May 1, 2020
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The University System of Maryland and its institutions can be vehicles for investment in the state’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Chancellor Jay A. Perman argued Friday as the system faces state budget cuts due to declining tax revenues. ...
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Widespread testing and contact tracing may be the best way to contain COVID-19 and keep it from a resurgence as jurisdictions look to loosen physical distancing, modelers told a Maryland legislative work group Wednesday. Because the coronavirus can spread before ...
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April 28, 2020
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Market volatility from the coronavirus pandemic hurt equity markets during the year’s first quarter, but moves made this month by the federal government and central banks have helped the markets rebound and find surer footing, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ...
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Maryland has given $1.6 million in grants to firms that began producing health care safety equipment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Maryland COVID-19 Emergency Relief Manufacturing Fund has awarded grants of up to $100,000 to 20 companies in the state ...
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Maryland opened its field hospital at the Baltimore Convention Center on Sunday as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to grow in the state. Cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus grew to nearly 19,500 on Monday. The number ...
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LifeSprout, a regenerative medicine startup founded at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has raised $28.5 million in a Series A fundraising round, the company announced Monday.
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If testing is to be a foundational block of Maryland’s plan to begin reopening the state, as Gov. Larry Hogan has said it will be, then the tests themselves are just part of a complex supply chain management problem that ...
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University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers are investigating whether taking an anti-malaria drug could prevent infection and symptoms from exposure to people with COVID-19. The study hopes to find whether hydroxychloroquine could help limit the spread of the disease by ...
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Johns Hopkins University will cut top officials’ pay, halt projects and undertake furloughs and layoffs amid projections it could lose as much as $100 million by the end of June and $375 million during the next fiscal year due to ...
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Prince George’s County has emerged as the center of Maryland’s response to COVID-19, with leaders and hospital officials saying they are focusing their efforts on the diverse suburban county. With 3,875 cases and 141 deaths, the county has had more ...
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