WASHINGTON – Amid the cardboard cartons, No

WASHINGTON – After the halls have been un-decked for the holidays, some Christmas trees in our area end up decorating the bottom of the state’s lakes and waterways in order to create habitat for fish

WASHINGTON – The decline in world oil reserves is such a pressing and enormous problem that it will take a project of the same magnitude as putting a man on the moon to solve it, Rep

WASHINGTON – Sen

WASHINGTON – Last year’s seasonal flu vaccine shortage and the looming threat of avian flu prompted Maryland government agencies to create a Web site filled with flu facts

WASHINGTON – Worshippers at the nation’s black churches, including in Maryland, this Sunday will hear clergy, physicians, recipients and donor families urging them to talk to their loved ones about organ donation

WASHINGTON – Should a pandemic or bioterrorist attack strike, lives could depend on the efficiency of getting vaccines and medicines to the public

BETHESDA – President Bush on Tuesday announced a $7 billion national pandemic preparedness plan that outlined three main goals — outbreak surveillance, vaccine and drug stockpiling, and public-private cooperation — paving the way for states to update their own plans

WASHINGTON – Maryland has had a plan for dealing with a widespread outbreak of disease since 1999, but it’s not specific enough and must be updated to deal with the growing threat of avian flu, both its authors and critics say

WASHINGTON – With the threat of an avian flu pandemic looming, hospital emergency rooms must find ways to combat patient overflow so they can quickly accommodate the extra patient burden such a disaster might bring