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Thanks To Tax Break, Park Heights Gets A New Grocery Store

Dec 13th, 2015

A big tax break may be the carrot some grocery stores need to set up shop in the city. Many city neighborhoods are in what health workers call food deserts.

How Baltimore cut its infant mortality rate: Saving the Smallest

Dec 11th, 2015

Da'Naejah Felton was 16 and only a couple weeks from starting her junior year of high school when she learned she was pregnant.

Baltimore's infant mortality efforts at work in poorest neighborhoods: Saving the Smallest

Dec 11th, 2015

At 6 p.m. on a soupy Tuesday in July, the Druid Hill Family Center Y is bustling.

Five ways cities can reduce infant mortality: Saving the Smallest

Dec 11th, 2015

Six years ago, Baltimore's infant mortality rate was among the highest of big cities nationally. It was even higher than Cleveland's is now, at 13.5 deaths per 1,000 live births.

How Baltimore cut its infant mortality rate: Saving the Smallest

Dec 11th, 2015

Da'Naejah Felton was 16 and only a couple weeks from starting her junior year of high school when she learned she was pregnant.

Baltimore's infant mortality efforts at work in poorest neighborhoods: Saving the Smallest

Dec 11th, 2015

At 6 p.m. on a soupy Tuesday in July, the Druid Hill Family Center Y is bustling.

Five ways cities can reduce infant mortality: Saving the Smallest

Dec 11th, 2015

Six years ago, Baltimore's infant mortality rate was among the highest of big cities nationally. It was even higher than Cleveland's is now, at 13.5 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Baltimore’s B’more for Healthy Babies Honored at MACo Conference with Local Governance Best Practices Award

Dec 10th, 2015

CAMBRIDGE, MD (December 10, 2015)– Recognizing the program’s immense success reducing infant mortality rates, the Baltimore City Health Department’s innovative B’more for Healthy Babies (BHB) initiative was awarded the Academy for Excellence in Local Governance County Best Practices Award today during the Inaugural Banquet and Awards Ceremony at the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) Winter Conference.

Health Commissioner Wen Testifies About Opioid Epidemic Before Senate Committee

Dec 10th, 2015

On Tuesday, Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen testified at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.

Commissioner Wen Testifies before U.S. Senate HELP Committee on Baltimore City’s Efforts to End Nation’s Opioid Epidemic

Dec 8th, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 8, 2015)– Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen testified Tuesday before the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) to offer her perspective on the opioid epidemic affecting millions across the country, and to propose suggestions to improve federal policies to combat and ultimately end opioid use disorders abuse and overdose.

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