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Walt Disney helped combat malaria by making an animated film in 1943 called The Winged Scourge. This short film starred the seven dwarfs and taught children that mosquitos transmit malaria, which is a very bad disease. It advocated the killing of mosquitos to stop the disease.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
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The most common childhood diseases include croup, chickenpox, ear infections, flu, pneumonia, ringworm, respiratory syncytial virus, scabies, head lice, and asthma.
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According to the CDC, approximately 31.7% of the U.S. population has high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" levels.
On May 15, 1916, after deliberating for one hour, an all-white jury in Waco, Texas, found seventeen-
Spanish-American War: Caribbean Theater, 1898
If their caregivers sign to them, deaf children will imitate these signs and “babble” in sign, ...
Infant: 4 weeks to 1 year.
There has been a widespread loss of glacier mass globally
North American Cordillera