Pasadena
Pasadena, MD · Health
foxbaltimore.com
South Baltimore residents press MDE on rising incinerator toxins
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — As toxins from a local incinerator continue to rise, south Baltimore residents are calling on the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to act. On Thursday night at 6 p.m., South Baltimore residents are set to fill the Curtis Bay Recreation Center for a hearing on a potential MDE renewal of a Title V air pollution operating permit for the WIN Waste incinerator, formerly known as BRESCO.
hoodline.com
Curtis Bay Medical Waste Incinerator to Shut Down After Years of Smoke Complaints
The nation's largest medical waste incinerator, tucked into the Hawkins Point neighborhood at the southern tip of Baltimore, has agreed to stop burning hazardous waste altogether. Curtis Bay Energy's settlement with Maryland environmental regulators will end a waste-burning practice that has drawn complaints from South Baltimore residents for years, and state attorneys plan to file the consent decree before a Baltimore judge on Thursday.
garretthealth.org
Western Maryland Food Is Medicine Listening Session Scheduled for Friday, October 2!
Maryland is exploring new ways to improve health and expand access to nutritious food through Medicaid, and community members in Western Maryland are invited to help shape what that could look like. The Maryland Department of Health will hold a Food Is Medicine in Maryland Medicaid community listening session on...
beckershospitalreview.com
Baltimore hospital deploys 1st-of-its-kind tool for earlier sepsis detection
Baltimore-based Sinai Hospital has begun using Sepsis ImmunoScore, an FDA-authorized AI diagnostic tool designed to help clinicians identify patients who have or are at risk of developing sepsis. The tool analyzes up to 22 clinical and laboratory measurements and generates a risk score assessing whether a patient has or is...