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If the transmission of the deadly Ebola virus from a now-deceased patient to one of his nurses occurred because of a "protocol breach," what does that say about the general state of patient and caregiver safety in hospitals across the country?

Lawrence Hill, Alan Hollinghurst, Aleksandar Hemon and Zadie Smith to visit campus

Allen Grossman, a prize-winning poet who spent 15 years teaching his craft to students at the Johns Hopkins University, died June 27 at his home in Chelsea, Mass. He was 82 and had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Exhibit at BMA features An-My Le's photos of post-war Vietnam, Marines training for Iraq war, and American military around the world; and Gerard Byrne's droll take on the Loch Ness Monster.

Washington Performing Arts Society presents pianist Jeremy Denk in absorbing account of Bach's 'Goldberg Variations' at the Kennedy Center.

The Howard County Library System is holding an expo to showcase the work of students in the HiTech program.

Students participating in the Howard County Library System's HiTech digital media lab created a downloadable mobile game called "Escape from Detention."

Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute recently announced the prize money for the person, group or institution that can find a cure for blindness — or do the most to advance a cure for one of the many diseases that causes loss of sight — in the next eight years.

A new space at the Savage branch of the Howard County Library is giving teens the opportunity to experiment with the latest digital technology.

If you're a regular attendee at the author appearances at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, you've seen a fair share of geniuses. Junot Diaz and Dinaw Mengestu -- who today received "genius" grants from the MacArthur Foundation -- have appeared in recent years at the Pratt.

She won National Book Award, refused National Medal of Arts

Lisbon/Woodbine: St. Michael's Catholic Church's Knights of Columbus and Ladies Auxiliary will be holding a pasta celebration Jan. 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the church's multi-purpose room

Adam Riess, a Johns Hopkins University professor, is one of a trio of scientists sharing the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics.

A Johns Hopkins University professor is one of a trio of scientists sharing the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics.