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Funds for regional disaster preparedness facing cuts
If a large-scale terror attack were to occur in the Port of Baltimore, responders from Carroll and other counties would be able to coordinate assistance efforts with city responders — thanks in large part to the region's Central Maryland Area...Tags: Port of Baltimore, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Viral Diseases and Infections, Government Aid, National Security
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Federal funding for regional disaster preparedness in doubt
If a tanker truck full of dangerous chemicals flipped on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County, a locally based, highly trained and well-equipped hazardous materials unit would be able to respond in a flash. When the H1N1 flu virus posed serious threats...Tags: Port of Baltimore, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Baltimore County, Conservation, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Funding for regional disaster operations on chopping block
When Howard County decided it wanted a system for disseminating emergency information to its citizens via text message, it tapped into a pool of federal funding to create NotifyMeHoward, which launched in November. When the H1N1 flu virus posed serious...Tags: Port of Baltimore, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Howard County, Conservation, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Meggett, often a confounding personality, must carry the Terps
New Maryland football coach Randy Edsall has three preset buttons on his car radio: sports talk, news talk and country.
But none of those options appealed to Davin Meggett, the fourth-year captain who Edsall says will be his "workhorse" running back this...Tags: National Football League, Football, Diseases and Illnesses, College Sports, New York Giants
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Howard reaches out to Asian communities for flu shots
Bianca Chang scurried around the cafeteria of Howard High School urging parents of students in the Sunday Chinese school to get a swine flu shot.
Just down the hall, the Howard County Health Department was running a vaccination clinic for the region's...Tags: Vaccines, Howard County, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics
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After nearly 4-year probe, Baltimore mayor to get day in court
It was a day packed with official events for Mayor Sheila Dixon: approving millions of dollars in contracts at a Board of Estimates meeting, holding a news conference to urge parents to vaccinate their children against swine flu, pushing health care...Tags: Family, Regional Authority, Corporate Crime, Judges, Prosecution
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Hundreds line up in Baltimore for H1N1 flu shots
The queue for Thursday's flu shot clinic at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute began forming two hours before the doors opened - and Ronesha Mills made certain that she and her children were among the first in line.
"It's important for me, because now I...Tags: Vaccines, Children, Family, Dundalk, Hospitals and Clinics
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Area swine flu clinics scheduled
With delivery this week of the first doses of injectable vaccine against swine flu, Baltimore City and some area counties have begun scheduling their first public clinics for priority groups: those ages 6 months to 24 years, pregnant women, health care...Tags: Glen Burnie, Vaccines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dundalk, Employees
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Seasonal flu vaccine may fall short
With all the attention given to the slow pace of distribution of the swine flu vaccine, doctors and other providers are raising concerns about a shortage of vaccine for the other flu that is expected to slam the state and country this year.
Demand...Tags: Vaccines, Companies and Corporations, MedImmune Inc., Novartis AG, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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10th person in state dies of swine flu
A 10th person in Maryland has died of swine flu, state health officials said Tuesday. The person, an adult from Western Maryland, had underlying health problems. As with other deaths related to the H1N1 virus, officials would not release further details....Tags: Vaccines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Death, Hospitals and Clinics, Preventative Medicine
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Swine flu is suspected in death of Arundel teen
Baltimore Sun reportersAn 18-year-old graduate of North County High School in Glen Burnie died Wednesday after a brief illness that friends on a Facebook page described as suspected swine flu. In a letter to parents, the school describes Walter Brooks as a "dynamic presence"...Tags: Vaccines, Glen Burnie, Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CBS Corp.
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As flu-fighting interest rises, supplies may lag
Baltimore Sun reportersMaryland may receive just half its expected supply of the swine flu vaccine for October, state health officials said Monday as they scrambled, along with hospitals and other providers, to confront a projected shortfall. As H1N1-related hospitalizations...Tags: Vaccines, Howard County, Baltimore County, Children, CBS Corp.
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