Recent Articles from Tim Curtis
UM receives $3.75 million to study LGBTQ health issues
The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center will study mental health and health care for LGBTQ people as part of a national research effort funded by the Centers for Disease […]
Md. health insurance exchange proposes subsidies for young adults
The Maryland Health Benefit Exchange has proposed providing more premium subsidies for young adults as a way of increasing stability and helping to control premium rates on the state’s individual […]
Md. biotech industry celebrates successes, warns of challenges
NORTH BETHESDA — Amid hopes for cures to chronic illnesses like diabetes and HIV, Maryland life science companies and their boosters wondered Monday what it will take to make the […]
How Catalyte plans to use its new platform to accelerate growth
Baltimore-based employment data science firm Catalyte’s new Odyssey workforce development platform could position the company to rapidly achieve scale while also changing some of the firm’s core, executives say. Catalyte […]
Viela Bio shares close up big on firm’s first day of trading
Gaithersburg-based biotech firm Viela Bio made a splash in its stock market debut Thursday, closing 23% above its initial share price and allaying fears of a depressed IPO market. Viela […]
Hotel planned near Hopkins with university branding
A hotel sharing branding with Johns Hopkins University plans to open near the university’s Homewood campus in two years, the university and the hotel company announced Wednesday. Study Hotels, a […]
McCormick reports increased sales, improved earnings forecast
McCormick & Co. Inc. reported increased sales, profit and earnings per share for the third quarter and said earnings per share would be higher for the whole year than previously forecast.
New Md. law requires vaccine reporting in state database
Maryland health care providers will be required to keep records about the vaccines they administer to patients in a state database, under a law that takes effect Tuesday. “This is […]
New law will require insurers to notify MIA of data breaches
Insurance carriers that experience a breach which could compromise the personal information of Marylanders will now have to alert the Maryland Insurance Administration under a law set to go into […]
Hopkins study: Fentanyl a preference for some opioid users
Some Baltimore drug users have a preference for fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid responsible for a significant percentage of opioid-related deaths, a Johns Hopkins School of Public Health survey finds. […]
Baltimore-based Terra’s Kitchen files for bankruptcy
The Baltimore-based meal delivery service Terra’s Kitchen has filed for bankruptcy and appears to have shut down. According to federal court filings, the company’s revenues had dwindled over the last […]
Survey: As health insurance costs rise, employees bearing larger share
The costs of employer-sponsored health insurance continue to increase at a rate faster than wages and inflation — and employees are being asked to bear more of those costs, according […]
















