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Federal workers in Md. won't get coverage for autism treatment
Autistic children of federal workers in 22 states begin receiving insurance coverage this month for a key behavioral treatment, under a decision by the Office of Personnel Management. Maryland, home to the third-largest population of federal workers...
Tags: Family, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Autism Speaks, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Therapists
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In meningitis outbreak, fear lingers for patients with few answers
A national outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to a tainted steroid killed two Marylanders. Nearly two dozen people living with the disease and hundreds of others who may have been exposed fear they may be next. Sheila Smelkinson began suffering in...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Justice System, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Steroids
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Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Oncology, AstraZeneca Plc, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Medical Research
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Pixelligent dreams big with minuscule particles
Your next smartphone screen or TV display might be brighter, the synthetic oil in your car might perform better and computer chips might be more durable — all thanks to minuscule particles that are starting to be manufactured in Baltimore....Tags: Research and Development, University of Maryland, College Park, Technology, Electronics, Nanotechnology
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Veterinarians say I'll Have Another's treatment was not unusual
Veterinarians who examined Preakness winner I'll Have Another before and after the race at Pimlico Race Course said this week that he was healthy and that his medication regimen was not unusual. The New York Times reported that the colt, who also won...
Tags: The New York Times, Triple Crown, Horse and Harness Racing, Belmont Stakes, Pimlico Race Course
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Drug overdose: the quiet epidemic
For all the attention that violent crime gets in the media, the average American is much more likely to die from another largely preventable tragedy. Fatal drug overdoses have risen sharply in recent years. In Congress this month, Maryland Rep. Donna F....
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heroin, Internists, Health and Medical Professionals, Food and Drug Administration
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MedImmune creating drug pipeline for AstraZeneca
When Gail Folena-Wasserman joined Gaithersburg biotechnology startup MedImmune in 1991, she was its first employee in research and development, and dreamed of what the company might be "when it grew up."
Two decades later, the senior vice president for...Tags: Lilly Eli & Co, Johns Hopkins University, Food and Drug Administration, Trials, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Time is running out for winter lawn fertilization
Is it too late to put fertilizer on my lawn? All fertilizing must be done before November 15th by law. Tall fescue, a cool season grass most appropriate for Maryland, grows rapidly in the fall. Fertilizing at that time encourages good root growth,...
Tags: Fertilizer
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Arsenic-contaminated soil to be removed from Whiteford chemical plant site
Construction equipment is in place at 2425 Whiteford Road in Whiteford and it appears the long-awaited clean up of arsenic-contaminated soil from a 26-acre parcel at that address is poised to begin any day, according to the Maryland Department of...
Tags: Seaboard Corporation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lakes and Ponds, Fertilizer, Environmental Politics
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Harford County police blotter: Juveniles break into cars in Abingdon
Aberdeen Arthur Collin Flanigan, 35, of the first block of County Road, was charged Thursday with driving with an obstructed window view, failing to display a registration card on demand and driving on the highway without required license. Jamierra...Tags: Festive Events, Walmart, Kensington, Vandalism, Boston
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Two unheralded heroes of the bay
I got a nice award recently — for environmental leadership, the inscription read — really, for just doing work I was paid for and that I often confused with fun. I've always been a little uncomfortable with awards. I got in trouble as...
Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Dorchester County, Awards and Prizes, Research
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Suspect in hepatitis C outbreak portrayed as traveling addict
When David Kwiatkowski was found slurring his words and smelling of alcohol in a Boston-area hotel room littered with prescription pills late one July night, his life as a traveling medical technician had largely unraveled already. In his early 30s, he...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cardiac Catheterization, Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing, Viral Diseases and Infections
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