Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system destroys its own healthy tissues. When this occurs, white blood cells cannot distinguish between pathogens and normal cells.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.
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HIV testing reach is still limited. An estimated 40% of people with HIV (more than 14 million) remain undiagnosed and do not know their infection status.
Species-rich Sonoran Desert landscape.
The Eastern Banjo Frog is a common frog species across eastern Australia.
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Time Line of Human History From Upper Paleolithic Period to the Present