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Funeral held for Calvert County family stricken with flu
Lou Ruth Blake was the family's matriarch who sang in the church choir and organized gospel shows. Lowell Frederick Blake liked to make people laugh. Venessa Marie Blake was the ardent churchgoer with a contagious smile.
All three family members died...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections, Family, MRSA
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Seven firefighters hurt in Prince George's Co. house fire
Seven firefighters were seriously injured in Prince George's County on Friday night when a sudden gust of air, possibly linked to the night's high winds, turned the inside of a house into an inferno, authorities said. Three remained hospitalized...Tags: Fires, Hospitals and Clinics, Injuries and Wounds, Prince George's County, The Washington Post
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Two PG County firefighters are critical but stable
Two Prince George's County firefighters, who were seriously injured while fighting a house fire in Riverdale, remained in critical but stable condition Sunday, according to their families. Bladensburg volunteer firefighter Ethan Sorrell, 21, remained...Tags: Movies, Fires, Hospitals and Clinics, Injuries and Wounds
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MD hospitals shopping locally for food
Maryland hospitals are buying more food locally, according to a new analysis.
Forty hospitals in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Northern Virginia are now purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables regularly during the growing season and nine...Tags: Bon Secours, Alexandria (Alexandria, Virginia), Hospitals and Clinics, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), University of Maryland Medical Center
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Southern Md. woman to run marathon as a 'Global Hero'
Kathleen Hammett smiled and her eyes became glassy as she watched her daughter trying to spell out the letters of her name on a piece of paper.
"She's about to turn 4," Hammett said.
It's not a miracle that Clara, a cheery girl with curly blonde hair...Tags: Brain, Hospitals and Clinics, Medtronic Incorporated, Blood, Breast Cancer
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Pair burned when woman dozes off while smoking, using oxygen
A Deale couple suffered burns after a fire started when the wife fell asleep while smoking and using home oxygen early Thursday morning, according to an Anne Arundel County Fire spokesman. The incident was reported at 5:26 a.m. in the 5000 block of Deale...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Anne Arundel County
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DANGEROUS REMEDY
Sun reporterAmerican military doctors in Iraq have injected more than 1,000 of the war's wounded troops with a potent and largely experimental blood-coagulating drug despite mounting medical evidence linking it to deadly blood clots that lodge in the lungs, heart and...Tags: Hemorrhaging, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Armed Conflicts, Europe, Surgery
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Modern combat lacking in old medical supply
Sun National StaffEven after the bullet cut through his leg and severed his femoral artery, 1st Lt. David R. Bernstein had a chance. The shooting stopped quickly, and a soldier trained in combat medical care was at Bernstein's side almost immediately. Helicopters landed,...Tags: Plastic Surgeons, Hospitals and Clinics, Hemorrhaging, Armed Conflicts, Weaponry
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La Plata twister Md.'s worst
Sun StaffLA PLATA - The tornado that roared across Southern Maryland on Sunday night, killing three people, was the worst twister in state history, the National Weather Service reported yesterday. And it showed. Stunned residents and elected officials who...Tags: Tornadoes, Hospitals and Clinics, Local Elections, Medical Services, Weather Reports
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Maryland's lost
Sept. 19, 2001 Still more Maryland residents are dead or missing in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Amelia Fields Amelia Fields, 38, a clerical worker who had been transferred to the Pentagon on Sept. 10, is listed as missing. Mrs. Fields grew up...Tags: Boeing Co., Baltimore Orioles, Washington Capitals, Interior Policy, Water Pollution
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Tornado kills two UM students
Sun StaffCOLLEGE PARK - A tornado blazed a 10-mile-long path of destruction through Central Maryland at rush hour yesterday afternoon, killing two Howard County sisters and injuring dozens of people while ripping the roofs off buildings and flinging cars through...Tags: Tornadoes, National Security, Hospitals and Clinics, Environmental Pollution, Teaching and Learning
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'No guarantees' that mail is safe, postmaster says
Sun StaffTrying to reassure postal workers and an anxious public, the postmaster general moved to shore up the U.S. postal system against biological attack -- even suggesting that people should wash their hands after touching their mail. "We're telling people...Tags: Plastic Surgeons, Food Industry, Labor Legislation, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bioterrorism
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