Senator Clarence Lam

The audit released late last month criticized the Maryland Department of Health for not holding the contractor, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, accountable.

At a joint committee hearing, former county health officers and a whistleblower raised concerns.

The vote comes after lengthy debate

Dennis Schrader, who has served as Maryland's acting health secretary since December, cleared a key hurdle toward being the official head of the department, but still needs confirmation by the full state Senate.

Racial inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates persist in Maryland, despite a rise in overall vaccination rate.At Monday’s weekly senate vaccine…

Maryland is set to launch an online portal for all of its COVID-19 mass vaccination sites in March. Acting State Health Secretary Dennis Schrader made the…

Maryland senators, already frustrated over what they call the inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccine in the state,criticized the state health…

Responding to complaints from residents who can’t get an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination, acting State Health Secretary Dennis Schrader suggested…

Some Maryland hospitals have told officials they aren’t getting enough second doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine. State lawmakers raised concerns about…

State legislators on Wednesday received a bleak picture of life at the Maryland Environmental Service under the leadership of former director Roy McGrath.…