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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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Lyme disease tick study stirs dispute
Hundreds of Baltimore-area families have volunteered for a government study to spray their suburban yards with pesticide, which researchers hope can protect them from Lyme disease but that environmentalists warn is unsafe.
The goal, federal and state...Tags: Headaches, Lyme Disease, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Johns Hopkins University
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Letter: Rabies vaccine clinics successful
Editor: The Harford County Health Department extends sincere appreciation to The Aegis for providing such positive publicity and support of Harford County Health Department rabies vaccination clinics in its April 25, article and subsequent May 11,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Flu
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Maryland doctors probe old cases for lead exposure
A day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut in half the threshold for determining lead exposure in the nation's children, pediatricians faced the task of identifying new cases from thousands of their old files.
The...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Arts, Family, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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We need a war on lead poisoning
The reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut its threshold for lead poisoning from 10 micrograms per deciliter to 5 micrograms were something of a simplification. What the CDC said, after years of study and discussion, was that no...
Tags: Energy Saving, Lead Poisoning, Rentals, Physical Conditions, Condos and Houses
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CDC lowers lead poisoning threshold
The number of young children deemed at risk of lead poisoning in Maryland and nationwide expanded drastically Wednesday as a federal health agency declared it would effectively cut in half its threshold for diagnosing the environmental illness....Tags: Lawyers, Health Organizations, Physical Conditions, Rental Service, Rentals
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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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Editorial: A shot in the arm
It's very easy to be critical of government, to break out the cliches like "doing badly that which need not be done at all," and "I'm from the government; I'm here to help," but there are a number of necessary things that government does, does well and...Tags: Diphtheria , Hospitals and Clinics, Smallpox , Flu, Vaccines
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First round of Harford rabies vaccination clinic 'big success,' more clinics this Sunday
Health officials in Harford County say they are concerned about a cyclical rise in rabies cases showing up in the county. While the numbers are nothing like those in the mid-1980s, when reported rabies cases in Harford topped the entire United States, it...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pets, Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Aberdeen
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Scrabble at the Bain Center
Activity Pals For single seniors. Get together with others to attend events, shop, go sightseeing, dine out and more. 301-596-6385. The Bain Center 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213. •Acting Up! Most Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. A theater club...Tags: Medicare, Clubs and Associations, Zoster Vaccine, Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Conditions
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Harford rabies vaccination clinics April 29 and May 6
The Harford County Health Department has announced the schedule for its annual sponsorship of rabies vaccination clinics for dogs, cats and ferrets that are 3 months old or older. Dates for this year's clinics are Sunday, April 29, and Sunday, May 6, 2-4...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pets, Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Aberdeen
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Lawmakers gird for renewed debate on lead poisoning
With efforts to reduce lead poisoning among children at a crossroads, Maryland lawmakers are wrestling with proposals to expand state regulation of home sales, rentals and repairs to reduce youngsters' exposure to the toxic metal.
But the biggest...Tags: Lawyers, Rentals, Rental Service, Physical Conditions, Housing and Urban Planning
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