Maryland's New Health Insurance Marketplace: What You Should Know

10/22/2013

Maryland Health Connection is Maryland’s new health insurance marketplace. Learn more about this marketplace, how it works, how to navigate it, how to compare different insurance plans and how to submit an application.

Edward St. John Donates $1 Million to New Shock Trauma Critical Care Tower at University of Maryland Medical Center

Business and community leader Edward St. John has pledged $1 million to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in support of the new Shock Trauma Critical Care Tower, scheduled to open this Fall.

NIH Renews Funding for University of Maryland Vaccine Research in Response to Emerging Public Health Issues

The University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development in Baltimore has won renewal of a contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct basic and clinical vaccine research.

Protecting Specific Area of the Brain During Whole-Brain Radiation Substantially Reduces Rate of Memory Loss In Cancer Patients

Protecting the stem cells that reside in and around the hippocampus – a C-shaped area in the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain associated with the ability to form and store memories – substantially reduces the rate of cancer patients’ memory loss during whole-brain radiotherapy without a significant risk of recurrence in that area of the brain, a new study shows.