Maryland has launched a new statewide program that will provide free recommended vaccines to uninsured and underinsured adults through local health departments, beginning with four counties and expanding in the coming weeks.
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Governor Wes Moore announced the release of 62 million dollars to ensure Marylanders receive full November SNAP benefits, supplementing federal contingency funds ordered by a federal judge after the Trump Administration halted payments during the government shutdown.
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from cutting funding to teen reproductive and sexual health education programs that include language affirming all gender identities. (more…)
The Maryland Department of Health has launched the Maryland Combined Respiratory Illness Data Dashboard, an online tool that tracks the combined impact of COVID-19, influenza, and RSV across the state, including hospitalization, vaccination, and death data.
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined 22 other state attorneys general in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture demanding an explanation for its directive to halt the processing of November SNAP benefits amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined 19 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing the Trump administration’s effort to reinstate a Department of Justice subpoena seeking gender-affirming care records from Boston Children’s Hospital. (more…)
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting Planned Parenthood in its challenge to the Trump administration’s “Defund Provision,” which restricts federal Medicaid funding to certain health centers. (more…)
The Maryland Department of Health announced that it has consolidated three Medicaid waiver programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities into a single program called Community Pathways, effective October 6, 2025.
The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services released its first comprehensive report on chronic diseases, analyzing data from 2010 to 2023 and comparing local health outcomes to state and national benchmarks.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined 19 other attorneys general in a joint statement opposing efforts to restrict access to mifepristone, emphasizing its long-standing safety and effectiveness and pledging to protect reproductive healthcare if access is challenged.
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 16 states and the District of Columbia in suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over threats to withdraw funding from teen sexual health education programs unless language affirming gender identity is removed. (more…)