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Schools note high absences, blame 'the purple fever'
As tens of thousands of Maryland families reveled in purple pride at M&T Bank Stadium on Tuesday, one mile away, the mood at Digital Harbor High School was blue. Students and staff questioned the Baltimore school system's decision not to amend school...
Tags: Festive Events, Students, Teaching and Learning, Football, Baltimore Ravens
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Scenes from Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl victory celebration
Baltimore Sun reporters are stationed along the parade route, from City Hall to M&T Bank Stadium. See their observations, fan interviews and other updates here. #52 Ray Lewis smiled wide to the crowd and yelled "Baltimore!" as he approached the...
Tags: Festive Events, Super Bowl, Long Island, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Joe Flacco
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'Downton Abbey' recap: Heartbreak as Lady Sybil gives birth
With all the Branson revolutionary-ing, Lady Edith altar-jilting and Bates jail-rotting, it was easy to forget that Lady Sybil was, you know, about to give birth. And she does in this episode. But in a huge surprise, she doesn't make it -- dead at 24...
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Our special relationship with 'Downton Abbey'
America has a remarkably close relationship with its previous owner. It seems we no sooner threw off the yoke of George III than we started collecting mugs decorated with the images of royal wedding partners. England and the United States have been...
Tags: Michelle Obama, Downton Abbey (tv program), Imperial and Royal Matters, Joan Rivers, Reba McEntire
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Science and censorship
Albert Einstein once said the reason he was able to accomplish so much was because he had "stood on the shoulders of giants" like Newton and Galileo. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist's remark was a reminder how much scientists depend on discoveries...Tags: Human Body, Vaccines, Research, Terrorism, Nobel Prize Awards
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Ask Outdoors Girl
Nancy Colvin of Stoneleigh writes: Do you have any idea where the blue jays have gone? Since the avian flu came through here several years ago, it seems that there are few blue jays, though I did see a couple in Westchester County, N.Y., during a recent...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, West Nile Virus, Maryland
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Flu spread raises alarm
Officials advised Monday against most travel to Mexico, the center of an outbreak of swine flu suspected of killing almost 150 people there and sickening at least 50 through its spread to the United States.
The acting director of the Centers for...Tags: Vaccines, Emergency Incidents, Swine Flu, Hospitals and Clinics, Mexico City
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UM scientists study role of wild birds in spread of avian flu
Sun StaffCOLLEGE PARK - In a low-slung building far from virus-plagued Southeast Asia, scientists are leading a sweeping inquiry into the role that migratory waterfowl and other wild birds might play in spreading avian flu. The research is one groundbreaking...Tags: Armed Forces, Viral Diseases and Infections, Asia, Colleges and Universities, Game
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Chinese government still hedges on avian flu
Sun Foreign StaffBEIJING - The scene was reminiscent of early 2003, just before the world learned about SARS: A small room in central Beijing, filled with journalists skeptically asking World Health Organization experts this week about a potential new health threat in...Tags: Beijing (China), Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, National Government, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Health reporters on the flu threat
Darlene Cook, Baltimore: If this flu is such a threat, shouldn't we avoid eating all birds and their products? How motivated are the producers to cull out their sick birds? Roylance: So far, the transmission of the avian flu virus from birds to humans...Tags: Baltimore County, Vaccines, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Safety at School
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U.S. government purchases $100 million stockpile of avian flu vaccine
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The federal government is buying $100 million of avian flu vaccine in the first step toward building a stockpile that would protect 20 million Americans from an outbreak of the deadly virus. Coming weeks after government scientists...Tags: Bill Hall, Vaccines, Diseases and Illnesses, National Government, Viral Diseases and Infections
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U.S. set to rush order of avian flu vaccine
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Mass production of a new vaccine that scientists believe can protect against an avian flu outbreak could begin as early as mid-September, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said yesterday. Dr....Tags: Government, Vaccines, Death, Influenza Pandemic (1918), Preventative Medicine
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