swine flu
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Pigs exhibited at the fair in Frederick County tested positive for swine flu, the Maryland Department of Agriculture said Sunday. - Pigs that were recently exhibited at the Charles County Fair in Maryland are sick with swine flu
- After a slow start to flu season in Maryland, physicians and the Center for Disease Control say they are starting to see a jump in cases around the state.
- This year's flu season got off to an early start, and public health officials are asking people to get their vaccinations to ward off a serious outbreak.
- If members of the Baltimore City Council are serious about reducing panhandling, they should offer assistance, not a police crackdown
- The state's first confirmed flu case this season was detected Thursday in a child living in the Washington suburbs, state health officials said.
- Outside the kitchen doors on the Carroll County 4-H and FFA fairgrounds, the smell of turkey being cooked evoked thoughts of Thanksgiving rather than an upcoming summer fair. While the fair wasn't even open yet, the kitchen staff of volunteers arrived a week earlier to prepare.
- President Barack Obama has named an Annapolis man to head the multibillion-dollar grant program through which the Federal Emergency Management Agency helps local governments prepare for disasters.
- President Barack Obama has named an Annapolis man to head the multibillion-dollar grant program through which the Federal Emergency Management Agency helps local governments prepare for disasters.
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- Our experts separate myths from reality as they answer common questions about how to prevent the flu and what to do if you think you've got it.
- GBMC and MedStar Franklin Square are among the area hospitals reporting large numbers of patients with flu symptoms
- Maryland can protect workers, public health with little effect on businesses
- Paid sick leave may be a win-win at the workplace but elected officials should be reluctant to force that benefit on Maryland employers
- Maryland has confirmed its first cases of seasonal influenza, state health officials announced Friday, several months earlier than last season.
- Hearing aids have improved the quality of many people's lives, but most users have learned they are less than ideal in noisy environments.
- After 12 cases of new strain are detected in Maryland, pigs at the state fair will be checked carefully for the disease
- Six Queen Anne's County residents have been diagnosed with a strain of swine flu that has been infecting people across the country, including many who have been attending state and local agricultural fairs, according to state health officials.
- An unusually large number of people have come down with the respiratory disease whooping cough this year around the nation, and in Maryland, prompting public health officials to issue warnings about booster shots for adults and children.
- Princeton Day Academy coach Van Whitfield welcomes Omari George, Kamau Stokes, Anton Waters and Josh Gerard to his program.
- Maryland's Nana Meriwether almost becomes the first Maryland woman in 55 years to claim the crown
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- Three Calvert County family members mourned, celebrated after their flu deaths
- Flu confirmed in 4 Calvert County family members , 3 died
- State, federal officials say flu cases rising and the season can last until May
- Federal funding that has allowed Carroll County and other regional jurisdictions prepare for potential disasters and threats is likely to be cut...
- Federal funding that has allowed Baltimore County and other regional jurisdictions prepare for potential disasters and threats is likely to be cut...
