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Baltimore Catholics see fresh outlook from new pope
Surprise turned into joy as Baltimore Catholics celebrated the election of the first Latin American and first Jesuit pope, saying it offered an often-hidebound church a chance for rejuvenation. "One time, John Paul the Great called America, meaning...
Tags: Prince George's County, Christianity, Belief and Faith, Roman Catholicism, Francis I
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Oliver neighborhood flooded with emergency resources
Under heavy rain on a beat-up street in East Baltimore Tuesday, the heads of city government kicked off an intensive, weeklong program designed to address violence, drug trafficking and other stubborn problems that have plagued the Oliver neighborhood....
Tags: Criminals, Conservation, Theft, Drug Trafficking, Healthy Diet
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Defunding the dreamers: the perils of cutting science research
When I was a Ph.D. student at Yale, I dreamed of working as a university professor, directing a research laboratory, and training students of my own. I have been a professor for a little over four years now. Of the lessons I have learned in this time, the...
Tags: Carol W. Greider, Conservation, Psychology, Medical Research, Parkinson's Disease
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Mississippi baby born with HIV is first child cured of disease
A Mississippi infant born with HIV has become the first child cured of the deadly virus, leaving hope that the disease can be eliminated in the youngest patients, scientists from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and other institutions said Sunday....
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Research, Leukemia
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Dennis Rodman is pretty sure he's in America now
Dennis Rodman is back from a rather foggy Asia visit, Google is remembering a civil rights advocate, and Mitt Romney wishes he were president. Welcome to your post-weekend online trends report for Monday, March 4. Romney appeared on Fox News Sunday with...
Tags: PlayStation 4, Baltimore Orioles, PlayStation 3, Social Media, Google Inc.
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Dr. Don-Neil Brotman, dentist
Dr. Don-Neil Brotman, a retired Baltimore dentist and a pilot, died Feb. 16 of heart failure at Sinai Hospital. The longtime Pikesville resident was 80.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Dr. Brotman was a 1949 graduate of City College, and after attending...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Pikesville, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Peace Corps Week a time of reflection for former volunteers
Sally Foster worked in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a health educator in the early 1960s. Mike McQuestion was stationed in the Philippines in the mid-1970s, trying to teach basic preventive medicine to mountain villagers. Chris Carneal...
Tags: George Washington, John F. Kennedy, Book, Teachers, Johns Hopkins University
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Man admits sexual contact with teen; HIV charge dropped
An Edgemere man pleaded guilty Wednesday to having sexual contact with a teenage boy, in a plea deal that allowed him to avoid trial on a rarely used charge of exposing a victim to the HIV virus. Steven Douglas Podles, 36, was charged after police...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Justice System, Punishment, Criminals, Baltimore County
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Jennifer N. Conyers, research analyst
Jennifer N. Conyers, a Baltimore City Health Department research analyst who enjoyed making jewelry and photography, was found slain Friday in her Northwest Baltimore home. She was 32.
Ms. Conyers' body was discovered in the basement of her home in the...Tags: University of Baltimore, Music, Health and Safety at School, AIDS, Coppin State University
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Police say woman's death in Northwest Baltimore fire was murder; man charged
A 38-year-old Baltimore man has been charged in the murder of a 32-year-old city HIV outreach worker who he said he met on an online dating site, after being taken into custody Saturday driving her vehicle with blood stains on his clothes. Monte...
Tags: Theft, Heroin
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Bills to keep guns out of the hands of psychiatric patients pose risks
In December, a young man in Newtown, Conn., killed 20 small children and seven adults, including his mother, and then committed suicide. This tragic massacre has prompted legislators to reexamine firearms laws and quickly propose legislation that might...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Mental Health, Autism, Internists, Psychiatrists
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Solving the state's health disparities
Nearly 10,000 people in West Baltimore are diagnosed each year with new cases of diabetes, hypertension and other treatable, chronic health conditions — enough to fill 24 jumbo jets. These illnesses will kill many of them and complications will...
Tags: Prince George's County, Finance, High Blood Pressure, Asthma, St. Mary's County
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