Any future life science buildings at the East Baltimore Development Inc. site in Middle East will be smaller with cheaper leasing options, the master developer of the $1.8 billion project told a city design panel Thursday. Planners also outlined a ...

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Helen E. Lanes has joined Hord Coplan Macht as a principal. Lanes will lead the Baltimore architectural firm’s interiors studio. Her more than 20 years of experience includes working with such health care providers as Johns Hopkins Hospital, Howard County ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland health department will be discussing its next steps in an investigation into baby crib bumper pads, which some studies have linked to asphyxia and death in young infants. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ...

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Maryland health officials are investigating whether cantaloupe linked to an outbreak of listeria made it into the state, after a Marylander was among eight people nationwide who died from eating tainted produce. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said ...

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Upcoming construction by East Baltimore Development Inc. was detailed Tuesday at a forum that drew contractors seeking work, but among the chief questions was whether laborers working on a $60 million tower at the site are in the country legally. ...

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Maryland is launching a plan to reduce cancer deaths. The Maryland Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan announced Tuesday aims to save the lives of an additional 1,200 residents annually by preventing, detecting and treating the illness. Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, secretary of ...

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Maryland’s health secretary is calling for emergency regulations to add synthetic drugs known as “bath salts” to the state’s controlled dangerous substances list. Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on Thursday declared the drugs ...

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE Medical Assistance — Long-term care penalty period Appellant v. Baltimore County Department of Social Services OAH No.: DHMH-BCNY-10A-11-04129 Decision by: ALJ Nicole Pastore Klein Decision Issued: April 18, 2011 RecordFax No. 11-0419-50, 11 pages. ...

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Maryland’s health secretary is considering classifying synthetic drugs known as “bath salts” as controlled dangerous substances, making them illegal. Many states have already banned bath salts, which are often sold online and mimic the effects of cocaine or methamphetamines. They ...

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Other than implementing federal health care reform, which in and of itself is significant, Maryland’s 2011 General Assembly session was unusually quiet from a health care perspective. The highlight of the 2011 session is the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act ...

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