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Polyurethane foam could be used to stop fatal bleeding from deep wounds

Last year, 858 Maryland residents died due to alcohol or drug intoxication; that's enough to replace the entire University of Maryland football team more than eight times. This year is on track to be even more deadly.

City Councilman William H. Cole IV appeared as the new president at his first public meeting of the Baltimore Development Corp. Thursday, on a day when the mayor announced six new board members and the board approved three new projects for the city's west side.

Johns Hopkins University will host a former North Korean detainee, the outdoorsman whose canyoneering accident was adapted into the movie "127 Hours," and actors from "Breaking Bad" and "The Office," among several other speakers this fall.

A team of Johns Hopkins University undergrads have been selected in a competition to build a real-life version of the Tricorder, a fictional device used on the TV show Star Trek to diagnose ailments of the Starfleet.

R. Alonzo "Lonz" Childress, a civil engineer whose career with the Baltimore County Department of Public works spanned more than 40 years, died Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital of complications from an infection. He was 72.

Michael Beer, retired Johns Hopkins professor who died last week, leaves a legacy of advocacy for Baltimore's streams - and a green roof at his last residence.

As the Ebola virus was ravaging West Africa, two American health workers who contracted the disease in Liberia were airlifted back to the United States to be treated with an experimental drug. They are now in Atlanta, recovering.

Bernard I.H. Kramer, a retired Baltimore public school vice principal who earlier had been an English department chairman, died Aug. 14 at Autumn Ridge Nursing Center in Pikesville of complications from a stroke. He was 92.

Ingeborg F. Harrington, a homemaker and gourmet cook who was known for her memorable dinner parties, died Friday of heart failure at Manor Care Ruxton. She was 91.

A former city school board member and city government worker who is accused of lying about his resume will be tried in court on fraud charges this fall.

At Target in Mondawmin Mall, megaphone-shaped "college" signs hover over aisles stocked with must-haves for students living on their own — mini-refrigerators, desk lamps, plastic bins, door mirrors and six-packs of microwave popcorn and ramen noodles

Animal rights group says Hopkins among only four medical schools using animals for training

Varied community response to Howard County's health-conscious meal delivery pilot program has been just one of the lessons that county officials are learning throughout its trial run, which began the week after the Fourth of July and ends just before Thanksgiving Day.

We sat in a waiting room of a health clinic here, talking about our fears. As a midwifery and nursing educator working in Liberia for Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, I had been asked to help update health workers on the critical skills essential to managing Ebola cases. But before I could do that, I knew we had to talk about how terrifying the job is.

The U.S. Education Department has opened a formal investigation into Johns Hopkins University's response to an alleged rape at a fraternity house, the college disclosed Tuesday.

The Baltimore tech startup incubator continues to grow and shape the city's business landscape

New walking tours offer a hit parade of Hampden history, from Stieff Silver to abolitionist Elisha Tyson's old house to hidden Hampden Falls, a water source for a former mill.

George W. Hilton, a retired college professor who specialized in transportation economics whose definitive books on railroads and shipping also included the seminal history of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad, died Aug. 4 at Lorien Health Park in Columbia. He was 89.

The best way to deal with homelessness, especially when young children are involved, is to prevent it.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and four other prominent institutions will spend the next five years trying to turn a theoretical "next-generation" form of encryption into a practical way to better protect software from hackers.

Inside the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, a fight is brewing. Seated around a large conference table are 12 people who cannot reach an agreement. They are engineers and scientists, discussing theories and analyzing every fact and detail inside the lab's Parsons Auditorium. As the temperature inside the room rises, so do the tempers ¿ especially for John O'Brien and Betse Lyons.

A smallpox outbreak anywhere in the world is a major global threat what with travel and a highly susceptible world population. However, not more than 10 to 15 countries have sufficient vaccine to counter an epidemic. At this time, it would seem most prudent to be prepared in every way possible. Destroying the known existing stocks of the virus and augmenting the world's supply of a well-tested smallpox vaccine should have the highest priority.

The Maryland Institute College of Art announced Wednesday it will launch a masters program in filmmaking and will run it out of a historic Station North theater that will be home to both MICA and Johns Hopkins University's film programs.

As successes mount in the Station North neighborhood, community leaders are setting their sights on another long-promised part of the neighborhood's renaissance — market-rate apartments.

Ethne F. Higginbotham, an educator who later became a mental health counselor, died Wednesday of a urinary tract infection at Brightview South River, an Edgewater assisted-living facility. She was 92.

The LGBTQ Life program at Johns Hopkins University may have just finished its first year on the school's Homewood campus, but it's already outgrown its digs and is expanding into a new space this coming semester.

At Cathy Rees' yoga class, you won't see anyone attempt a downward-facing dog—many members of the class are in wheelchairs, and almost all of them suffer from dementia.

After 4,000 miles and 42 days of running across the country to raise money to fight cancer, Kelsi Ludwigsen of Havre de Grace returned last Saturday to cheers, hugs and even a proposal from her boyfriend.

This month, Maryland banned high-proof liquors like Everclear and other inexpensive tipples. Self-proclaimed public health activists claimed such "high octane" liquors increased the likelihood of binge-drinking and sexual assaults on college campuses. While the merits of the ban are debatable, one aspect of it is not: the use of taxpayer money to support a political agenda.

While many of her friends spent the summer swimming or going to amusement parks, 11-year-old Asley Ventura, of Laurel, had fun participating in a space camp at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab.

Hopkins researchers explore how a gene mutation leads to suicidal thoughts

Based on Maryland's experiences, Virginians should reconsider their decision to reject the Medicaid expansion. They pay the federal taxes anyway; they might as well get the benefits of their tax dollars — both in health and in lower costs.

Burton J. "Burt" Shapiro, who was associated with WBJC-FM for more than 30 years and was an acknowledged jazz and film expert, died July 20 of respiratory failure at Sinai hospital. He was 68.

Tim Nelson and Kathy Edin fell in love with their Butchers Hill rowhome, and the city

The Shafer Center, a school for autistic children ages 2 to 8 in Owings Mills, recently installed a new playground intended to help children with social interaction and motor skills.

Dr. Thomas F. "Tim" Herbert, a well-known Howard County physician who practiced family medicine in Ellicott City for 40 years, died Sunday of cancer at William Hill Manor in Easton. He was 86.

Deborah W. Alper, former director of intellectual property management and business development at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, died July 13 of complications from Lyme disease at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 65.

Stevenson university announces appointment of interim business dean

Dr. Harry C. Rhodes, former superintendent of Queen Anne's County public schools who played a pivotal role in the community college movement in the state, died Monday of heart failure. He was 99.

If we are serious about adding 10,000 new families to the city, then it is time to recognize that there is a lot between the suburbs and downtown. A lot of residents, a lot of houses, a lot of businesses — a whole lot of potential. High-speed through traffic damages this potential. It devalues the neighborhood as a destination, a place we go to and from, a place where bicyclists do not fear for their lives and engines do not roar so loud you can't have a conversation on your stoop.