Repeat Inspections, Lack of Staff Hamper Pace of State Elevator Inspectors

WASHINGTON – Nearly a quarter of the elevators in Maryland are chronically under-inspected, and in some counties that number nears 50 percent, according to an analysis of the state’s elevator inspection database

Maryland Hospitals Urged to Stay Calm, But Keep an Eye Out for SARS Cases

WASHINGTON – Maryland health officials have issued two alerts urging hospitals, acute care facilities and local health departments to remain cautious and report any possible cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Health Workers Question Need for Privacy Rules, but Confident They Can Comply

WASHINGTON – New federal medical privacy rules that take effect today will be costly and, at least in Maryland, largely unnecessary, say state health care providers

Maryland Gets `Fair’ Liability Climate Ranking, Nearby States Get Top Marks

WASHINGTON – Lawyers from large businesses said Maryland has a “fair” liability climate, a disadvantage when it competes for jobs with Delaware and Virginia, which were ranked first and eighth in a new survey

Strangers and Friends Mourn Marine Killed Iraq

BALTIMORE – A steady stream of visitors filed by the casket of Staff Sgt

Smallpox Vaccination Program to Continue Despite Nurse’s Death, Officials Say

WASHINGTON – State health officials said it is too soon to tell if a Maryland nurse’s death after she received her smallpox shot will affect a vaccination program that they said had been gaining steam

As Prevalence of Diabetes Rises in State, So Do Costs of Care

WASHINGTON – Jerome Goodman didn’t need the American Diabetes Association to tell him that it’s getting more expensive to be a diabetic — he sees it every month when he looks at his bills for medication and supplies

New State-Sponsored Health Plan Aims to Insure the Uninsurable

WASHINGTON – Tina Cartwright suffers from reflux-esophagitis, better known as acid reflux, but she said the pain in her stomach is coming from a health insurance industry that refuses to cover her disease