Illnesses

Like crabs in the steamer

2010-07-23 16:22:14

Here we go, dear readers, staggering into what could well be some of the hottest, steamiest couple of days this summer. First, the warnings:Excessive Heat Watch: posted for Saturday in Baltimore, Southern Baltimore County, Washington, D.C., Arlington,...

Common flu strain resists popular drug Tamiflu

2009-03-03 00:00:00

The flu strain most likely to make you sick this winter has developed a near-total resistance to one of the most popular drugs prescribed to blunt its symptoms. More than 98 percent of one of the influenza A viruses circulating this winter is now...

Killer dies in cell at Supermax

2009-03-24 00:00:00

A convicted killer with a history of mental illness was found dead in his cell Monday in what authorities say was an apparent suicide, an outcome the inmate's lawyers called tragically predictable. Kevin G. Johns Jr., 26, was found at the Supermax prison...

Flu spread raises alarm

2009-04-28 00:00:00

Officials advised Monday against most travel to Mexico, the center of an outbreak of swine flu suspected of killing almost 150 people there and sickening at least 50 through its spread to the United States. The acting director of the Centers for...

Parents uneasy about swine flu vaccine

2009-10-10 00:00:00

Alexandra McKinty will not be putting her 13-month-old in line for the swine flu vaccine. Madelyn, she says, has already had too many shots in her short life. And Loretta Jergensen of Parkville is worried that the vaccine wasn't adequately tested, so...

All files pointed to Ivins, FBI says

2008-08-07 00:00:00

Federal authorities released hundreds of pages of documents yesterday in an effort to show that they could prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Bruce Edwards Ivins, the Army scientist who killed himself last week, was the sole person responsible for the...

Flu appears to be ebbing in Maryland

2009-04-02 00:00:00

The 2008-2009 influenza season is not quite over, but Maryland health officials say it appears to have peaked and the number of new cases is on the wane. "We expect lower levels of flu throughout the rest of the month of April, but it should finally be...

'I Love Money': Nibblz gets 'bounced'

2008-07-23 13:29:56

Lindsay Diokno is back to recap I Love Money: I don’t know if I’ve just been watching too much reality TV, or if the editors of I Love Money are getting that lazy, but last night’s episode was fairly predictable.......

Ex-McDonogh QB Sabelhaus finds happiness in Hollywood

2009-11-27 00:00:00

The pictures come clearly into the mind of Bob Sabelhaus Sr., as he is driving to New York for Thanksgiving and talking on his cell phone about his son Bobby, who in 1995 was the nation's top-rated quarterback prospect during his senior year at McDonogh....

Swine flu is suspected in death of Arundel teen

2009-10-22 00:00:00

An 18-year-old graduate of North County High School in Glen Burnie died Wednesday after a brief illness that friends on a Facebook page described as suspected swine flu. In a letter to parents, the school describes Walter Brooks as a "dynamic presence"...

Flu hits hospital visitor policies

2009-10-13 00:00:00

As Maryland's hospitals brace for the worst that the swine flu pandemic could offer, they are making big changes in the way they handle visitors - restricting children, limiting certain adult visitors and issuing face masks at entrances - in an effort...

Mild flu could hit harder in the fall

2009-05-06 00:00:00

The number of swine flu cases in Mexico is stabilizing. In the U.S., though more people are being diagnosed with the virus, cases have been mostly mild, claiming two lives. And health officials have backed off on closing schools where students are sick....

College students, including those with mental illness, will soon return to classes.

2010-08-12 09:15:44

Biggers & Callaham LLC., D/B/A Mice Direct of Cleveland Georgia is recalling frozen reptile feed (mice, rats, chicks), because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella can affect animals and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products.

2010-07-26 22:00:00

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Perhaps the best go-to fake ailment is the stomach flu because it often passes in a day, so if you're spotted out and about later you can say the worst is over. And nobody's going to ask you for details, because no one wants to hear tales from the bathroom.

2010-01-06 00:00:00