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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released reports detailing the deaths of infants (younger than 1 year of age) who died after being given cold and cough medications. This underscores the importance of educating parents that children younger than 2 years of age should never be given over-the-counter cold and cough medications without consulting their physicians.
Normal urine is sterile. It contains fluids, salts, and waste products. It is free of bacteria, viruses, and fungi.