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'Be bRAEve': $35K Raised In Four Days For Maryland 9-Year-Old Battling Leukemia
Maryland is wrapping its arms around a little girl whose smile can light up a room.
Rae Bradley is 9 years old, joyful, bright, and the kind of kid who loves hard and smiles often, according to friends and family.
Recently, her world shifted.
Rae was diagnosed with leukemia, news her family says no child should ever have to face.
In an instant, the normal routines of playing with her brother Jack, and spending time with her cousins gave way to doctor visits, treatments, and hospital stays.
Rae Bradley
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But those who know Rae say one thing has not changed.
Her spirit.…
Mumps Cases In Maryland Triple All Of 2025 Just Weeks Into The New Year, Health Officials Warn
Mumps is spreading in Maryland — and health officials are warning clinicians to be ready.
Fourteen cases have already been reported statewide in 2026, compared to just four in all of 2025, according to the Maryland Department of Health, raising concerns for some officials.
Most of the recent cases are in adults in the Baltimore metropolitan area, officials said in an alert sent to paramedics, though they caution that mumps can occur in any age group, and cases may increase throughout the state.
The alert, issued by Dr. Timothy Chizmar, Maryland’s State EMS Medical Director, signals th…
The Votes Are In: National Zoo’s First Elephant Calf In Decades Now Has Her Name
She had a tiny trunk and a very big debut. Now, DC’s newest elephant finally has a name.
For the first time in nearly 25 years, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute welcomed an Asian elephant calf at 1:15 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, inside the Elephant Barn in Washington, DC.
Nearly two weeks later, zoo officials announced the 308-pound female now answers to Linh Mai.
The name, chosen by the public through a fundraising vote, means “spirit blossom.”
Linh means “spirit” or “soul,” and Mai refers to the apricot blossom, a flower associated with Tết, the …
