Baltimore Receives Millions From Feds to Care for People With HIV/AIDS

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