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The imprisonment of John Merryman at Fort McHenry at the start of the Civil War becomes the foundation for rules of habeus corpus in the United States.

Dart frogs' rainforest homes are in great risk from the activities of humans. John has more.

Between the 1880s and the 1920s, Dr. William S. Halsted revolutionized the practice of hygiene and medicine at Johns Hopkins hospital, all the while…

Between the 1880s and the 1920s, Dr. William S. Halsted revolutionized the practice of hygiene and medicine at Johns Hopkins hospital, all the while…

How can the humanities be used to help doctors provide better care for their patients? Meg Chisolm, Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education in…

Between the 1880s and the 1920s, Dr. William S. Halsted revolutionized the practice of hygiene and medicine at Johns Hopkins hospital, all the while…

Margaret Juhae Lee used her training as a journalist to unearth the story of her late grandfather who had been imprisoned by the Japanese in Korea in the mid-1930s.

Liberty Road details the breaking of the color barrier in Baltimore County and the role of the suburbs in building a new Black middle class.

The director of Hopkins' Center for Health Equity discusses the costs of racial inequities in health care.

Now, a conversation about what makes us, us. Or more specifically, what makes me, me and you, you. With all that we share in common -- heads and shoulder,…

In the early days of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s, a diagnosis of HIV was a death sentence. Now, infection with HIV -- the human immunodeficiency…

It took thirteen months for video to surface of Laquan McDonald, a 17 year old black teenager, being gunned down by a policeman in Chicago. Why did it…

The Senate Impeachment Trial of President Trump continues today, beginning at 1:00pm EST. WYPR will be carrying NPR's live coverage of the trial.The…

In the spring of 2019, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned amid the fallout from the “Healthy Holly” scandal, where she struck more than $800,000 in…

The pace of bizarre events in the presidential campaign continues at a dizzying clip. On Friday, David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post broke the story…

Today, Tom talks sports with Mark Hyman, an author, consultant and Assistant Teaching Professor of Sports Management at George Washington University, and…

Film Critic Josh Slates previews the 2014 Maryland film Festival with guests John Waters, Chris LaMartina, and others; Bret Jaspers profiles the community…

On today's Midday, a conversation with the award-winning author and ethicist, Harriet A. Washington, about the human costs of unethical medical…

The esteemed medical historian's new book recounts the history, hopes and disappointments of electronic telemedicine technology, and examines its failure to deliver health services equitably across race and income lines.

In another of our regular conversations with the two-term Baltimore County chief executive, Mr. Olszewski discusses some of the key issues affecting Maryland's third largest jurisdiction.