The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was originally known as the Communicable Disease Center, which was formed to fight malaria. It was originally headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since the Southern states faced the worst threat from malaria.
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The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
The recent mass upheavals in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, and Syria gave political scientists a cha
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Typical bacterial population growth curve showing the initial lag phase