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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: Skin Cancer, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Substance Abuse, Breastfeeding, Family
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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: Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Rabies, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Disease Prevention
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Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer
An estimated 3.5 million cancer patients around the globe are in severe pain from their disease, but many get no relief.
In poor countries the cost is considered too high for drugs like morphine when such opioids are often stolen, abused or not taken...Tags: Medical Specialization, Health and Safety at School, Addiction, Healthcare Provider, Substance Abuse
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Maryland looking to beef up vaccine requirements
Maryland's children would be required to get more vaccines before attending school under a proposal being considered by state health officials.
But doctors and state health officials said most children are already getting the shots and that they are...Tags: Tetanus, Health and Safety at School, Mumps, Disease Prevention, Whooping Cough
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Balancing cybersecurity and privacy
From the assembly lines of Detroit to the steel mills of Pittsburgh to the oil fields of Houston, our country has been built by an entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation. And despite our recent economic challenges, that spirit is alive and well....
Tags: Invention and Innovation, National Security, Muscular Dystrophy, Tuberculosis, Computer Crime
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Charm City Puppies & Boutique
Many families treat their pets like children. That philosophy is taken quite literally at the new Charm City Puppies & Boutique in Columbia, where puppies are kept in baby cribs during store hours and tended to by staff outfitted in hospital scrubs....
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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: Financial Aid, National Institutes of Health, Health and Safety at School, Australia, Disease Prevention
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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: Mumps, Rabies, Measles, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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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: Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Federal Hill, Rabies, Pets
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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: Earth Day, Game Playing, Howard County, Government Health Care, Health Insurance
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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: Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Federal Hill, Rabies, Pets
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After slow start, flu season ramps up in Maryland
It's nearly spring, temperatures in the 70s, yet the flu waited until now to ramp up in Maryland, killing three members of a Calvert County family.
Usually, flu season strikes earlier. By this time last year, the flu had been widespread and had already...Tags: Flu Vaccine, Johns Hopkins University, MRSA, Calvert County, Disease Prevention
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