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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
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