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,” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has announced the sentencing of Vitalis Ohakwe Ojiegbe, 68, of Bowie, who pleaded guilty to one count of Medicaid Fraud for writing prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances without a legitimate medical purpose in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County in June. The Honorable Judge Carol Coderre sentenced Ojiegbe to a five-year suspended […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Health on Thursday announced the first reported heat-related death of 2023 in Maryland. The death occurred in Cecil County; the decedent was a male aged 52. “We are very saddened to report our first heat-related death of the season,” said Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services Nilesh Kalyanaraman. “As we experience more hot days like […]