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Brown designates 5 Md. health enterprise zones

Maryland officials are announcing Maryland's first five health enterprise zones.

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Md. crafts state hospital breast-feeding policies

Breast milk is a one-stop shop for all the nutrients and energy a baby needs for the first six months of its life, experts say.

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Bat at Ravens game has health officials worried

A different kind of bat — the one with wings — made contact with a fan during a Ravens game, worrying officials with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene because of the potential for rabies exposure.

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Md. adult contracts state's first case of West Nile in 2012

An adult in central Maryland is the state's first person to contract West Nile virus and show symptoms of it in 2012.

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MRSA found in Maryland respiratory deaths

The Centers for Disease Control says two of three family members who died from a respiratory illness earlier this year in Calvert County were infected with an antibiotic resistant bacterial strain.

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