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Jhpiego, the international non-profit affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, takes on the health concerns facing teenagers in the developing world,…

With smartphones, e-readers and tablets, people can take their books with them wherever they go. But educator John Palfrey says that doesn’t make…

Perhaps you tried a new recipe during the holiday season, but it didn't turn out the way you had hoped. We conduct a culinary "post-mortem" with John…

From President Obama to Pope Francis, income inequality -- the widening gap between rich and poor -- is a recurring theme in public discourse in the U.S.…

Stricken with an autoimmune disease that sent her into years of physical therapy and doctors’ visits, Donna Jackson Nakazawa's life boiled down to basic…

WYPR's Karen Hosler reports on the steady diet of attack ads unleashed by candidates for governor, and WYPR reporter Chris Connelly follows up on his…

We take at look interesting stories, people and ideas from the Baltimore region and throughout the state. This week: Former Gov. Martin O'Malley embraces…

About a year out from the presidential primary in Maryland, we take a look at former Gov. Martin O'Malley's recent statements and appearances in…

We take a look at the Moving to Opportunity experiment of the 1990s, where participating low-income families received housing vouchers to move out of…

Midday producer Melody Simmons visits two of the Baltimore neighborhoods, where last week's shootings occurred. And speaking of gun violence, Daniel…

Latest developments on the Ebola front and some perspective on what has happened in the U.S. and West Africa over the last week from two faculty members…

The WBAL sports director and radio play-by-play voice of the Baltimore Ravens talks about his relationship with his late father, John Sandusky, an NFL…

The World Health Organization recently warned that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the worst on record, could infect more than 20,000 people. The death…

Just over halfway through this year, Baltimore has crossed a frightening threshold: more than 200 city residents have been murdered. What can be done to…

A study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds depression growing among adolescents in the United States, particularly girls. From…

With no end in sight to the opioid overdose epidemic, the oversight committee of the U.S. Congress will hold a field hearing at Johns Hopkins Hospital…

Every day doctors write more than 650,000 opioid prescriptions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In some of those cases,…

After a long wait, medical marijuana could start being prescribed in Maryland this year. Patients awaiting the drug welcome the roll-out, but it will…

How can writing and reading poetry be a lifeline in times of trouble?Ahead of a visit this weekend to Baltimore, poet and professor Gregory Orr tells us…

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic a year ago, Asian Americans have been the target of more racial profiling and xenophobia. What are the effects…