ANNAPOLIS – It’s just after 8 a

ANNAPOLIS – County health departments around Maryland are receiving doses of the 2009 novel H1N1 vaccine and administering it to people in target groups, but the supply is still not what health officials would like it to be, and the reasons for the continued slow distribution pace aren’t entirely clear

BALTIMORE – For Edward Behn it was the death of a close friend, who had been his roommate and the best man at his wedding, that got him thinking about donating one of his kidneys

ANNAPOLIS – More than 7,000 people across Maryland who struggle with substance abuse aren’t receiving publicly funded treatment for it, according to the results of a recently completed county-by-county treatment needs assessment

LANDOVER – Mieshay Smith’s 4-year-old son, Lawrence Marshall, was “a little apprehensive” as he became one of the first children to receive the 2009 H1N1 vaccine at Dodge Park Elementary School in Landover Friday

MOUNT AIRY – Arthur is the explorer who likes to find himself in the middle of trouble

ANNAPOLIS – Flu Information for Marylanders

ANNAPOLIS – If you come down with a nasty cough, a fever over 100 and other flu-like symptoms this fall, do you have the new 2009 H1N1 pandemic virus or the regular, get-it-every-year seasonal flu?

Your doctor might take a culture, but, chances are, you might never know the results

ANNAPOLIS – The increasing number of students complaining of flu-like illness is forcing some area universities to take additional steps to contain the virus, such as limiting routine health center visits and sending home or isolating sick students

ANNAPOLIS – Amid the focus on the possible threat from the H1N1 virus, health officials are urging that people remember the importance of the seasonal flu vaccine, which is now available at many doctors’ offices and health departments across the state