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Hopkins Youth Violence Center Receives $1.3M Grant
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland lawmakers say a Johns Hopkins youth violence prevention center has received a $1.3 million grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control. U.S. Sens. Barbara Mikulski and...
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Opinion: Republicans Advances War On Women
The Governor of South Carolina is unconcerned with women in South Carolina dying from preventable cancer. This week she took steps to promote cervical cancer in South Carolina. Nikki Haley, the...
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Maryland Weighs In As The 21st Heaviest State
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Breaking it down by fat. A study by the Centers for Disease Control has ranked the 50 states by obesity levels. Alex DeMetrick reports on where Maryland weighs in. Putting on the...
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Centers For Disease Control: More Than 90 People Sick With Meningitis
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say they have now confirmed more than 90 cases of a rare fungal meningitis that has been linked to a steroid commonly used to ease back pain. The Centers for Disease...
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At CDC, Scientists Fight To Halt A Deadly Outbreak
ATLANTA (AP) — Scattered across the carefully landscaped main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are the staff on the front lines fighting a rare outbreak of fungal meningitis: A...
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CDC Under Fire After Smallpox Vials Found
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Under fire. Scrutiny intensifies at the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention in the wake of several security breaches involving potentially deadly diseases. Mike Schuh reports...
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Study: HIV Diagnoses Drop In US, But Increase In Young Gay Men
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – While the overall number of people diagnosed with HIV has declined over the last decade in the U.S., the number has risen among young gay men, reports Live Science. Researchers...
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Smokers React To New Anti-Cigarette Ad
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A new ad campaign hopes to stop you in your tracks before reaching for a cigarette. Amy Yensi has reaction from former smokers. The campaign is called Tips From Former Smokers and the...
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Contaminated Machines Linked to Heart Surgery Infections
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are warning that small outbreaks of infections spread by contaminated operating room machinery during open-heart surgery could be more widespread than first thought....
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Missing CDC Doctor’s Parents, Who Live In Md., Describe Agony Of Wait For News
By Wayne Drash, CNN (CNN) — Four times, the parents of a missing doctor with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told that a body has been found. Each time, Tia and Terrell...
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CDC Identifies Mystery Cluster Of Deaths Among Dentists
By Susan Scutti, CNN (CNN) — A cluster of cases of a progressive lung disease occurred among dentists and other dental workers treated at one Virginia care center, according to Thursday’s Morbidity and...
View ArticleAdvocates Push to Raise Legal Smoking Age From 18 To 21
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A battle of ages is brewing in Maryland, as some advocates are pushing to raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21-years-old. Six other states and the District of Columbia have...
View Article30 People Sickened By Infection Linked To Contact With Petland Puppies, CDC Says
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday it is investigating an outbreak of a multi-drug resistant infection linked to contact with pet store puppies. According to the CDC, 30...
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