Access to healthcare, social isolation and financial worries are some of the challenges Howard County residents faced in 2024, according to a survey conducted by the county health department. The ...

Howard County Health Department's Doula Partnership Program is helping to make sure someone is taken care of in all aspects of their pregnancy journey. The program started earlier this year to help ...

UPDATE (July 3): The plumbing issues at the rest area along northbound Interstate 95 in Howard County have been resolved and restrooms are fully functional.ORIGINAL STORY (July 2): A precautionary ...

The Howard County Library System is offering free opportunities for people experiencing substance or alcohol use to connect with Certified Peer Recovery Specialists in partnership with the Howard ...

The Howard County Health Department is now among just a handful of Maryland health agencies that offer a twice-yearly HIV injection. Howard County will dispense the biannual prevention injection ...

A positive case of measles was confirmed in a Howard County resident who recently traveled internationally, according to health officials. The Maryland Department of Health said this case is not ...

COLUMBIA, Md. (WBFF) – Howard County health officials on Tuesday announced that an individual in the county has been diagnosed with a rare bacterial infection called leptospirosis. The infection is ...

The Howard County Public School System will no longer offer free in-school COVID or seasonal flu vaccine clinics this year due to a lack of grant funding. In a September message to the HCPSS community ...

A precautionary health alert has been issued in Howard County after a sewage overflow, officials said Wednesday. Between 10,000 and 100,000 gallons of sewage have overflowed at the State Highway ...