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Letter to the Editor - Jan. 26
The NRA is in denial and our country is not safe To the editor: I had to laugh at a recent editorial cartoon in a local newspaper. It was situated right below a “gun apologist’s” letter that suggested “no compromise, no gun...Tags: The Washington Post, Quitting Smoking, Shootings, Suicide, National Rifle Association of America
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Johns Hopkins school fills Comstock professorship
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has named Dr. Josef Coresh the inaugural recipient of the George W. Comstock Professorship in Epidemiology. The professorship honors the legacy of Dr. George Comstock, a physician and professor...Tags: Heart Disease, Renal Failure, Tuberculosis, Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease, Kidney Disease
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Washington County Health Department to hold second flu vaccination clinic
julieg@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Health Department is having its second flu vaccination clinic of the season Oct. 26. With flu vaccinations widely available through local pharmacies, including ones at grocery and discount stores, the health department is not having...Tags: Flu Vaccine, Vaccines, Chemical Industry, Preventative Medicine, Aspirin (drug)
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Author Mariah Stewart says she has the world's best job
marieg@herald-mail.comWho knew whooping cough could influence a career choice? Not in medicine — but as an author. That was the case with romance fiction writer Mariah Stewart, who at the age of 7, spent an entire summer in bed, recuperating from the respiratory...Tags: Romance (genre), Arts and Culture, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Whooping Cough, Authors
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Hedgesville High senior going to prom after successful double lung transplant in January
richardb@herald-mail.comHedgesville High School senior Victoria Chakwin is looking forward to Saturday night's senior prom and wearing her new black gown with red accents. But preying deeply on her mind is something that none of her classmates could have imagined going through....Tags: Lungs and Airways, University of Maryland Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Human Body, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Dozens of cats removed from Hagerstown home
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA Hagerstown woman whose home was entered by officials last week to remove 42 cats said Monday that she wants to have the animals returned. “I miss them. They’re like my kids,” said Gladys Mills, an occupant of the two-story brick... -
Letters to the Editor - Jan. 8
Habitat for Humanity hoping to sell donated property To the editor: The deed transfer section of our local newspapers reported that Habitat for Humanity of Franklin County has acquired the property at 458 E. King St. in Chambersburg. While the...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Maryland General Assembly, Politics, Fox News Channel (tv network), Services and Shopping
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David T. West Jr., 92
David Toliver "Tolly" West Jr., 92, of Hagerstown, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at Coffman Nursing Home. Born Nov. 17, 1919, in Anderson, S.C., he was the son of the late David Toliver and Myrtie (Smith) West. He worked at Jamison Door Co. for 37...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), American Legion, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), U.S. Navy
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Peak flu season is coming
marieg@herald-mail.comIt might not be the subject of fundraisers and walk-a-thons. But make no mistake, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Like cancer, AIDS, heart disease and a host of other medical maladies, influenza can be a killer. On average, flu...Tags: Headaches, Flu Vaccine, Vaccines, Human Body, Preventative Medicine
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School bus drivers protest working, safety conditions
Bus drivers and aides employed by a Baltimore schools contractor say that unsafe conditions such as fires and mold spores are endangering lives and unfair wages are threatening their livelihoods. The grievances were aired Thursday at a rally of employees...
Tags: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Career and Workplace, Students, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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2008 - Study: Higher Rate Of Brian Cancer Not Statistically Significant
Hartford CourantA long-awaited study of almost 225,000 Pratt & Whitney workers from the 1950s to the early 2000s found a slightly higher rate of brain cancer among workers at a former North Haven plant than for the Connecticut population as a whole. But the study,...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Cheshire, East Hartford, Middletown, United Technologies Corporation
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Rights groups say thousands have vanished into the Syrian regime's torture dungeons
Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove off. That was a year...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Law, Human Rights Watch
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