3 more probable flu cases in Md.
State health officials reported Wednesday three new probable cases of swine flu in Maryland. The cases, which include two children from Prince George's County and one child from Anne Arundel Count, bring the state's tally of probable cases to 18. Maryland also has four confirmed cases of the virus, known as H1N1, which has spread rapidly across the country since an outbreak in Mexico last week. Nationwide, at least 1,487 probable and confirmed cases have been found in 44 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Agency officials say that the virus, while spreading, appears less severe than initially suspected, but are advising people to continue to take precautions, such as frequent hand washing and staying home if they have flu-like symptoms.
Schaefer recovering at Hopkins Hospital
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Former Gov. William Donald Schaefer was recovering at Johns Hopkins Hospital on Wednesday, the day after doctors inserted a pacemaker in his chest. Doctors discovered Schaefer, 87, needed the device during an examination prompted by a fall Friday at his apartment in the Charlestown retirement community, said Lainy LeBow-Sachs, a longtime aide. "He fell down, which was good, because they realized" he needed a pacemaker, LeBow-Sachs said. "They took him to St. Agnes and I moved him to Hopkins. ... They're fabulous. Hopkins has been just fabulous to him." Schaefer spent 50 years in elective office as a Baltimore city councilman, City Council president, mayor, governor and state comptroller. He was doing well and was expected to return to Charlestown in a few days, LeBow-Sachs said.
Plane's blown tire shuts BWI runway
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Five crew members with minor injuries were treated after a military charter flight blew a tire while landing at BWI Marshall Airport on Wednesday afternoon, an airport spokesman said. Officials shut down one of BWI's two commercial runways at about 1 p.m. while the 168 passengers disembarked from the World Airways DC-10 flight from Germany, said BWI spokesman Jonathan Dean. Workers changed the tire on the runway and towed the aircraft to the gate. The runway reopened at about 3:30 p.m. "There was no significant impact to normal flight operations," Dean said.
GBC gives Alonso Rawlings award
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