Marylanders say when it comes to economics, they are better off now than they were four years ago, but when it comes to moral values and the country as a whole, they say things are actually worse, according to a Capital News Service survey

ANNAPOLIS – Two crows found in and near Rockville have tested positive for West Nile virus, bringing the total of infected Maryland crows to 21 this year

ANNAPOLIS – When the abortion drug RU 486 becomes available in a month, it won’t be hard for most Maryland practitioners to obtain the controversial pill – if they want to prescribe it, government controls won’t stop them

ANNAPOLIS – Some Maryland health maintenance organizations say they will offer coverage for the newly approved abortion drug RU 486, even though it may be months before Maryland clinics and doctors start providing it

ANNAPOLIS – Starting today, health insurers, nonprofit health plans and health maintenance organizations in Maryland will be required to pay for hair prostheses for members who have experienced hair loss as a result of cancer treatment

BETHESDA – Ever wondered what it takes to be normal? The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda has figured it out

ANNAPOLIS – The tale was one of “an estranged wife, desperate to free herself from a marriage gone stale, leaving a trail of false clues and staging her husband’s death so as to make it appear a random accident

BALTIMORE – Consumers chose Coventry Health Care, Delmarva and Maryland Individual Practice Association as the three best health plans in Maryland, according to a report released Wednesday by the Maryland Health Care Commission

ANNAPOLIS – A doctor just stepped off a plane and is about to head back to the hospital

ANNAPOLIS – The author of a bill mandating students living in Maryland college dorms get a meningitis vaccine or sign a waiver said students’ lives are at risk because colleges aren’t complying with the law’s intent