Respiratory Disease

Louis M. Sleater, Orioles pitcher

2013-03-28 08:50:00

Louis Mortimer Sleater, a standout high school athlete who ended his seven-year major league pitching career with the Baltimore Orioles and was later a steel salesman, died of lung disease Monday at his Timonium home. He was 86. A left-handed...

Mary Alma Lears, Walters docent

2013-01-28 14:47:58

Mary Alma O'Connor Lears, a former Walters Art Museum volunteer guide whose keen eyes alerted officials to a $1 million theft later linked to a gallery security guard, died of lung disease Jan. 24 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Towson and former Roland...

Hospitals seeing large number of patients with flu symptoms

2013-01-03 17:38:00

Area hospitals are coping with a surge of patients with achy bodies, fevers and sore throats as the nation grapples with a flu season that has hit earlier and harder than usual. The flu virus is unpredictable, so no one knows when the outbreak will...

Harford residents urged to get their flu shots

2013-01-09 12:46:43

Harford County Executive David R. Craig got his flue shot, and he's urging all Harford residents to get one as well. His vaccination was administered by the Harford County Health Department in Bel Air. "Flu season is upon us and I join with the Harford...

Lionel L. Bass Jr., Beth Steel foreman

2012-12-07 20:32:31

Lionel L. Bass Jr., a retired Bethlehem Steel general foreman and decorated Korean War combat veteran, died of cancer complications Dec. 2 at his Timonium home. He was 82. The son of Lionel L. Bass Sr. and Barbara Ellen Grebner, he was born in...

MedImmune creating drug pipeline for AstraZeneca

2012-11-18 00:00:00

When Gail Folena-Wasserman joined Gaithersburg biotechnology startup MedImmune in 1991, she was its first employee in research and development, and dreamed of what the company might be "when it grew up." Two decades later, the senior vice president for...

Military can take a toll on women's health

2012-11-17 15:28:00

Saddled with student loan debt, Dr. Laura Herrera joined the Army Reserve to help pay off medical school bills and perhaps get a chance to see the world. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks hit shortly after she enlisted, and her military career took an...

Group says two power plants polluting Baltimore's air

2012-10-10 10:00:00

While Baltimore's air is healthier to breathe than it used to be, at least one environmental group thinks it could be cleaner still.� The Sierra Club released a report this week contending that two power plants in the area - C.P. Crane in Baltimore...

McFadden sisters did Howard County proud at 2012 Paralympics

2012-09-12 00:00:00

Tatyana McFadden put on a remarkable performance at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. Competing in "athletics," which is what we call track and field, she had nine races from Sept. 3-9. Five were finals. Over that span the 23-year-old from Clarksville...

Morgan State wins, 30-27, over Sacred Heart in 4th OT

2012-09-01 16:09:50

Standing on the Morgan State sideline, running back Travis Davidson couldn't bring himself to watch Sacred Heart's Chris Rogers attempt the game-winning field goal in the third overtime of Saturday's season opener. "I'm very superstitious," Davidson...

Heat death toll reaches highest total since 2005

2012-08-14 17:28:00

A Baltimore City woman and Montgomery County man have been added to the tally of heat-related deaths this summer, bringing the total to 40. That makes this summer's heat the deadliest since 2005, according to state health officials. The fatalities...

Baltimore man's death latest heat-related casualty

2012-08-29 07:07:00

Hot weather contributed to the death of a 13th Baltimore resident earlier this summer, state health officials confirmed Tuesday. The city man, who was between the ages of 45 and 64, brings to 42 the number of heat-related deaths in the state so far...

Tucker was born Sophie Kalish in Tulchyn, Ukraine. Her family emigrated to the U.S. when she was an infant, and settled in Hartford, as stated by the Hartford Courant. In 1903, at the age of 17, she was briefly married to Louis Tuck.

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Some 10,000 people who stayed in tent cabins at Yosemite National Park over the summer may be at risk for the deadly rodent-borne hantavirus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. There is no cure for the lung disease.

2012-08-31 00:00:00

More than 20,000 cases of whooping cough, a respiratory disease, were reported in the first seven months of the year in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2012-08-15 00:00:00