ANNAPOLIS – Teresa Bero earned a degree in sociology with a minor in business administration in December 2000 at Florida State University, but come July she’ll be a nurse

ANNAPOLIS – David Greenberg has a very difficult time watching war movies

ANNAPOLIS – Health initiatives were among the few winners in this year’s Maryland General Assembly, including two controversial issues – the softening of penalties for the medical use of marijuana and the installation of cameras to monitor nursing home care

ANNAPOLIS – A medical marijuana bill that would minimize penalties for chronically ill patients caught using the illegal drug has made it to the governor for the first time in four attempts

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House of Delegates initially said no to “medical marijuana,” but then made a U-turn and passed the bill that would minimize penalties for chronically ill patients caught using marijuana

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers Thursday introduced the first bill to reform CareFirst BlueCross BlueShild since the Maryland Insurance Commissioner denied the company’s bid to convert to a for-profit company last week

ANNAPOLIS – Ernie Crofoot’s wife retired at 60 and instead of enjoying her newfound free time, she had to deal with a grim reality – with her retirement came the loss of her benefits, and, most important, the loss of her health coverage

ANNAPOLIS – Children should not be making surgical decisions, said Delegate Carmen Amedori, R-Carroll, in support of her bill to require parental notification when a child is seeking an abortion

ANNAPOLIS – CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the state’s largest nonprofit health insurer, may not convert to a for-profit company and therefore cannot not be sold to WellPoint Health Networks in California, Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven B

ANNAPOLIS – Calling working in smoky pubs a “death penalty,” Sen