The University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health is offering antibody treatments that have the potential to reduce the progression of severe coronavirus illness.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Clinicians at the medical center said they will provide monoclonal antibody treatments in their infusion center.Leslie Clark, registered nurse and assistant vice president of population health, administers some of the infusions. Clark said the antibody treatments bind to the coronavirus.“It prevents attachment to our human cells, so they don t continue to replicate in our body, which in turn, prevents hospitalization and prevents mortality or death,” Clark said.Colin Ward, the COO for University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, said the Baltimore Convention Center offers this treatment. The medical center wanted to bring that kind of treatment closer.“We found that some of the patients who meet the criteria have a tough time gett
A Parkville man keeps getting notices from the U.S. Postal Service informing him that letters and bills are coming to his mailbox soon, but he hasn t received any mail in days.Greg Kump said he can t understand why there are so many delays with his mail delivery. Where do they store all of this mail? They must have a huge spot to put all this mail in, Kump said. It s a lot of extra money and extra hassle to paying your bills on time. It s a huge inconvenience. Kump said he s paying extra money to avoid late fees on his mortgage and other bills all because of postal delays. He said he hasn t received mail in 10 days.According to messages and pictures from the U.S. Postal Service, mail for him and his wife will be coming to their mailbox soon, including notices from Social Security and state vehicle emissions, also a Christmas card.Members of Maryland s congressional delegation are again asking the postmaster general for answers. Reps. Kweisi Mfume, John Sarbanes and others sent
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Show Transcript This is Brian, NATO deputy police commissioner for the Public Integrity Bureau of the Baltimore City Police Department. Today we re going to release the body worn camera video from two officers from an incident which took place on January 30th, 2021 it cost me 12 38 hours at the Compare Food Supermarket, located at 5600 the Alameda Marketplace in Baltimore. One officer is Wesley Rosenberg, ER second officer is Daniel Jensen. You will see both officers receive a call for an armed person at that location. When both officers arrive, they both enter the supermarket. Once shots begin, you will see Officer Rosenberger returning fire, then trying to exit the supermarket through an emergency door. Once that door does not open, he retreats to the manager s office, which is on the second floor of the store and continues to engage. The suspect with that body worn camera video completes. You will then see Office
A small group of Baltimore City students and staff members may be just days away from getting tested for the coronavirus on campus.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Testing has been in the works for some time, and weather permitting, this will start on a small scale in a couple of days.“Tonight, I also want to share information about the plan that we are developing to offer regular COVID testing for all staff and students on-site for in-person learning at schools,” Baltimore City Schools CEO Sonja Santelises said.Satelises made the announcement during Tuesday night s board of school commissioners meeting. The district will pilot the program in two elementary schools: Moravia Park and William Paca elementary. At both locations, groups of 25 students and staff members will take part in what s called pool testing.“The plan will likely include a combination of individual saliva-based test and pooled testing for staff and students,
High school students now sit on more than a half a dozen local school boards across the state, but legislation being heard in the current session in Annapolis may affect the quality of their vote.Student board of education members say they not only represent the voice of their classmates, but their eyes and the ears as well.Local school boards have been faced with major decisions since the start of the coronavirus pandemic decisions that affect tens of thousands of students but now it s students who sit on those boards who are trying to protect their right to vote. Student board members are concerned about House Bill 629 which would prohibit a student member from being the deciding vote on any matter being decided by a county school board.“I really just think this is an unintended consequence that created some gridlock that we need to get rid of,” Del. Reid Novotny, R-Howard and Carroll counties, said. “This was just the easiest way to make a small change to not take a