Maryland

WASHINGTON – Officials at Birthright Israel voted unanimously Tuesday to go ahead with plans to send close to 9,000 youths to visit Israel this winter, despite recent outbreaks of violence in popular tourist regions there

WASHINGTON – Forty-seven Maryland companies will have to resubmit clean- air permit applications to the state, after the U

ANNAPOLIS – With a Dec

ANNAPOLIS – Despite ranking 19th in state population, Maryland is fifth in the annual number of AIDS incidences, a statistic fueled by drug use and cited by activists trying to make the state do more to combat the virus

ANNAPOLIS – Jim Hill’s 87-foot chestnut tree may be the unsung hero in the battle against chestnut blight — or the attempt to grow a nearly pure American blight-resistant chestnut tree

ANNAPOLIS – Tens of thousands of low-income senior citizens have found relief from high medicine costs through Maryland’s newly expanded prescription drug relief program, health department officials reported to the General Assembly

WASHINGTON – In an unimposing laboratory tucked away on a ninth-floor hallway at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a three-person team spends its days trying to keep one step ahead of food-borne illness outbreaks

COLLEGE PARK – Sept

WASHINGTON – Holiday traditions for the Zeil family include baking cookies, decorating the Christmas tree and taking a leisurely drive past twinkling scenes of Santa playing ice hockey

WASHINGTON – Escalating costs have forced organizers of the Prince George’s County Winter Festival of Lights to charge an entrance fee for the first time this year, and coordinators fear that local food pantries will suffer because of it