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When parents clash

When parents clash

Meals. Bedtime. Discipline. The reasons parents clash over the kids are endless, especially now that more unemployed dads are filling in for back-to-work moms as the bad economy grinds through a second year.

 

Parents' response to swine flu vaccination effort lags

With a citywide schools vaccination program to combat swine flu just days away, Baltimore officials are concerned about the low number of consent forms they have received from parents.

Hopkins and Catholic group to shield world against malaria

Strengthening its position as a global center in the fight against malaria, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is one of...

At Hopkins, Steele says young voters at center of politics

The Republican National Committee chairman told a Johns Hopkins University student audience Thursday night that they were "not the future"...

Montgomery challenges ruling on school money

Top Montgomery County officials threatened Thursday to sue the state and "aggressively pursue" legislation that would change state law after...

Western High principal gets national honor

Eleanor Matthews, principal of Western High School in Baltimore, was honored with a Terrel H. Bell Award for outstanding leadership this...

Report urges new programs at Hagerstown campus

A state task force is urging the University System of Maryland to look outside its institutions for programs to add at its Hagerstown...

First lady tunes into students

Two from Baltimore School for the Arts attend classical music workshop at the White House

Arundel school system reduces furlough days

The Anne Arundel County Board of Education voted Wednesday to cancel one of its planned furlough days for all school system employees. The...

Debating what police, schools can share under privacy laws

The principal of an Anne Arundel County middle school heard that members of the football team were forming a gang. He contacted the police...

Hopkins student 'a remarkable woman'

Two students leave a memorial service for Johns Hopkins University junior Miriam Deborah Frankl, 20, who was killed last month in a hit-and-...

Balto. Co. schools see enrollment increase

Baltimore County schools saw a slight increase in enrollment this year for the first time in several years, according to a new report.

Premature births most to blame for high US infant mortality rate, government says

ATLANTA (AP) — Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality...

New vaccine offers chance for children in Africa, where 1 million die of malaria each year

SIAYA, Kenya (AP) — A mother watched with dread as a nurse inserted a tube in her baby's head. Blood streamed into the anemic 4-month-...

Half of all American kids will receive food stamps at some point during childhood, report says

CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during...

UN says it needs $39 billion to fight the leading killer of children: Pneumonia

LONDON (AP) — To fight pneumonia, the world's top killer of children, United Nations officials say they need $39 billion (euro26.35...

Study links some antibiotics with birth defects; others appear safe for fetus

CHICAGO (AP) — Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary...

Government: Pregnant women benefit from single flu shot, younger children still need 2

WASHINGTON (AP) — A single dose of the swine flu vaccine works well for almost all pregnant women, but young children will still...

Harvard poll finds a third of adults who sought vaccine were able to get it; supplies rising

ATLANTA (AP) — Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new...

Columbia Orders Training on Child Research

Columbia University has ordered new training for faculty members whose research involves children after a federal investigation faulted a...

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Rockville mother's book honors child who fought fatal disease

The world knew Mattie Stepanek as a symbol of hope and peace, a best-selling author and advocate who courageously fought a rare form of...

Schools putting certain dance moves on hold

When dancing gets too raunchy, schools across the country are setting guidelines.

The last-minute Halloween costume change

When a child decides she's bored with her Halloween costume before Halloween arrives, what do you do?

Pregnant covergirl of Teen Vogue raises eyebrows

DALLAS (AP) — A model on the November cover of Teen Vogue is a 19-year-old who reveals in the magazine that she is pregnant.

Tween costumes can be scary for parents

Many seem too sexy for girls, too scary for boys.

Dinner Together: Roast pork with apples

This slow-cooker dinner is perfect for a rainy fall day.