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Maryland Department of Health announces new $2.4M grant to support service members, veterans

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Health this week announced a new funding opportunity for Maryland nonprofits to establish and expand community behavioral health programs for service members, veterans and family members. Selected applicants will be eligible to receive approximately $100,000 through the Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans. “Expanding behavioral health services […]

BOLD Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimers Act

Maryland Department of Health receives $2.5M grant to address Alzheimer’s disease, related dementias

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

Baltimore, MD—The Maryland Department of Health has been awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand Alzheimer’s and related dementias prevention and care programs in the state. The grant period is from September 30, 2023 to September 29, 2028. Maryland is one of 43 states, cities, and territories to receive funding […]

Maryland Department of Health announces first travel-related death due to tickborne illness Powassan

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Health on Friday announced the first travel-related Powassan virus death in Maryland. The Department confirmed the presence of Powassan, which is spread by the bite of an infected tick, on September 22, with subsequent follow-ups reinforcing that result. “We are very saddened to report the first death due to the Powassan virus in our state,” […]

Latest round of Baltimore DPW water testing shows no sign of parasite

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—On Tuesday, the Baltimore Department of Public Works announced that the latest test samples found no traces of Cryptosporidium oocysts in the Druid Lake Reservoir. The test results were delivered to DPW on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. On Thursday, September 28, DPW announced that it had discovered low levels (0.09 Cryptosporidium Oocyst/Liter) of the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium during a […]

Maryland Department of Health announces first human case of West Nile virus for 2023

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Health this week announced that an adult living in the Eastern Shore region has tested positive for West Nile virus – the first confirmed human case of the virus in Maryland this year. The patient is recovering from the infection. West Nile is transmitted to humans via mosquitoes infected by feeding on birds that have […]

Maryland Department of Health announces positive case of locally acquired malaria

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

Baltimore, MD—The Maryland Department of Health has confirmed and reported a positive case of locally acquired malaria in a Maryland resident who lives in the National Capital Region. The individual was hospitalized and is now recovering. They did not travel recently outside of the United States or to other U.S. states with recent locally acquired malaria cases. “Malaria was once […]

Attorney General Brown confirms Maryland’s receipt of nearly $24 million in 2023 payments from distributors and Johnson & Johnson opioids settlements

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Attorney General Anthony G. Brown this week announced that the State of Maryland and its subdivisions recently received nearly $24 million as the 2023 installments of payments due under consent judgments that the Office of the Attorney General entered into last year with the three largest pharmaceutical distributors in the United States – McKesson, Cardinal Health, and Amerisource Bergen […]

Maryland Strengthening Families in Recovery

Maryland Department of Health announces $2.7 million over three years to support pregnant Marylanders in recovery

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Health this week announced Strengthening Families in Recovery, a pilot program to support pregnant and parenting women recovering from substance and opioid use disorders. “Pregnant and postpartum Marylanders — and their families — deserve everything we can do to help them achieve lasting recovery,” said Maryland Department of Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott. “This evidence-based, […]

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