Windsor Mill
Windsor Mill, MD · Health
The Beacon Newspapers
See you at the Expos
I am excited to invite you to join us at the Beacon Newspapers’ 27th annual 50+Expos. We produce these yearly events in both Maryland and Virginia to provide useful information and a great time to our readers and their family members. In case you haven’t been before, I can share that our Expos attract thousands of area residents who come for health screenings,... READ MORE
kentcountycrier.com
Choptank Health Celebrates Expanded Care in Chestertown
Choptank Community Health System joined the Kent County Chamber of Commerce, community leaders, and partners on Sept. 22 for an open house and ribbon-cutting at its expanded Chestertown Health Center. The gathering highlighted a growing team and greater access to medical, dental, and behavioral health care for Kent County residents.
WMAR 2 News Baltimore
New SNAP, Medicaid requirements could cause thousands of Marylanders to lose benefits
baltimorebrew.com
Part 2: MDE abruptly cancelled plan to allow independent testing of BRESCO’s incinerator ash
South Baltimore community members had lined up university experts to oversee testing and assess health impacts. Then, the state backed out. For years, community members have pressed Maryland officials to help them obtain samples they could independently test to evaluate the public health impact of the ash generated by Baltimore’s privately-run trash-burning incinerator.
baltimorebrew.com
Part 1: Citing toxic ash, residents again call for the BRESCO incinerator to be shut down
As MDE announces closure of one aging medical waste incinerator, communities blast the state for allowing Baltimore City’s even even older and bigger incinerator to live on. At a packed community hearing on Thursday, speaker after speaker decried the ash coming from the city’s trash-burning incinerator, BRESCO, that is routinely trucked through city streets and highways and dumped primarily at the city-run Quarantine Road Landfill.
foxbaltimore.com
As pharmacies close, Maryland patients travel farther for prescriptions
What are the consequences of pharmacy closures in Hancock, Maryland?. What impact did West Virginia's NADAC policy have on pharmacy reimbursements?. Why do pharmacies in Maryland struggle with reimbursement rates?. When a pharmacy closes, patients have to find somewhere else to get their prescriptions. And that can be a bigger...
Maryland Matters
Curtis Bay Energy will end incineration of medical waste under agreement with state
State officials hailed the news that the troubled Curtis Bay Energy facility will stop burning medical waste at its South Baltimore site in order to settle a Maryland Department of the Environment lawsuit charging the company with repeated air pollution violations.
kentchamber.org
Choptank Health Expands Dental and Behavioral Health Access with Three New Providers
Choptank Community Health System is expanding access to dental and behavioral health care across Maryland’s Mid-Shore with the addition of three providers at its Chestertown, Denton, and Easton health centers. Areeg Elmusrati, BDS, PhD, has joined the dental team at the Chestertown Health Center. Roland Jennings, LCSW-C, is providing...
foxbaltimore.com
Baltimore School board member resigns after FBI raid, his nonprofit got $1M in COVID funds
Hunt Valley, Md. (WBFF) — A Fox45 News investigation is raising serious questions regarding a former member of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners who abruptly resigned this week. Mujahid Muhammad was appointed to the school board in 2023 by Mayor Brandon Scott. Muhammad also runs the nonprofit...
cnsmaryland.org
Maryland delegation, Baltimore mayor brace for Medicaid changes
WASHINGTON — With new Medicaid eligibility requirements set to take effect at the beginning of next year, the Maryland congressional delegation says it is working with Baltimore leaders to protect the city’s most vulnerable populations. “As I say at any event, we have the best federal delegation to...