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Maryland state lawmakers on Tuesday announced $111 million in grant funding for child-serving organizations across the state to help them bolster their behavioral health service offerings, including counseling, early intervention and parent encouragement programs. The grants, which were awarded to 129 Maryland community organizations — including 11 in Baltimore City and eight in Baltimore County ...

Data shows that about 285,000 women live in contraceptive deserts across the state, areas where contraceptive services don’t meet the needs of the public. The state also has one of the highest rates of pregnancies that are unwanted or wanted later.

The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete and is available in several languages, the agency said.

A difference-in-differences analysis of health care claims data evaluated excess health care costs in the 12 months following COVID-19 diagnosis among the general and older adult populations.

The Maryland Department of Health failed to adequately track federal reimbursements it received during the height of the pandemic, leading to more than $1 billion in unaccounted-for funds, according to