Medical researchers have added five years to the recommended time period that breast cancer survivors should take advantage of during life-saving drug therapy. Tamoxifen was first introduced in the early 1970s and is used to stimulate immune systems and overwhelm elements that spur cancer, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The drug […]
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Two Baltimore Recreation Centers Avoid Permanent Closure with New Management
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake officially handed over the city’s Brooklyn O’Malley Recreation Center to the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Baltimore in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 3. The center, located in the Brooklyn section of South Baltimore, was the first of two centers to evolve from city-owned to private, non-profit control in December as […]
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Baltimore Police Target Gangs
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts recently provided an in-depth look at city crime and what police are doing to curb the recent uptick in city violence when he held a meeting with concerned citizens and community leaders that was broadcast on the Internet. The meeting was an unprecedented move for a department that often […]
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Republicans Back Away From Norquist Tax Pledge”Fiscal Cliff” Nears
Congress is once again racing the clock to avoid the automatic spending cuts set to go into effect if a financial compromise cannot be reached in the coming weeks. At the center of the debate are tax increases on all income over $250,000 for couples and spending cuts for public programs. If lawmakers cannot decide […]
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Young Black Men Comprise Large Part of New U.S. HIV Infections
More than half of the new HIV cases diagnosed among young adults in 2010 were found in African-American males, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In all, 25 percent, or 12,200 of the 47,000 new HIV cases reported in 2010 were among youths ages 13 to 24, according to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly […]
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BP Temporarily Disqualified from New Government Contract Work
The Environmental Protection Agency has temporarily disqualified BP Gas from obtaining new government contracts for its role in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that devastated marine life along the Gulf Coast in 2010. Earlier in November, the company was ordered to pay more than $4 billion to the Department of Justice and an additional $525 million to […]
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Major General Strategizes for Health and Wholeness
Still full of the same energy and passion that has fueled decades of service, Maj. Gen. Leo V. Williams III is a strong model of success for young men and women across the board. The Major General has over 33 years in the Marine Corps Reserve, several positions of national and local leadership, and his […]
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Baltimore Legend Celebrates 80 Years
Friends and family packed An die Musik off North Charles Street for an evening of music, good food, and celebration in honor of Ethel L. Ennis, a Baltimore legend. The internationally recognized jazz vocalist was sure to step into her 80th year in style, complete with outfit changes, catering by Kevin Brown, and entertainment from […]
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Wal-Mart Picketed on Thanksgiving, Black Friday
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) staged picketing at Walmart stores throughout the country Nov. 23 targeting labor practices of the nation’s largest retailer on one of the biggest shopping days of the year following a Thanksgiving Day worker walkout. The protesters, spearheaded by UFCW-backed OUR Wal-Mart and Making Change at Walmart, […]
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African Nations See Decline in New HIV Cases
Doctors across the continent of Africa have seen a 50 percent decline in new cases of HIV since 2005, according to “Results,” the World AIDS Day report prepared by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and to be released Nov. 27. Since 2001 Malawi alone has seen a 73 percent decrease in new […]
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President Obama Participates in East Asian Summit
President Obama concluded the second year of American participation at the East Asian Summit (EAS) at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Nov. 20. The three-day Asian conference began Nov. 18 in Bangkok, Thailand, and then moved to Rangoon, Burma, also known as Myanmar, where Obama became the […]
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Robin Roberts Home for Thanksgiving after Battling Virus
Good Morning America (GMA) talk show co-host Robin Roberts returned home for Thanksgiving Day after a virus following her bone marrow transplant landed her back in the hospital. Roberts, who received the bone marrow transplant from sister, Sally-Ann Roberts, said the latent virus was causing her no pain, and was only a small, commonly occurring […]