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Health Enterprise Zones to target disparities in state
Frustrated by Maryland's high rate of health disparities, state leaders are proposing a new attack — one more commonly associated with economic development.
Gov. Martin O'Malley's 2012-2013 budget will include funding to create Health Enterprise...Tags: Government, New York City, Health Insurance Cost, Executive Branch, Martin O'Malley
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Hearing on Harford tobacco ban draws slim crowd, mostly opponents
A hearing on the proposed tobacco use ban on all Harford County government property, including recreational facilities, drew a small crowd to the county administration building on Main Street in Bel Air Monday afternoon, mostly people who wanted to talk...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Cancer, Employees, Human Rights, Havre de Grace
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Friday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and a high temperature around 51 degrees. It is expected to be cloudy with a low temperature around 41 degrees tonight.
TRAFFIC
Here are today's morning traffic issues.
FROM LAST NIGHT...
O'...Tags: Baltimore County, National Football League, Indianapolis Colts, Biology, Raymond Berry
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Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African-Americans
Johns Hopkins researchers, in the largest study to date, will map the genetic code for asthma in people of African descent in hopes of better understanding why the disease and other allergy-related ailments disproportionately afflict that population....Tags: Symptoms, Biology, Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics, Allergies
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J. Claver Richardson, teacher
Joseph Claver Richardson, a retired teacher and World War II veteran who was the patriarch of a family of nearly 60 children and grandchildren, died of cardiac arrest related to asthma Jan. 8 at Sinai Hospital. He was 89 and lived in Walbrook Junction....Tags: Donald Sterling, Christianity, Loyola University Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Philippines
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Researchers look to genetics to understand African American-asthma link
Researchers working to discover why African Americans disproportionately suffer from asthma are planning to map the genetic code of 1,000 people of African descent in four years. The Johns Hopkins-led team of experts in genetics, immunology, epidemiology...Tags: Medical Research, Wheezing, Biology, Medical Specialization, Medical Specialization
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Abingdon man first in the U.S. to get synthetic trachea transplant
Doctors in America told Chris Lyles a cancerous tumor on his windpipe was inoperable, but he and his family wouldn't take no for an answer.
They wrote surgeons all over the world, pleading for someone to take his case. Then during an Internet search,...Tags: Stockholm (Sweden), Health Treatments, Music, Agricultural Research and Technology, Harvard Bioscience Inc.
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State energy regulators to consider reliability standards
The next time Ana Ferguson and her husband lose power for an extended period, they will be prepared. The Pikesville couple bought a generator after five nights without electricity in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.
"We had to do it because we can't...Tags: Punishment, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Government, John Kelly, Panera Bread Company
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Report: Baltimore's air cleaner, but still among most polluted
Baltimore's air is healthier to breathe than it used to be, but the region still has some of the nation's worst smog and soot pollution, according to the American Lung Association. In its annual report on the state of the nation's air, the advocacy group...
Tags: Wheezing, Environmental Politics, Metal and Mineral, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mining
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Baltimore's Steadman station is busiest in nation
Paramedic Kevin Hook's vehicle speeds up Lombard Street, weaving through traffic. His 7 a.m. shift as acting lieutenant at Baltimore's John F. Steadman Fire Station has just begun and Hook is monitoring dozens of calls scrolling down a monitor mounted...Tags: Heroin, Fires, Stroke, Hospitals and Clinics, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Smoke from Virginia fires invades Harford's air
The odor of smoke from brush fires in a huge swamp near Suffolk, Va., blew into Harford County Saturday morning, and emergency officials say this could be an issue in the county for the foreseeable future. Around 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Harford County...Tags: Wildlife, Wetlands, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Heart Disease, Harford County
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Dog poop on the ground -- and in the air
The Baltimore SunPeople loooooove to complain about dog poop under foot. Understandable. Wait till they find out that wayward exrement is also turning up in the air. You can't escape it! According to a new study by University of Colorado Boulder, most of the...Tags: Allergies, Biology, Science, Physical Conditions
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