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Fired Baltimore health commissioner under criminal investigation
BY LEE O. SANDERLIN, ADAM WILLIS, ALISSA ZHU, and MEREDITH COHN | Mayor Brandon Scott fired Health Commissioner Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga on Monday evening after learning she is under criminal investigation. Her abrupt departure, just months into the job, leaves the Health Department once again without a leader as Baltimore struggles with rampant overdose deaths at a rate not seen before in a major American city.