BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Since opening its doors in 1984, the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center has served Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and southern Pennsylvania as an emergency center for critically ill and injured horses. The equine medical center (EMC), located in Leesburg, is one of three animal health care facilities and teaching hospitals of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, based on the Virginia Tech cam  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 13 -- The Maryland Department of Health issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: The Maryland Department of Health today announced that it has successfully retained its accreditation from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). The PHAB grants accreditation to health departments after fulfilling stringent quality, innovation, and improvement criteria. The Department first received accreditation in 2017, becoming one of the initial 200 health department  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 14 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: Governor Wes Moore yesterday announced the inaugural grant awardees of the Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) initiative, a first-of-its-kind, community-based strategy to address concentrated child poverty in Maryland. The $13.1 million in grants will fund 27 entities across all 12 statutorily eligible counties as part of the historic $  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 14 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced the launch of Maryland's Unified Benefits Screener, a joint initiative between the Maryland Departments of Human Services, Health, and Information Technology to streamline benefit access. The new screener--the state's first interagency online tool developed with a person-centered and mobile-first design--allows Marylanders to quickly and easily check  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 14 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: Governor Wes Moore and the Maryland congressional delegation today announced that the Maryland Department of Commerce, in collaboration with the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), are once again joining forces to expand Maryland's Defense Technology Commercialization Center (DefTech). The expansion of the program was made possible through a $585,463 grant from the U.  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 13 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers Stephen Baylin, M.D., and Andrew Feinberg, M.D., were awarded the 2022-2023 Harvey Prize in the field of Science and Technology by the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Baylin, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Genetics and Epigenetics Program, and Feinberg, director of the Johns Hop  more