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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2019 file photo, watermen dredge for oysters on the Chesapeake Bay in southern Maryland near Ridge, Md. The health of the Chesapeake Bay is getting a better grade in an annual environmental report card. The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, gave the health of the nation's largest estuary a C grade for 2020. That's up from a C-minus in 2019. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

Chesapeake Bay health edges up to C grade in report card

By Brian Witte Jun. 22, 2021 12:33 PM EDT

In this image for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, a blackboard at Lindy's Seafood Inc. in Woolford, Md., displays prices for crabs, April 21, 2021. The company relies on temporary workers from Mexico hired through the U.S. Department of Labor's H-2B visa program to help process crabs during high season. The government authorized more than 12,000 H-2B workers nationwide in 2019-20 for jobs at seafood plants. (Carmen Molina Acosta/University of Maryland via AP)

COVID-19 protections not offered to migrant seafood workers

By Vanessa Sánchez Pulla, Trisha Ahmed, Brittany Nicole Gaddy, Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Carmen Molina Acosta, Sophia Sorensen And Aadit Tambe/The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism May. 12, 2021 12:36 PM EDT

In this image for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, shoppers walk out of a Walmart store in Waldorf, Md., May 7, 2021. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not cited the nation's largest retailer despite employee complaints, illnesses and deaths at Walmart facilities across the country. The company says there is no proof that employees contracted COVID-19 at work. (Brittany N. Gaddy/University of Maryland via AP)

Walmart sales soared, essential workers got scant protection

By Gracie Todd, Molly Castle Work, Natalie Drum, Nick Mcmillan, Kara Newhouse, Jazmyn Gray, Aneurin Canham Clyne, Jack Rasiel, Sahana Jayaraman And Haley Chi-Sing/The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism May. 12, 2021 12:31 PM EDT

In this image from the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, a Tyson employee walks into the team member entrance at the Berry Street location in Springdale, Ark., on April 20, 2021. A sign in their path reads "Social Distancing Required at all Times" written in English, Spanish and Marshallese. (Mary Hennigan/University of Arkansas via AP)

9,000 employees sick as COVID overwhelms Arkansas workplaces

By Mary Hennigan, Abby Zimmardi And Rachell Sanchez-Smith/The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism May. 12, 2021 12:29 PM EDT

Novavax trials highlight Maryland’s COVID-fighting complex

By Rachel Logan, Julia Arbutus And Pierce Panagakos Of Capital News Service Mar. 23, 2021 02:02 PM EDT
When Novavax Inc. received $1.6 billion last year from the federal government to speed up testing and production of a coronavirus vaccine, some observers were...

Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, the Maryland National Guard's assistant adjutant general, outlines plans to improve equity in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Maryland during a news conference in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday, March 4, 2021. Gov. Larry Hogan is standing left. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Maryland Gov. Hogan expands plans to improve vaccine equity

By Brian Witte Mar. 04, 2021 05:53 PM EST

Panel to study college students’ access to mental healthcare

By Callan Tansill-Suddath Of Capital News Service Feb. 12, 2021 05:35 PM EST
College students nationwide are reporting increased instances of depression, anxiety, and related symptoms, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. ...

CORRECTS TITLE TO PROFESSOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE - Dr. David Marcozzi, a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who is a senior medical advisor for COVID-19 to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, speaks at a news conference on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. Marcozzi brought attention to mental health concerns during the pandemic when he spoke about the suicide of a longtime friend at the news conference and underscored the importance of people reaching out and supporting each other. Hogan is standing behind him. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

UMMS, state, focus on mental health aspect of pandemic

By Brian Witte Dec. 25, 2020 10:12 AM EST

Kandise Norris, shown here with her three children in a Nov. 7 photo outside their home in Somerset County, Maryland, says she has been rebuilding her life since getting treatment for drug addiction in April 2019. The Housing Authority of Crisfield, Maryland, which owns her house, has filed three eviction cases against the 30-year-old since September. (Nick McMillan/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism via AP)

In public housing, a small debt can get poor tenants evicted

By Bryan Gallion, Maya Pottiger, Kara Newhouse, Ryan Little, Trisha Ahmed, Jenna Pierson, Anastazja Kolodziej And Allison Mollenkamp / The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism, University Of Maryland Dec. 18, 2020 09:00 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 file photo, Dr. Jinlene Chan, Maryland's deputy health secretary, speaks during a news conference about battling the coronavirus pandemic in Annapolis, Md. All Maryland hospitals are expected to receive some COVID-19 vaccine in the next two weeks to begin vaccinating critical frontline staff, a state health official said Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Dr. Jinlene Chan, Maryland’s acting deputy health secretary, said nursing homes also will begin vaccinations within the next two weeks. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

All Maryland hospitals set to get vaccine within 2 weeks

By Brian Witte Dec. 15, 2020 06:31 PM EST

Two Baltimore hospitals get vaccine, 5 workers inoculated

Dec. 14, 2020 04:09 PM EST
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland's first doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine arrived Monday at two Baltimore hospitals as health care workers at one of the facilities...

UMD students to start spring semester with virtual classes

Dec. 09, 2020 08:33 AM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland will begin its spring semester with virtual learning and continue the semester with a similar “look and...

Univ. of Maryland to move classes online after Thanksgiving

Nov. 06, 2020 06:51 AM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland's College Park campus will transition to mostly online courses after the school’s Thanksgiving break due to...

Massachusetts’ protections weren’t enough to stop evictions

By Noemi Arellano-Summer, Anoushka Dalmia, Sophia Brown And Nick Mccool / The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism Sep. 05, 2020 09:00 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts had some of the nation’s strongest tenant protections during the federal CARES Act’s eviction moratorium, with thousands of...