Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
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Interferon was scarce and expensive until 1980, when the interferon gene was inserted into bacteria using recombinant DNA technology, allowing for mass cultivation and purification from bacterial cultures.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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In the United States, congenital cytomegalovirus causes one child to become disabled almost every hour. CMV is the leading preventable viral cause of development disability in newborns. These disabilities include hearing or vision loss, and cerebral palsy.
Iowa State University's Tornado/Microburst Simulator
Generally, the total tax burden in the United States is much lower than that of other industrialize
Early in the twentieth century, when malnutrition was common, companies such as this one advertised
Every state has a two-letter abbreviation.
Change in Annual Precipitation Over Land, 1901-2010