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Event marks Army progress against cold virus
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Military medical experts at Fort Detrick are marking progress against an enemy most of us have encountered: the common cold. On Monday, Assistant Defense Secretary Jonathan Woodson will join Army medical researchers in...Tags: Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, Common Cold
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Mississippi biotech startup moves to Baltimore
Ken Malone and the board members of his startup biotech company gathered in a conference room at the University of Southern Mississippi last October to make a gut-wrenching decision.
Ablitech Inc.'s funding was slowly drying up, and it couldn't find...Tags: Medical Research, Finance, Biotechnology Industry, University of Mississippi, Credit and Debt
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State, local officials preparing for new BRAC
As President Barack Obama proposed a new round of military base closures and reorganization, Maryland's political and business forces already are working to protect installations here and position the state to benefit from any future moves.
Maryland...Tags: Baltimore County, Mike Hayes, Research and Development, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Business Enterprises
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Terps guard Jonathan Thomas now has a double major
Jonathan Thomas spent his first two years at the University of Maryland consumed by his studies in mechanical engineering. From his current vantage point, Thomas now realizes there was a void.
A former basketball star at Tuscarora High, where he was...Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Standards, Comcast Center (arena), University of Maryland, College Park, Basketball
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Scientists fault biodefense lab planning at Fort Detrick
A panel of independent scientists has found flaws in the Army's planning to shield workers and the public from harm from a proposed biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick. The seven-member committee assembled by the National Academy of...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests
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A death from cancer, and a search for answers
Randy White had just buried a daughter, dead at 30 with a brain tumor. Now his other daughter had been diagnosed with growths in her abdomen.
When doctors told White in 2009 that their conditions were likely caused by something in their environment,...Tags: Medical Research, Regional Authority, Environmental Politics, Skin Cancer, Pancreas
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Frontline's 'Anthrax Files' takes hard look at FBI role in suicide of Ft. Detrick scientist
The Baltimore SunNobody does investigative journalism on TV like Public Television's "Frontline" -- nobody, and that includes "60 Minutes." And Tuesday night at 9, the venerable series revisits Ft. Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, and the case of anthrax researcher...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Anthrax, Frontline Limited, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Police Investigations
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Cancer cluster not shown near Fort Detrick, says state
Neighbors of Fort Detrick were not diagnosed with cancer in greater numbers than the broader population of Frederick County during the period for which data are available, state health officials told the community Monday. But local activists said the...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Fort Detrick officials order tests after odor at landfill well
Fort Detrick officials say tests are being conducted after workers noticed an odor coming from a monitoring well being installed at a landfill. Officials announced Saturday that workers were drilling in a section of the installation called Area B,... -
Howard touts Carroll County as prime location for BRAC-related business
COLUMBIA — Doug Howard, president of the Board of County Commissioners, this week made a presentation to members of a BRAC Business Initiative (BBI) meeting to highlight Carroll County's attributes for companies looking to relocate near military...Tags: Sykesville, Culture, Colleges and Universities, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Military base expansion effort officially ends this week
The restaurants around Fort Monmouth in New Jersey used to be packed. Now that lunchtime crowd gathers 150 miles to the southwest, in Aberdeen.
Javier Rodriguez, who just relocated to Aberdeen Proving Ground last month, was struck by the familiar feeling...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Sales, Fine Arts, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Defense
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Harford, Cecil become home to most BRAC transfers from New Jersey, report says
The following is an update on housing and other salient economic impacts from base realignment, or BRAC, affecting Harford County and the surrounding region. From the federal government's standpoint, the BRAC process affecting Aberdeen Proving Ground is...Tags: Baltimore County, U.S. Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Employees, Harford County
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