ANNAPOLIS – Although experts are not sure to what degree, seasonal flu cases, and deaths, dropped in Maryland and nationwide this year during the height of the novel H1N1 pandemic

LAUREL – Kristine Holmes, 57, started organizing health clinics at a local church

ANNAPOLIS – When Jessica Silverman started at Frostburg State University, sexually transmitted diseases weren’t “real” to her

ANNAPOLIS – Terry Khoury and her husband recently bought their first tanning salon in Severna Park

ANNAPOLIS – Advocates of a bill that would guarantee continuous medical assistance for recently incarcerated youth reentering their communities say their legislation would help minors and save the state money

ANNAPOLIS – Supporters of a dime-a-drink tax told a Senate committee Wednesday they need the fee in order to provide essential funds for mental health, disabilities and substance abuse programs to Marylanders

ANNAPOLIS – Hundreds of disabilities advocates walked or bused from the Loews Annapolis Hotel to the General Assembly Thursday urging the legislature to partially fund at least 90 percent of people on the state disabilities services waiting list

ANNAPOLIS – Two Maryland senators re-introduced a bill Tuesday that would exclude any health professional’s apology from medical malpractice trials

ANNAPOLIS – Cancer research and substance abuse programs need to start looking for money elsewhere as the fund sustained by settlement money from lawsuits against three national tobacco companies gradually diminishes

ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland House member is trying to preserve insurance coverage for early breast cancer screenings in the wake of a November report that disputed the usefulness of those tests