Maryland Science & Technology News

The Northern Kentucky Health Department says there's been another death associated with swine flu. The health department said in a statement on Monday that a Boone County man in his 20s with no underlying health conditions has died from the...

Homeowners who live near the site of proposed Western Maryland wind farm brought their case before utility regulators Wednesday, saying the impact on their safety has not been adequately considered. More Business "This commission is our last and only hope...

The Blackford County Health Department will begin offering free H1N1 flu vaccine for priority groups at clinics starting this Saturday. The county is receiving only a limited supply of the vaccine weekly, so the only ones eligible to receive it...

According to a summary of data the panel will review, about 10,352 people have received the injected vaccine and 501 have gotten the FluMist nasal spray in 13 studies funded by the Health and Human Services Department's Biomedical Advanced Research...

Smoking bans are effective and even relatively brief exposures to secondhand smoke may lead to a heart attack, U.S. researchers say. A report by a committee of the Institute of Medicine confirms there is sufficient evidence that breathing secondhand smoke...

That is the lowest amount for the period since 2004, when more than $400 million was collected. The drop-off is attributable to several factors, including the dramatic fall in stock prices. As the stock market crashed over the past year,...

People who continue to work part time in a similar field after they retire tend to be healthier than those who stop working altogether, a new U.S. study suggests. Taking up work in a new field, however, doesn't pay off...