2+ week, 5+ day ago   (605+ words) In May of 2026, Kaizen Beauty, a local luxury nail salon located on 339 North Charles Street, brought an elevated and updated approach to self-maintenance to Downtown Baltimore. Ashleigh Johnson, the owner of Kaizen Beauty, it was a full circle moment. She…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (705+ words) Modeled after the famous book by Victor Hugo Green, the ‘Psychiatric Green Book’ guides families through mental health crises. According to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, more than 61 million U.S. adults experienced some type of mental illness…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (298+ words) Mayor Brandon M. Scott has signed legislation prohibiting smoke shops from operating within 750 feet of Baltimore schools and parks. “This bill tackles this issue that we’ve known not just in Baltimore, but across the country,” said Mayor Scott. “It establishes a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1018+ words) Parent-teacher conferences can conjure a familiar scene: adults crammed into child-size chairs, listening to teachers run through a list of students’ achievements and struggles. For many families, they can also mean frustration. Today’s school conferences are sometimes 15 to 20 minutes, with…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1024+ words) For students starting at a new school, the first day holds many questions: Will they see any familiar faces? Who will they sit with at lunch? Who will they play with at recess? "I'm this much nervous," said Iman Fair-Seldon,…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (881+ words) HIV remains a serious public health crisis, with Black people accounting for about 40 percent of people living with HIV despite representing just 12 percent of the U.S. population. Stigma and societal norms continue to derail vital conversations around the epidemic — a public…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (461+ words) A new piece of legislation is seeking to ensure funding will be sustained for the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative, which supports research to tackle preventable maternal deaths…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (504+ words) For those in the disability community, it has always taken a village. When your life is filled with doctor’s appointments, chronic illness symptoms and navigating a world that isn’t built for accessibility, being surrounded by reliable family, friends and peers…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (340+ words) By Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D Today's decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case not only reverses the last 50 years of precedent but will disproportionately impact economically challenged communities of color and marginalized groups who are already navigating…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (114+ words) High Omega-3 DHA levels in blood lowers the risk of Alzheimer's disease by 49 percent AFRO News High Omega-3 DHA levels in blood lowers the risk of Alzheimer's disease by 49 percent The ‘slo-mo’ recall of lettuce linked to the cyclospora outbreak…...