrested by immigration officials while boarding a domestic flight has been released after spending multiple days in federal custody across...

AI majors are “the trendy thing” right now, one Maryland computer science professor said.

Though no official source has been identified, Michigan officials say their investigation points to lettuce or other salad greens.

Behavioral health advocates warn Maryland budget cuts could affect overdose prevention, addiction recovery and mental health crisis programs.

There have been 32 cases of cyclosporiasis in the state so far this year, including 28 since May, according to the Maryland Department of Health.

After failing to gain traction with adults, an inhaled insulin is marketed to needle-averse kids with diabetes.

In Good Company: Josh Levinson made Charm City Run specifically for Baltimore. For nearly 25 years, the region has loved the business back.

The layoffs this week impact the university’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey School of Business and the university’s general administration.

More than 3 million registered voters are eligible to cast their ballots in Maryland’s 2026 primary elections.

The state’s health department alerted Marylanders to a confirmed case of measles on Saturday afternoon after a resident returned this week from an international trip.

CareFirst filed a $51 million lawsuit against a pair of brothers for what the company called “health insurance fraud conspiracy of breathtaking scale and audacity.”

The family foundation of Lynda Carter, who portrayed Wonder Woman in the 1970s TV series, gifted Johns Hopkins’ urology center $10 million.

ICE agents detained two adults on public school property Thursday in a chaotic scene caught on video.

What can you ask John Waters in 15 minutes? I went for broke: His films, plane etiquette, his death row meal, his obituary and much, much more.

Locked up at 15 and released in 2024, influencer Douglas White has turned his time in prison into a calling card.

Sails of Hope Chesapeake, a primarily volunteer-run organization established in 2022, has conducted 367 sails in four years benefiting 1,748 people affected by cancer.

Since federal health officials removed the “black box” warning on hormone replacement therapy, doctors and women’s advocates have been cautiously optimistic it will mean better access to the…

Since federal health officials removed the “black box” warning on hormone replacement therapy, doctors and women’s advocates have been cautiously optimistic it will mean better access to the menopause...

Liam O’Donoghue lost his arm in a Cockeysville car crash that killed two of his friends. Friends, family, doctors and others are rallying around him.

A Towson therapist is setting up a self-guided tour of Ladew Topiary Gardens part of a movement that uses nature to improve mental health.

The Banner is a Pulitzer Prize finalist for local news, meaning the organization has been recognized at the highest levels of journalism two years in a row.

The University of Maryland Medical Center is treating its first sickle cell patient with a new gene therapy.

Leaders and scientists warn that these drops threaten future medical breakthroughs, the state’s economic health, and the nation’s global leadership in scientific research.

Campaigns for increased safety measures around the Baltimore Inner Harbor have ebbed and flowed over the years, usually spurred by families who’ve lost loved ones.

The Venetoulis Institute will acquire the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, converting it to a nonprofit to prevent the historic paper’s closure.

Over the next four years, the salary for state senators and delegates will gradually increase from $56,636 to $61,905. The governor, lieutenant governor, judges and other top state officials are in li...

The Baltimore couple is unusual in a state where half of families stop taking foster kids within the first year.

ICE agents were deployed to Baltimore’s airport for security checks, not immigration enforcement, Governor Moore says.

Some acupuncturists haven’t had their claims paid this year by the state’s largest insurer, putting access to patient care at risk.

Federal prosecutors have charged an attorney in connection to a 2021 real estate investment scheme that centers on 42 rowhomes in East Baltimore owned by a group of New York investors.

It's going to be rainy with thunderstorms possible on Monday and Monday night, with some flurries even possible.

A Johns Hopkins sophomore helped launch a project that deploys volunteers to hospices around the country to collect the final words of the dying.

In Ocean City, the snow — more of a flaky sludge, really — began Sunday evening, and it didn’t just fall. Rather, it whipped through the air propelled by gusts strong enough to knock over pedestrians.