Maryland

WASHINGTON – Maryland health officials said Friday that flu vaccine supplies will not be widely available until the holidays, but they assured residents there should be enough doses for everyone who needs it

ANNAPOLIS – Starting today, health insurers, nonprofit health plans and health maintenance organizations in Maryland will be required to pay for hair prostheses for members who have experienced hair loss as a result of cancer treatment

WASHINGTON – Maybe Savage is the most fitting name for the Howard County community’s post office after all

BETHESDA – Ever wondered what it takes to be normal? The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda has figured it out

CHEVY CHASE – That was Gov

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Insurance Administration Friday warned the state’s auto insurance companies to stop raising premiums for customers involved in accidents caused by faulty Firestone tires, or face legal consequences

WASHINGTON – A federal decision to release Medicaid funding to Maryland should help the state expand its children’s health insurance program to include families that earn up to 300 percent of the poverty level, state officials said

ANNAPOLIS – Several new state laws calling for tougher sentencing of sex offenders who drug their victims and stricter restrictions on handguns become effective today, including ballistics fingerprinting for all new guns and mandatory sentencing for firearm violations

WASHINGTON – Maryland is one of 38 states that have failed to reach out to churches and religious groups to help deliver social services, as was advocated by a 1996 federal law, according to a new report

ANNAPOLIS – The tale was one of “an estranged wife, desperate to free herself from a marriage gone stale, leaving a trail of false clues and staging her husband’s death so as to make it appear a random accident