Baltimore officials told a City Council committee the city has recorded 359 overdose deaths through part of September, while detailing how much opioid restitution money has been committed and spent so far.…
Today: November 9, 2026
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Maryland Health Connection open enrollment runs Nov. 1 to Jan. 15, with a 14.6 percent average increase approved for unsubsidized 2027 individual plans. Key dates, help lines and what to check before renewing.…
Federal changes are shrinking Medicaid rolls for immigrants, and a January ACA change could affect thousands more. Montgomery County officials outlined the safety-net response.…
New Carrollton Councilmember Cynthia Mills describes her stage 1 breast cancer experience and urges screening. The article covers what officials recommend and how to find free screening in Maryland.…
Montgomery County health officials used their Oct. 28 weekly briefing to share Halloween safety tips, urge flu and COVID shots, and note that Maryland Health Connection open enrollment starts Sunday, Nov. 1.…
GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's $4M ad features rival Amy Acton's estranged mother, sparking bipartisan criticism over exploiting personal trauma.…
Montgomery County invests over $215,000 in local food projects to increase production, provide education, and improve access to healthy food, addressing food insecurity…
The median household of Americans 75+ has $50,000 in savings. A nursing home costs $127,750 a year. That gap is not a policy failure — it's the absence of any policy at all. America is the only developed nation with no universal…
Decades after its release, Diane Keaton’s Baby Boom reads less like a comedy and more like a case study in female reinvention. As a media-tech founder and mother, I’m revisiting this classic to launch the Lifestyle Well-Being Blueprint—a strategy for ambitious women…
Parents face an increasingly difficult decision: embrace technology in children’s education or protect their developing brains. New research from cognitive neuroscientists provides a clear answer. The evidence overwhelmingly supports limiting—or eliminating—screen time for children, with striking data showing that kids with minimal…
