Maryland Courts to Consider Constitutional Questions on Death Penalty

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s six-month unofficial moratorium ends today, but it’s not likely to be lifted until the state Court of Appeals deals with four cases questioning the constitutionality of the death penalty

Maryland Health Officials Bank on Early Detection to Block Bioterrorism

WASHINGTON – Maryland health officials have heightened surveillance for potential bioterrorism attacks in the wake of the Sept

County Health Departments Lack Manpower, Resources to Respond to Bioterror

WASHINGTON – Every county in Maryland has an emergency plan that coordinates responses to crises from natural disasters to chemical accidents

New Agreement Aids Navy Technology Transfer Office

PATUXENT – Naval Air Warfare Center scientists Luis Gierbolini and Dennis Goss were searching for a simple solution to a challenging problem: find a way to clean aircraft oxygen lines without using Freon, which has been banned because it depletes ozone

Maryland HMO Report Reflects More `Sophisticated’ Consumers

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Health Care Commission released its 2001 HMO report card Friday, a document that included new and very specific information tailored to consumers with chronic diseases and mental health needs

Maryland Genetics Labs Devote Time, Resources to ID Sept. 11 Victims

ANNAPOLIS – Officials are looking to Maryland genetics laboratories for high-tech help in the search to identify those killed in the Sept

Federal Judge Rules State Care of Mentally Disabled Patients Adequate

WASHINGTON – Maryland did the best it could in caring for brain-damaged or developmentally disabled patients over the past decade and cannot be forced to provide community placement for those patients, a federal court has ruled

Baltimore Fights Bioterrorism with High-Tech System to Detect Outbreaks

WASHINGTON – Baltimore City health officials expects to have an online bioterrorism surveillance plan in place by Monday, a system that they said will put them among the leaders nationally in bioterror defense

Maryland Anti-War Protesters Plan to Bring Message of Peace to Washington

WASHINGTON – Busloads of Marylanders will join thousands who are expected to march in anti-war demonstrations in Washington this weekend, a shadow of the protests originally planned for the canceled World Bank meetings here