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CosmosID, Resilient Biotics collaborate to advance respiratory health research

CosmosID, a microbiome analytics company with a genomic sequencing facility in Germantown, Thursday announced a collaboration with Resilient Biotics to explore the microbiome strains that colonize the respiratory tract tissues, a step toward advancing respiratory health research and therapeutic development. CosmosID will offer a range of next-generation sequencing services and advanced bioinformatic support.

Two of Baltimore’s politically powerful PR firms merge

Baltimore public relations veteran Sandy Hillman has merged her firm with the politically savvy KO Public Affairs Communications Inc. in a move that will add consumer marketing to KO’s growing portfolio. Sandy Hillman Communications made the move this month after a decade of partnering with KO on several accounts including Under Armour Inc., the U.S. Census Bureau, the Maryland State Board of Elections and the Maryland Health Exchange.

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City unveils programs to increase women in workforce

The city of Frederick has announced a training program for women who have gaps in their employment history and a grant program to provide capital to women- and minority-owned businesses. The city will provide 10 to 15 spots for so-called “Returnship” positions: 12- to 16-week paid programs in the city government designed specifically for women who have long gaps in their employment, city spokesman Allen Etzler said Monday.

170 workers to be laid off at Cecil County warehouse

Two staffing companies plan to lay off more than 100 workers at a Cecil County warehouse leased by a California clothing company. Jobandtalent Hirings LLC and Adecco USA will lay off 125 and 45 workers, respectively, at the North East warehouse on May 10, according to a filing with the Maryland Department of Labor’s Workforce Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) log. The warehouse located at 200 Gateway Drive houses a distribution center for Bella + Canvas and Alo Yoga, two brands owned by a California clothing company.

Baltimore bridge struck by freighter, collapses into Patapsco

A beloved Baltimore beer will be sold at Oriole Park at Camden Yards this year for the first time in seven seasons. National Bohemian will be back on tap at the ballpark for the upcoming season, the Orioles announced Monday. The beer, which left the stadium in 2016 much to the dismay of O’s fans, will return in a special baseball-themed orange can that can only be found at Camden Yards. The ballpark will also have some other changes for the upcoming season, including new food offerings from local partners.

A nurse standing at the ready, wearing scrubs with a MedicAlert ID attached.
Maryland needs more nurses. Their licenses are caught in red tape.

Lauren Gulmert needs an internship to graduate from nursing school next spring. But the delay in getting one has had nothing to do with her grades or training or anything else seemingly within the 21-year-old’s control. She missed the past two summers on the job because she couldn’t get the certified nursing assistant license required in Maryland.

Taxpayers were overcharged for patient meds. Then came the lawyers.

In 2018, when Mike DeWine was Ohio’s attorney general, he began investigating an obscure corner of the health care industry. He believed that insurers were inflating prescription drug prices through management companies that operated as middlemen in the drug supply chain. There were concerns that these companies, known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, were fleecing agencies like Medicaid, the government-run health insurance program for the poor.

 

Sale of Orioles after Peter Angelos’ death: Here’s what we know

The death of Orioles owner Peter Angelos raises questions about what happens to the team now. Here are five key questions and answers: How will Angelos’ death affect the pending sale of the Orioles? Angelos’ death on Saturday will not affect current plans in place for the sale valuing the team at $1.725 billion, according to Chris Ullman, a spokesperson for David Rubenstein, 74, the leader of the group buying the club.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
As Orioles celebrate 70 years in Baltimore, Jim Palmer binds their past to their present

A piercing thought stopped Jim Palmer in the midst of a recent conversation covering his 61 years with the Orioles. He has never traveled to Baltimore for a baseball spring without knowing Brooks Robinson would be there. Robinson, who died in September, was more than a longtime teammate and hot corner hoover who kept runs off Palmer’s pitching ledger.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Maryland unemployment, still among the nation’s lowest, ticks up for third straight month

After claiming the title of lowest state unemployment rate in the country last year, Maryland’s unemployment rate rose for the third consecutive month in February. Virginia’s unemployment rate held steady last month. The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Maryland’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in February was 2.4%, up from 2.3% in January and 2.2% in December.

 

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