On the eve of what would turn out to be a mass overdose incident in the Penn North neighborhood last week, members of the ...

Baltimore leaders discussed strategies for tackling the city's opioid crisis with residents in the same community where 27 ...

None of the 27 people who overdosed on a suspected bad batch of drugs Thursday in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood have ...

After a mass overdose in City's Penn North community on Thursday, Mayor Brandon Scott is launching a neighborhood ...

"Some people they be fighting the process. For one, they being traumatized while they out here on Earth," he said. “We have ...

A mass overdose in Baltimore on Thursday left more than two dozen people hospitalized, testing the city’s progress on overdose prevention.

Naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversing medication commonly known by its brand name Narcan, was central to the response of ...

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield officials joined Mayor Catherine Pugh Wednesday to announce new efforts to combat the opioid problem in Baltimore City and the region. Skip to content NOWCAST WBAL ...

Baltimore averaged around two opioid-related overdose deaths a day last year — an inordinately high number for a city of just over 622,000. City health officials, however, say that number could ...

According to the Baltimore City Health Department, opioid overdoses result in more than 80,000 deaths annually in the United States. Listen Live. ... treatment and recovery efforts.

On Thursday, Scott announced that $20 million from the settlement funds already won will go to the Baltimore City Health Department to strengthen its efforts to mitigate Baltimore’s overdose crisis.

WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.5 - CareFirst plans to invest $1.5 million in local non-profits that serve the Baltimore and Washington area.