Health Information

COVID Vaccination and Testing   

The Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) offers free vaccinations to residents 6 months and older.  

You can register for your vaccination or booster, or you can select a walk-up clinic. 
See all upcoming walk-up vaccination clinics 
Register for a vaccination appointment 

If you need assistance in Spanish, call Esperanza Center at 667-600-2314 to schedule testing or a vaccination appointment.  

For more information about vaccines, please visit the BCHD COVID-19 vaccine information page

For more information about testing, please visit BCHD COVID-19 testing information page.  

You can download graphics with important information about booster doses in the following languages:

  • Amharic  

  • Arabic 

  • English 

  • French 

  • Korean 

  • Simplified Chinese 

  • Spanish 

  • Swahili 

  • Tigrinya 


Health Insurance 

You may be eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan through Maryland Health Connection, the state’s official health insurance marketplace, if you are present in the US under certain immigration statuses or if you have applied for certain lawfully present statuses. Visit MarylandHealthConnection.gov (in English) or MarylandHealthConnection.gov/es (en español) to find out if you are eligible for free or low-cost health insurance and if you can enroll now. You can enroll in Medicaid year round.