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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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."

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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..

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

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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

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

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.