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Va. nurse charged with stealing drugs from Martinsburg VA center
A registered nurse from Virginia is accused of stealing drugs from the VA Medical Center in Martinsburg. A federal grand jury named 29-year-old Paula High of Virginia Beach in a 78-count indictment this week. U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld says High is...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Prosecution, OxyContin (drug), Valium (drug), Theft
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Civil War spies tell their stories
alnotarianni@aol.comThese gals were wiley. They transported secret notes in hollowed-out loaves of bread, in cored apples and in eggs with the yolks blown out. They used petticoat pockets, which typically toted diapers or a thread and needle, for stashing tobacco, medicine...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Malaria, Battle of Antietam
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'The angel of the battlefield'
janeth@herald-mail.comAt a time when women were not allowed to travel without male companions to battlefields or tend to men who were not their relatives, Clara Barton nursed and comforted the wounded and dying on Civil War battlefields. It was at the Battle of Antietam...Tags: Charity, Injuries and Wounds, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Relief and Aid Organizations, U.S. Army
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Parkway Professional Center celebrates grand opening
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comFriday was a big day for private-sector health care specialty services in Hagerstown and Washington County. Dozens of people, including employees, doctors, guests and elected officials, attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Private Health Care, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy, MRI (imaging)
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Sisters in arms found their way to war
timr@herald-mail.comEditor’s note: Tim Rowland is a Herald-Mail columnist and the author of “Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War.” A wounded Dutchman lay writhing in a makeshift Washington, D.C., hospital following the Battle of Bull Run, a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Slavery, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Blindness
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Blacks braved bigotry to fight
marieg@herald-mail.comThe muster rolls tell a unique story of the Civil War — one that contradicts the stereotype of a struggle between white farmers, North and South. Scan the record books and you'll find Union Shawnee and rebel Choctaws, Confederate rabbis and Arab...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Slavery, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Army, Social Issues
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Some school board members favor new rules for comments at meetings
julieg@herald-mail.comWhen school nurses spoke up at a Washington County Board of Education meeting earlier this summer, board members should have waited until the end of their meeting to respond to the nurses’ concerns and questions about the future of the school...Tags: Elections, Nursing, Medical Specialization, Politics
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'Unsung heroines' offered care, compassion after Battle of Antietam
janeth@herald-mail.comWhile Clara Barton’s care of the wounded and dying during the Civil War is the stuff of legend, it took the hands of just about every area woman and girl over the age of 13 to tend to the thousands of patients from the Sept. 17, 1862, Battle of...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mumps, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Injuries and Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses
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Sounds of rifle fire explode during re-enactment the Battle of Antietam
julieg@herald-mail.comThousands of men donning blue and gray advanced and retreated Sunday afternoon as the sounds of rifle fire exploded across a farm near Boonsboro. The battle re-enactment off Monroe Road was accompanied by the sounds of laughter and adults explaining what...Tags: Career and Workplace, Injuries and Wounds, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Unions, Armed Conflicts
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Make A Difference Breast Cancer Screenings is making a difference in the community
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comLinda Carter of Hagerstown knew she had a lump in her right breast. The lump was so large that she characterized it as "bigger than a golf ball, but not softball size." "You could see it through the shirt," the 48-year-old said. But, she kept...Tags: Mastectomy, Cancer, Mammogram, Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer
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Psychiatrist to analyze man accused of killing his mother
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA psychiatrist will be appointed to analyze a man awaiting trial in the 2009 fatal attack on his 70-year-old mother. Marcus Wallace, 41, is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, burglary, criminal trespass, criminal mischief,...Tags: Punishment, Psychiatrists, Psychiatry, Abusive Behavior, Criminals
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Hagerstown woman hosts reunion from early days of Western Maryland State Hospital
janeth@herald-mail.comWhen Patsy Murray of Hagerstown hosted a reunion of her 1959 graduating class from Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore several years ago, the group picked up right where they had left off. They had such a good time that Murray decided to...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Hospitals and Clinics, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Halloween
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