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Hope Connections for Cancer Support, a nonprofit in Bethesda, is celebrating 10 years of free services for cancer patients and their caregivers. “More than anything else, Hope Connections is a community of support,” Paula Rothenburg, president, Hope Connections for Cancer Support said. After she losing her dad to cancer and facing the lack of resources […]

Montgomery County is home to many top-notched hospitals and medical facilities. There is one in Bethesda that is in a league of its own. Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

UPDATED The city of Gaithersburg is mourning the loss of City Councilmember Henry Marraffa, Jr., who passed away on Oct. 18, after a battle with cancer. The city flag has been lowered to half staff in memory of Marraffa, and his seat at the Council dais has been draped with bunting and covered with flowers. […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is reaffirming the state’s commitment to fighting cancer by highlighting the recently updated Maryland Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan and by signing an Executive Order that renews the Council on Cancer Control. The governor made today’s announcement outside of the State House, where he is hosting a blood drive and bone marrow […]

State’s Attorney John McCarthy announced today that he has been diagnosed with cancer of the neck. According to a news release, McCarthy is being treated by a team of doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital and he is confident that by summer he will be completely recovered. McCarthy continues to manage the operations of the State’s Attorney Office. […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan today delivered remarks and helped to publicly introduce the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg/Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Johns Hopkins medical campus in East Baltimore. He was joined by Vice President Joseph Biden, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels, Johns Hopkins Medicine Dean and CEO […]

Gaithersburg City Councilmember Henry Marraffa watched the Iowa caucuses from his hospital bed on Monday night where he is undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia. He said his prognosis is good. “I was diagnosed this week with leukemia, an extension of the MDS [Myelodysplastic Syndromes] I was being treated for the last two years,” Marraffa wrote in […]

At a news conference on Monday afternoon, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced he’s “100-percent cancer free.” Hogan said he’s in remission after receiving medical treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. During his remarks at the podium, Hogan said he is thankful for all the love and support he has received from around the state of Maryland over […]

A bill before the Montgomery County Council could require radon testing when selling a single-family home. Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has posted a status update on his Facebook page after his first round of chemotherapy for cancer of the lymph nodes. “I’m happy to report that things could not be going any better,” Hogan said on his Facebook account. “I just made it through the first 24 hours of chemo. I […]