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Daniel B. "Bix" Wheeler, former associate superintendent of physical facilities for Baltimore County public schools, who enjoyed refinishing antique furniture, died Feb. 16 of a brain hemorrhage at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 93.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Feb 24, 2016

In life-or-death emergency, it takes a village

Elizabeth T. "Betty" Welch, who worked alongside her husband in his Annapolis ophthalmology practice and was the author of a monograph on the history of Southwest Baltimore's historic Mount Clare mansion, died Monday of complications from brain cancer at Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. She was 89.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 30, 2016

Dr. John S. Braxton Jr., a primary care physician who practiced for 60 years, died Jan. 10 of pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 94.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 26, 2016

Nearly all children will catch the common wintertime respiratory infection known as RSV before they are two, but for decades researchers have been unable to develop an means to prevent it. Now a vaccine is showing promise in early trials at Johns Hopkins University.

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 4, 2016

Mark A. Thompson, 53, a former Maryland Institute College of Art student who was known for his daily walks throughout Baltimore, died Dec. 22 at his Medfield Heights home.

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 31, 2015

Ann Elizabeth Smith, 87, a community volunteer and Republican Party activist, died of a stroke Saturday at Gilchrist Hospice Care.

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 21, 2015

New residents at dozens of hospitals around the country, including some in Baltimore, are working marathon 28-hour shifts as part of a pair of studies assessing impacts on patient safety, and consumer and medical student groups want it stopped

By Meredith Cohn

Dec 12, 2015

John "Jack" Mosner Jr., 89, a retired Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Co. official who had been chairman of the Maryland Racing Commission, died of a stroke Nov. 23 at his Sudbrook Park home. He was 89.

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 4, 2015

After FluMist makers reported production problems and schools canceled clinics, public health officials are urging people to get whatever vaccine is available.

By Meredith Cohn

Dec 1, 2015

Grace G. Erline, a junior at Notre Dame of Maryland University where she was studying for a bachelor's degree in radiological sciences, died Nov. 12 of complications from tongue cancer at her home in Parkville. She was 24.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 27, 2015

Feeding problems afflict at least 25 percent of kids. The disorders can mean that kids may not get enough nutrients to grow and develop. In the worst cases, kids end up on feeding tubes that deliver nutrients directly to their bodies.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Nov 20, 2015

The former CEO of a Towson credit union pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court this week to embezzling more than $100,000 from the financial institution.

By Alison Knezevich

Nov 19, 2015

Tactical officer's van broken into and departmental Diamondback ballistic vest with loaded assault rifle magazines, two loaded Glock 35 magazines and Motorola radio earpiece stolen.

Gov. Larry Hogan said at a press conference Monday afternoon that he is "100 percent cancer free."

By Erin Cox

Nov 16, 2015

Komen race celebrates local woman 'lucky to be alive' Former heart attack victim is among 11,500 participants and about 5,000 spectators at the 23rd annual Maryland Race for the Cure

By Jeff Barker

Oct 25, 2015

Triplets generally are uncommon, and only about 10 percent of the time are they all identical, when embryos come from one zygote and then separate. More often they are all fraternal or there is a set of twins.

By Meredith Cohn

Oct 23, 2015

Mike Skovran, of Sykesville, made a promise to his wife, Phyllis, before she died of ovarian cancer in September 2013.

Allan Shulder, former Greater Baltimore Medical Center grounds supervisor, died Oct. 10 of complications from a stroke at Genesis HealthCare in Seaford, Del. The former Pikesville resident was 85.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 17, 2015

Frisbee the squirrel's curiosity and intelligence ¿ two qualities that Diana Woltereck has always admired in squirrels ¿ live on in "Frisbee's Adventures," which Woltereck says was inspired by all the squirrels she has cared for and observed around the world.

Delmar Davis, a retired general contractor and pioneering member of the Baltimore City Auxiliary Fire Department who served at the deadly Tru-Fit Clothing fire in 1955, died of congestive failure Sept. 18 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

By Jacques Kelly

Oct 9, 2015

Money raised from donors small and large will be largely be used to expand primary and specialty offerings by the independent hospital that turns 50.

By Meredith Cohn

Oct 2, 2015

American workers saw their out-of-pocket medical costs jump again this year, as the average deductible for an employer-provided health plan surged nearly 9 percent in 2015 to more than $1,000, a major new survey of employers shows.

David F. Darrell, a semi-retired Harford County landscape architect, died Sept. 9 of brain cancer at Hart Heritage, an assisted-living facility in Street. He was 69.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 16, 2015

Kathleen A. "Kath" Weber, a Baltimore city public schools kindergarten teacher who did not let her cancer impede her desire to be in the classroom, died Friday of breast cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 49.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 15, 2015

The former CEO of a Towson credit union and her husband – a Baltimore County police sergeant – are charged with stealing more than $100,000 from the financial institution.

By Alison Knezevich

Sep 4, 2015

Dr. Theodore A. Baramki, a retired reproductive endocrinologist who had been head of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, died Aug. 28 of respiratory failure at his Cockeysville home. He was 84.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 4, 2015

A 22-year-old ride operator at the Maryland State Fair who was found unresponsive in a trailer died of a possible drug overdose this weekend, Baltimore County police said Monday..

By Alison Knezevich

Aug 31, 2015

Mary E. Thompson, a former kindergarten educator, pianist and coffee blender, died of respiratory failure. She was 94.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Aug 20, 2015

On Saturday Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Carly, Ella, their mom, Melanie, and dad, Reid Mitchell, an account manager, and 16 family, friends and neighbors will hold a car wash at the Exxon Mobil Gas Station, 1420 York Road at the corner of Seminary Road, in Lutherville. Proceeds go to Assistance Center for Towson Churches (ACTC), a nonprofit food bank located in downtown Towson.

Baltimore's Board of Estimates agreed Wednesday to pay the Greater Baltimore Medical Center $3.5 million to buy an unoccupied medical center in Southeast Baltimore to open a new health clinic.

By Luke Broadwater

Aug 12, 2015

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GBMC partners with insurers to offer services to self-insured companies

A program launched in 2011 by the state's largest health insurer to better coordinate patient care has slowed the overall pace of spending, avoiding millions in costs for the insured and the health system, CareFirst Blue Cross BlueShield reported Thursday.

By Meredith Cohn

Jul 30, 2015

Margery Shriver, 89, a breeder of champion pug dogs who had been the Maryland Board of Motion Picture Censors vice chairman during a controversial period, died of Parkinson's and heart disease July 6 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

By Jacques Kelly

Jul 24, 2015

Dr. Edward W. Featherston, a retired ophthalmologist and a Vietnam War veteran, died Sunday of complication's from Parkinson's disease at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 79.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 22, 2015

Megan L. Kenny, a homemaker who earlier had worked for brokerage firms and a head hunter, died Thursday of brain cancer at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 46.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 20, 2015

Ezekiel Hunter "Dooner" Wilson Jr., a retired Baltimore internist whose career spanned more than four decades, died Monday of congestive heart failure at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 17, 2015

With FOP criticism and surge in violence, Mayor Rawlings-Blake could not go another four days with Anthony Batts when it isn't clear Baltimore will go another four years with her.

By Dan Rodricks

Jul 8, 2015

Dr. John H. "Jack" Hebb, a retired gynecologist whose practice spanned more than 40 years, died Monday of multiple-organ failure at the Brightwood retirement community in Lutherville. He was 91.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 27, 2015

A new program at two area hospitals, Caring for Caregivers, offers support for the "second victims" of medical errors: the health-care professionals who made them.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Jun 21, 2015

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Towson Area Citizens on Patrol will be handing out awards June 9 and among the honorees are Bernard Gerst, chief of Towson University's Police Department and his staff, and the late Bill Toohey, a longtime spokesman for county police.

Virginia McKechnie, 86, founder of the Tomlinson Craft Collection, who was also an original Harborplace merchant, died of an aneurysm May 25 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 6, 2015

Claretta B. Alston Green, a retired Baltimore City Public Schools teacher, died of respiratory failure May 23. The Northeast Baltimore resident was 85.

By Jacques Kelly

May 31, 2015

James G. "Jim" Gayhardt, a retired partner in a Baltimore integrated security company, died.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

May 27, 2015

James D. Hardesty, who rose from the Alex. Brown & Sons mailroom to be a co-founder of Hardesty Capital Management from which he recently retired, died Tuesday of complications of liver disease at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 68.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

May 15, 2015