A Dad Who Traveled 1,200 Miles For Covid-19 Care Is Finally Going Home. Here’s What He Wants You To...

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/16 1:53P Health – CBS Baltimore

(CNN) These days, brushing his teeth while standing up is a major accomplishment. But Robby Walker is alive a feat some doctors didn t expect two months ago. And while the 52-year-old struggles to speak long sentences, he s now using his voice to...

FDA Advisory Panel Endorses Booster Doses Of Johnson & Johnson’s Single-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/15 8:10A Health – CBS Baltimore

WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of U.S. health advisers endorsed booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine Friday, saying they should be offered at least two months after immunization. J&J has asked the Food and Drug...

Girl, 8, Beats Deadly Condition Tied to COVID-19 At Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/14 12:01P Health – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) Morgan Dietz is known for her spunky and social personality, but in September, the 8-year-old didn’t feel like herself. “I just felt awful and I just felt blah, she recalled. She got COVID-19 over the summer. She recovered and...

FDA Panel Endorses Lower-Dose Moderna COVID-19 Shot For Booster

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/14 9:28A Health – CBS Baltimore

(AP) U.S. health advisers said Thursday that some Americans who received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine should get a half-dose booster to bolster protection against the virus. The panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously...

US Covid-19 Rates Are Declining, But Colder Weather Could Mean The Delta Wave Still Has Months To...

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/13 3:02P Health – CBS Baltimore

(CNN) This Delta variant could be the last major surge of the Covid-19 pandemic, but now is not the time for the US to grow complacent as it has yet to run its course, an expert said. We still have a couple of months to go until this Delta wave...

ASK A DOC: Dr. Dona Hobart With LifeBridge Health Talks About Breast Health & Breast Cancer...

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/13 8:44A Health – CBS Baltimore

Dr. Dona Hobart, medical director at the Center for Breast Health, speaks with Nicole Baker about breast health, when you should get your first mammogram, the warning signs of breast cancer and other topics in recognition of Breast Cancer...

Is My Immunity Waning? Doctors Advise Pfizer Vaccine Recipients Not To Worry

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/13 3:59A Health – CBS Baltimore

(CNN) There s little doubt now study after study, in real life and in lab dishes, in the US and elsewhere that people s immunity starts to wane just months after they finish the two-dose series of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. While getting two doses...

Doctors Say Trick-Or-Treating Is Safe For Children This Halloween

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/12 4:11P Health – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) With COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths dropping nationwide, doctors say trick-or-treating is one of the activities this fall that we can really engage in with lots of layers of protection against the virus. “We’ve grown in our...

Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters Are ‘Immoral’ And ‘Unfair’, Says WHO Chief

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/12 3:43P Health – CBS Baltimore

(CNN) Distributing Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in some countries while inoculations across Africa lag is immoral, according to the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO). The increasing use of boosters is immoral, unfair and...

Texas Man, 51, Charged In Maryland For Threatening Doctor Who Publicly Supported The COVID-19...

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/12 12:56P Health – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) A Texas man is facing charges after allegedly sending threatening messages to a Maryland doctor who publicly supported the COVID-19 vaccine, officials announced Tuesday. Scott Eli Harris, 51, of Aubrey, Texas, faces federal charges...

COVID-19 In Maryland: 20 Hospitalized, 27 Deaths Reported In Last 24 Hours

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/12 4:29A Health – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) Maryland reported 411 new COVID-19 cases and 27 new deaths, according to state health department data released Tuesday morning. The percentage of people testing positive increased slightly by 0.16% to 3.88%. Doctors say the new...

Southwest Cancels Hundreds More Flights; Passengers Stranded

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/12 3:04A Health – CBS Baltimore

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines canceled more than 350 flights Monday following a weekend of major disruptions that it blamed on bad weather and air traffic control issues. The pilots union accused the company of a botched response to what it...

Studies Show COVID-19 Worsens Pregnancy Complication Risk

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/12 2:22A Health – CBS Baltimore

(CNN) Pregnant women who develop Covid-19 symptoms risk emergency complications and other problems with their pregnancies, according to two new studies. The disease also puts their children at risk. The first study showed that pregnant women with...

Ravens Donate 500 Tickets To UMMS To Attend Tonight’s Game Against The Colts

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/11 10:51A Health – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) A special thank you to our healthcare heroes from the Baltimore Ravens. The team donated 500 tickets to the University of Maryland Medical System s frontline healthcare workers to attend tonight s game. The members were randomly...

Maryland Updates Data On Staff Vaccinations At Nursing Homes

CBS Baltimore (Health) 10/11 8:32A Health – CBS Baltimore

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) Seventeen nursing homes or congregate living facilities have 100% of staffers with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while nearly 100 other facilities across the state have reached a rate of 91% or better, according...