ANNAPOLIS – Maryland hospitals are increasing staff training and drills to prevent operating room blazes, after a health care commission issued a warning about underreported surgical fires

ANNAPOLIS – Kindly neighbors may think they’re doing the right thing by tossing granola bars or boxed raisins into trick-or-treaters’ bags, but what they don’t know is that these “candies in costume” can be more harmful to teeth than chocolate

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s emergency medical system is considering changing the role of private companies in air transports from accident scenes, but the State Police and lawmakers said any change would disrupt emergency services

ANNAPOLIS – A Montgomery County Delegate has her sights set on reducing childhood obesity, but she won’t be including a higher premium charge for overweight people in the package of legislation she plans to introduce into the next General Assembly session

ANNAPOLIS – The Carroll County General Hospital Board last month passed a controversial policy limiting the work doctors with privileges at the hospital may perform in their practices, and now physicians are alarmed

ANNAPOLIS – Twelve of the 82 migrant labor camps in Maryland failed to pass housing inspections this year, the state health department said Wednesday

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland loosened laws affecting personal health this month by permitting a marijuana-for-medical-use court defense, allowing public nursing and easing access to pharmacy information for the public and Medicaid recipients

ANNAPOLIS – Steve Robertson faced a $3,000 hospital bill after losing his 8-year-old Rottweiler, Duke, to cancer – a steep bill he didn’t care to repeat

ANNAPOLIS – After two back surgeries left him with movement in only one leg, John Kasuda, 61, wasn’t sure he would ever walk again, let alone golf

ANNAPOLIS – Down the road, Maryland’s more than 4 million vehicle owners may be facing another fee increase to pay for the rising cost of emergency services, even though vehicle registration fees have risen by $5