Health

The 'rent-a-hawk' forced hundreds of uninvited birds flocking to Baltimore County's landfill to take flight and not transfer garbage into nearby neighborhoods.

The Baltimore City Fire Department is working with a fleet of fire trucks that is operating with about 70% capacity and expects to ask for more taxpayer money to combat the issue.

We’ll go On the Record to look at the decline in U.S. life expectancy. COVID, overdoses, and other threats pulled the years we can expect to live from a peak of nearly 79 in 2014 -- down to 76 years. How to reverse the trend?

The 988 phone hotline already routes Maryland residents to suicide and prevention experts on standby instead of the 911 police response during a mental health crisis.

It’s mid-January … half a month into that commitment to your new year’s resolutions. The most common? ‘Eat healthier, exercise more.’ We hear from three innovative, welcoming groups in Baltimore that can help you succeed -- open to all ages and fitness levels.

There are more than 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities nationwide but only four have medical schools in operation, something Morgan State University will change by 2024 with a new school.

The founding dean and the president of MSU's proposed College of Osteopathic Medecine — Dr. John Sealey and Dr. Barbara Ross Lee, respectively — describe the goals of the new academic facility, the first HBCU medical school to open in decades.

We’ll go On the Record with the director of the Hopkins Tobacco Treatment Clinic. What does it take to give up smoking? How do you shift someone’s identity from smoker to nonsmoker? We hear how mindfulness and medication can make breaking the habit easier.

The emergency physician and public health advocate discusses the latest on continuing RSV, flu and COVID-19 threats, and answers your health questions.

Hearing aids are now available to purchase without a doctor’s visit. Who is best suited for an over-the-counter hearing aid? And will a broader market lead to lower costs? Plus, the potential of magic mushrooms to lift stubborn depression. We get a health innovation check-up!