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The largest U.S. study of childhood autism to date has found that about 1 in 150 have the disorder - a higher prevalence than previous national estimates. The study involved 14 states, including Maryland.

Backup tapes with personal data on more than 135,000 Johns Hopkins patients, employees and retirees were lost by a contractor and are believed to have been destroyed, the hospital and university said Wednesday.

Lawmakers met Monday with emergency room doctors to discuss how to address crowding that one physician's group says has led to some of the longest waiting times in the nation.

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When the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission solicited proposals for its first round of grants last September, the response far outstripped its budget.

Marriott International Inc. said Thursday it will eliminate trans fats from the cooking oil used by its restaurants at more than 2,300 hotels in the United States and Canada.

When a normally docile 49-year old inmate at a Maryland prison showed signs of being intoxicated — becoming belligerent, combative and even prone to lecturing fellow inmates about the meaning of life — prison officials were stumped about where he got the alcohol.

A proposal to require sixth-grade girls in Maryland to be vaccinated for a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cancer is being dropped amid concerns there already are too many vaccine requirements for Maryland schoolchildren.

When a normally docile 49-year old inmate at a Maryland prison showed signs of being intoxicated