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County braces for sequester's landing
Frederick :: MD :: USA | 3 months ago
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Toilets along the towpath might go unpumped, and Frederick's new airport tower could be grounded...With about 20 percent of its working residents employed by the federal government, Frederick County is largely taking a wait-and-see attitude toward
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Cat found with rabies
Middletown :: OH :: USA | 3 months ago
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A cat picked up in Middletown on Valentine's Day tested positive for rabies, according to the Frederick County Health Department. The adult male cat with long black hair was found along Holter Road near the Hollow Creek Golf Course. The Maryland
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Flu leads to precautions at churches
Frederick :: MD :: USA | 4 months ago
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Flu is still widespread across the state, as it has been since mid-December, according to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Across the state, nearly 4 percent of the 44,124 visits to hospital emergency rooms during the week ending
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Six things to know this week
Frederick :: MD :: USA | 4 months ago
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Presentation of the Containment Laboratory Community Advisory Committee's annual report to the mayor and board of aldermen for the City of Frederick will be held at 3 p.m...Sign up for public comment about the Frederick County Public School's 2014
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Flu causes crowding at Frederick Memorial
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 4 months ago
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The emergency department has been busy and bed space is tight at Frederick Memorial Hospital as a direct result of increased flu activity this year. Dr. John Molesworth, an FMH emergency physician, said this is probably the heaviest flu season he has
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‘Rethink Your Drink' campaign set
Madrid :: Spain | 7 months ago
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Stern News-Post Staff Frederick County bus riders may notice a new targeted advertisement outside and within some buses over the next month designed to convince them that drinking sugary beverages is not good for their health. The idea for the
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Officials: Malfunction, human error led to spill
Frederick :: MD :: USA | 9 months ago
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Frederick County officials said a combination of a mechanical malfunction and human error led to the release of 275,000 gallons of partially treated wastewater into the Monocacy River. Wednesday's spill was the result of a computer malfunction that
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Synthetic drugs added to illegal list: Spice, K2 among products now banned
Frederick :: MD :: USA | 9 months ago
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Thurmont resident Joan Freeze is circulating a petition to ban the substances, which she says are sold at a Liberty gas station, and Frederick resident Duane Canter has tried to get the product out of Frederick shops. Canter, who said his son had
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Frederick to be used as case study on cancer cluster investigation
Frederick :: MD :: USA | 11 months ago
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Frederick County Health Officer Barbara Brookmyer said the Community Technical Advisory Board -- which was formed to help with the cancer cluster study -- helped provide a list of about 40 people who could offer a spectrum of perspectives. "The
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FMH prepares for high workload, special patients
Frederick :: MD :: USA | 1 year ago
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Stern News-Post Staff Frederick Memorial Hospital is preparing for a medical emergency at Camp David when the president, world leaders and their entourages arrive for the G-8 summit. Shortly after hearing in March that the meeting of world economic
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