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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
Ether was used widely for surgeries but became less popular because of its flammability and its tendency to cause vomiting. In England, it was quickly replaced by chloroform, but this agent caused many deaths and lost popularity.
Most fungi that pathogenically affect humans live in soil. If a person is not healthy, has an open wound, or is immunocompromised, a fungal infection can be very aggressive.
More than 50% of American adults have oral herpes, which is commonly known as "cold sores" or "fever blisters." The herpes virus can be active on the skin surface without showing any signs or causing any symptoms.
Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
Evaluation of a child for cystic fibrosis with a sweat chloride test. Sweat is being collected under
In this cartoon, Boss Tweed welcomes cholera—a skeletal figure of death carrying a handbag from “Asi



