Phase one of Maryland Gov. Hogan’s reopening plan slated to begin next week
Recreational outdoor activities will be allowed to resume Thursday morning.
COVID-19 has exposed damaging racial health disparities statewide, UMD professors say
The disparity is due to a variety of factors, including higher rates of poverty and lack of access to nutrition, one professor said.
Maryland Gov. Hogan details plan to reopen state — a process that could start as soon as May
The plan's first stage shifts the stay-at-home order into a recommendation.
USM assembles COVID-19 task force to mobilize research, guide state policy
Laurie Locascio, UMD's vice president for research, will head the group.
Maryland receives half a million COVID-19 tests from South Korea
Gov. Larry Hogan said his wife, the country's first Korean American first lady, championed the operation.
Horns blaring, demonstrators flock to Annapolis to condemn stay-at-home order
Protesters in Maryland joined others in state capitals such as Austin, Texas, and Carson City, Nevada.
“The frontline”: Some system nursing students will graduate early to join COVID-19 fight
The University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore is accelerating their program so students can join the workforce.
Maryland Gov. Hogan orders face coverings in retail stores, transit systems
Maryland counties had already announced similar orders requiring face-coverings.
Black Marylanders are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, state health dept. says
Black residents made up nearly 50 percent of patients whose race was recorded.
White House declares Prince George’s County a COVID-19 hotspot
The designation means the county needs “urgent federal attention,” Gov. Larry Hogan said.