Opioids killed thousands of Maryland residents in 2021

Opioid and fentanyl-related deaths have been growing nationwide in recent years.

Months after the launch of retail sports betting in Maryland, mobile options have yet to get off the ground

Nearly a year and a half after Maryland voters approved a sports betting bill, Maryland’s sports betting industry isn’t fully up and running.  Maryland entered the sports betting world in 2021 with Gov. Larry Hogan signing a sports betting bill…

Live birth and fertility rates continued to drop during the pandemic

The CDC reports that in 2020 3,605,201 babies were born in the U.S., down 4% from  2019 and the lowest number of babies born since 1979. 

Screen time and social media use increases during pandemic

Between online meetings and classes, communicating with friends and entertaining ourselves, big parts of life are now lived online and on a variety of social media platforms.