WASHINGTON – Baltimore City has been awarded more than $21 million in federal grants to continue providing medical care to low-income residents with HIV/AIDS, city and federal officials announced Wednesday
Maryland Officials Worry Bush Insurance Plan Could Hurt Small Businesses
WASHINGTON – Maryland officials fear that a White House proposal to let small businesses in different states pool resources and buy health insurance could ruin a decade-old state insurance program
Search for Affordable Insurance Consumes Small Business Owners
WASHINGTON – John Slingluff’s business is conveyor belts
Hospitals Say Funding Crisis Could Force Some Trauma Centers to Close
WASHINGTON – Maryland hospitals say they have reached a financial “crisis point” that could force them to shut down some of the state’s trauma centers by summer, threatening what is considered one of the best trauma networks in the country
Declining Medicare+Choice Plans Leave Seniors Stranded
WASHINGTON – Clara Mae Jones joined the Medicare+Choice program in 1999 because its $19 monthly premium, prescription drug coverage and hospital rates seemed like exactly what she needed
New HIV Tests Could Mean Speedy Results For Patients
WASHINGTON – A Baltimore center will be among the first places in Maryland to offer a new rapid HIV test when it begins the service on Valentine’s Day
Cesarean Births Growing Steadily in Maryland, Doctors, Critics Debate Reasons
WASHINGTON- Jenny Haley never wants to be cut again
The Mount Airy mother of three has had two cesareans and a vaginal delivery, and found the cesarean births more frightening and more tiring, taking up to six weeks for recovery
Smallpox Vaccine Arrives in Maryland, Vaccinations Begin This Month
WASHINGTON – Maryland received its shipment of smallpox vaccinations earlier this week and plans to begin phase one of the federally mandated smallpox vaccination program by the middle of the month, state health department officials said
Prescription Drug Abuse Growing in Maryland
WASHINGTON – Maryland substance abuse treatment centers experienced a 36 percent increase in admissions for prescription drug use in fiscal 2002, according to state and federal statistics