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Mikulski: Measure would give mammogram access at age 40
U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski said Thursday that she will introduce an amendment to the Senate health reform bill guaranteeing women universal access to mammograms beginning at age 40. Full story...
Swine flu kills 6 more people in Md.; all had underlying conditions
State public health officials said Thursday that six more people have died in Maryland in the past four weeks of swine flu, bringing the number of deaths statewide since the pandemic began to 19. Full story...
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 two Baltimore institutions tapped for a five-year, $100 million project to help combat the mosquito-borne disease. Full story...
Newest health care issue: long-term care
Health insurance covers treatment for the spinal cord disorder that has confined Amy Hunovice to a wheelchair. But Hunovice, who has no use of her legs and limited use of her arms, has to pay a home health care worker $13 an hour herself for help with simple daily tasks like bathing and dressing. Full story...
Health officials seek Legionnaires' source
City and state officials are scrambling for clues to what caused an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at a senior living facility on the former site of Memorial Stadium, leaving one person dead and four others sickened. Full story...
Hundreds line up in Baltimore for H1N1 flu shots
The queue for Thursday's flu shot clinic at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute began forming two hours before the doors opened - and Ronesha Mills made certain that she and her children were among the first in line. Full story...
The flu fighters
Once the H1N1 influenza outbreaks begin - and Maryland health officials have no doubt that they will - this series of nondescript scientific laboratories, located past security guards instructed not to let anyone in without an official escort, will certainly be humming. Full story...
Hog farmers rue swine flu
Jennifer Debnam cringes every time she hears a television report or reads a newspaper article about the H1N1 flu pandemic and - inevitably - comes to the part where the disease is called "swine flu." Full story...
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