For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.

The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.

The term bacteria was devised in the 19th century by German biologist Ferdinand Cohn. He based it on the Greek word "bakterion" meaning a small rod or staff. Cohn is considered to be the father of modern bacteriology.

Although puberty usually occurs in the early teenage years, the world's youngest parents were two Chinese children who had their first baby when they were 8 and 9 years of age.