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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Sun-smart kits The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health offers sun-smart kits to county residents. The kit contains a guidebook, ideas for sun accessories and information about skin cancer detection. To order a kit, call the Learn To Live...Tags: Breastfeeding, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health Insurance Cost, Glen Burnie, Diabetes
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Baltimore dancer steps into role with prestigious Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre
Gifted with a mother's second sight, Catherine Johnson knew her daughter Jacqueline Green better than the child knew herself.
In 2004, the eighth-grader insisted she had absolutely zero desire to study dance. "Oh, Mom," she said, rolling her eyes. "Why...Tags: Concerts, Colleges and Universities, Arts, Artscape, Music
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Commentary: Better late than never, a 20-year friendship gets a wedding day
The apartment in Baltimore was on the top floor of a towering building, with appointments fit for royalty. Thick carpeting invited guests to remove their shoes, letting the woolen fibers caress, as if playing footsies. Chris and Landry liked it that way....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Marriage, Cancer, Same-Sex Marriage, Family
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Same-sex marriage seals Obama's fate as a one-term president
Barack Obama made himself a one-term president last week by telling ABC, "I think that same-sex couples should be able to get married." Up till now, he was politically savvy, saying his position was "evolving." But in repealing the military's "don't ask,...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Joe Biden, U.S. Department of Justice
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'Fela!' celebrates influential Nigerian musician, activist
He pioneered one the most influential, far-reaching musical genres of the past 50 years. He became a galvanizing force, too, in the cause of human rights. When he died, more than a million people turned out to witness his funeral cortege. Among those...Tags: Paul McCartney, Music Industry, Concerts, Music Theater, Broadway Theater
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Family, friends, colleagues remember slain Ellicott City priest
They remembered Mary-Marguerite Kohn's enthusiasm and service, even her style — one mourner recalled "a large, bright yellow brimmed hat, terrific dangling earrings." There was hardly an empty seat Tuesday inside the Cathedral of the Incarnation in...
Tags: Shootings, Anglicanism, Christianity, Loyola University Maryland, Duke University
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Maurice Sendak lit up dark corners of childhood
Not everything in childhood is bowls of mush and little old ladies whispering "Hush," and Maurice Sendak understood that.
Our children understand that, too. Instinctively. That's what makes his books, like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night...Tags: Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, Where the Wild Things Are (movie), Radio, NPR
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Local biotech firm wins grant to develop vaccines for two viruses
Profectus BioSciences Inc., a Baltimore-based biotechnology company, said Wednesday that it won a $5.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the development of a vaccine for a pair of contagious and deadly viruses that the U.S....Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology Industry, National Institutes of Health, Biotechnology, Chemicals
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Columbia man arrested in pharmacy robbery that involved bloody syringe
A man who allegedly robbed a pharmacy using a syringe and tried to rob a woman at an ATM has been arrested, according to the Howard County Police Department. Benjamin Frederick Blessing, 52, of the 5200 block of Golden Sky Court in Columbia, is facing...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Annapolis, Health and Medical Professionals, Bank of America Corp., CVS Corp.
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Pneumonia is biggest killer of young kids, study shows
Around the globe, the leading cause of death for children under age 5 is pneumonia, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
About 18 percent of the deaths are from the infection. That’s 1.4 million kids...Tags: Malaria, Tetanus, Family, Pneumonia, Measles
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Female condoms prevent new HIV infections
A female condom program was highly effective in preventing HIV infections, according to a new economic analysis by researchers in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The analysis, published in the journal AIDS and Behavior, found the...Tags: HIV
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Medical marijuana laws make a farce of medicine
Despite the fact that marijuana remains a controlled substance that is illegal in the United States under federal law, 16 states and the District of Columbia have legalized "medical marijuana." Del. Cheryl Glenn's HB15, the "Maryland Medical Marijuana...Tags: Schizophrenia, General Practitioners, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Food and Drug Administration, Pharmaceuticals
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