Education, Hygiene Key to Stopping ‘Superbug’

WASHINGTON – Health officials are targeting sports teams in an effort to stop recent outbreaks of a “superbug,” a drug-resistant strain of staph infection, in Maryland and Virginia

House Fails to Restore Children’s Health Funding

WASHINGTON – House Democrats are readying another bill after failing to override President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program Thursday, while a Maryland Republican has his own ideas on the subject

Maryland Gamblers Could be Hooked on Slots

WASHINGTON – Slot machines, like the ones Gov

Coalition Counteracts Talk of Lowering Drinking Age

WASHINGTON – Upper Marlboro native Jan Withers may have lost her 15-year-old daughter, Alisa, to underage drunken driving, but she still stands behind a report that 25,000 lives have been saved by keeping the minimum age for drinking alcohol at 21

Maryland Shorted $49 Million in Medicaid Reimbursements

WASHINGTON – Maryland was shortchanged $49

Kids’ Health Care Bill Advances, Veto Looms

WASHINGTON – More than 50,000 Maryland children could be uninsured next year if President Bush makes good on his threat to veto the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which was passed by the Senate Thursday

New College, Institute Put UMd Focus on Health

COLLEGE PARK – The University of Maryland welcomed its first new college in 26 years Wednesday, eight days after opening a pathogen research institute aimed, in part, at fighting biological warfare

Baltimore Benefits from Expiring Colon Cancer Program

WASHINGTON – A federal program set to expire next year gave at least two Baltimore residents a new lease on life, Maryland health officals said

Bill Could Halve Number of Uninsured Kids in Maryland

WASHINGTON – More than half of Maryland’s uninsured children could be covered by a renewal of the Children’s Health Insurance Program that is scheduled for termination at the end of the month, a report released Wednesday said