Flu Season Seems to Be Wheezing to an End, As Confirmed Cases Plummet

WASHINGTON – Maryland health officials said the number of confirmed influenza cases in the state fell to nearly zero last week, a time that they said is typically the peak of the flu season

Campaign Site Switching Leads to Tangled Web in 8th District Primary Race

WASHINGTON – Robin Ficker may be best known as a political gadfly, basketball heckler and longtime candidate — but that didn’t stop someone from appropriating his name

Hopkins Dean Joins List of Supporters for Maryland Universal Health Care Bill

BALTIMORE – The dean of the Johns Hopkins school of public health endorsed a state bill Wednesday that would force businesses to either offer health insurance to their employees or pay toward a fund for the uninsured

Study Blames Small Number of Doctors for Large Share of Malpractice Cases

WASHINGTON – Three percent of Maryland doctors were responsible for half of the malpractice payouts in the state from 1990 to 2002, according to an advocacy group that called for the revocation of those “dangerous doctors'” licenses

One Challenger Bows Out After Expensive 2002 Race for 1st District

WASHINGTON – The attorney who gave Rep