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Some in Laurel facing sequestration with optimism, others brace for trickle-down effect
When Congress and the White House failed to make a deal on budget cuts March 1, sequestration went into effect, requiring federal agencies to identify $85 billion in required cuts. The looming reductions, which will be spread across agencies —...Tags: Fannie Mae, Career and Workplace, Business, Government, Head Start
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U.S. doctor's 'gutsy' move led to baby's cure from HIV
ReutersJACKSON, Mississippi/CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) - The doctor who cured an HIV infected baby for the first time is happier talking to children than to adults and is finding all the attention since the news came out a little overwhelming. Dr. Hannah Gay...Tags: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Pharmaceuticals, University of Mississippi, Viral Diseases and Infections, Allergies
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Developers express interest in FBI headquarters
General Services Administration officials said Wednesday they had received nearly three dozen responses to a request for ideas about a new FBI headquarters, a potentially lucrative development that Maryland leaders hope to land in Prince George's County....
Tags: Prince George's County, National Security Agency, FBI, Justice System, Steny Hoyer
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Parents raise awareness about rare diseases
On a bad week, Hallie Munro sees upward of 10 doctors. Often her joints ache so badly that she cannot get out of bed, her lungs wheeze and struggle for air, her stomach pierces so much that she does not want to eat. Noah and Laine VanHoutan were once...Tags: Lobbying, Research, Politics
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Can computers decode dreams? Researchers take a first step
Dreams defy even the dreamer, slipping away as stealthily as they arrive in a mind made credulous by sleep. But what if scientists could read our dreams by using the most advanced medical imaging machines and employing the sophisticated algorithms that...
Tags: MRI (imaging), Japan, Electroencephalography, Medical Research, Science and Technology
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O'Malley warns of 'job-killing' sequester cuts
Gov. Martin O'Malley warned Sunday morning that Maryland faces "job-killing cuts" if Congress allows a wave of automatic spending reductions to take place this Friday as scheduled. Appearing on CBS' Face the Nation alongside Virginia Republican Gov. Bob...Tags: Immigration, Mental Health, Health, Regional Authority, Government
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U.S. cuts could lead to 'brain drain' in medicine
Scientists at the nation's leading research institutions are warning that continued uncertainty over federal funding could lead to a brain drain that will undermine the country's global status in medicine. With funding at the National Institutes of...
Tags: China, Kathleen Sebelius, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Less testing on animals, better science
Many Americans would be surprised to learn that chimpanzees are still being used in biomedical research and that millions of other animals are utilized in consumer product and toxicity testing. Others may find a sense of security in knowing that this...Tags: Health, Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sepsis
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A smart investment
The human brain is a marvelous instrument, capable of the subtlest thoughts, feelings and perceptions, and of dreams even the gods might envy. Yet for all our cleverness in other areas, we still know embarrassingly little about how our own brains actually...
Tags: Schizophrenia, Fiction, Diseases and Illnesses, Research, Medical Research
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SPARK fires up physical activity at Annapolis elementary school
At Germantown Elementary School in Annapolis, students receive physical education once a week. Officially, that is. Unofficially, students are engaging in the same level of activity as their "go-outside-and-play" parents of previous generations. At...Tags: Teachers, Preschools, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Annapolis, Schools
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Hopkins scientist finds link between neurobiology of music, language
A Johns Hopkins brain scientist is finding a neurological basis for a notion that many people believe intuitively — that music is as much a form of language as Spanish or French. Charles Limb is one of just a handful of researchers worldwide...
Tags: Music, Harvard University, Peabody Conservatory, Fine Artists, Annapolis
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Federal firefighters push for shift-swap flexibility
When city or county firefighters have a family event or unexpected obligation pop up on a workday, their solution is familiar to most shift workers: They find a colleague willing to trade hours. But for the roughly 10,000 firefighters employed by the...Tags: Parties and Movements, Government, Standards, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland)
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