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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
People who have myopia, or nearsightedness, are not able to see objects at a distance but only up close. It occurs when the cornea is either curved too steeply, the eye is too long, or both. This condition is progressive and worsens with time. More than 100 million people in the United States are nearsighted, but only 20% of those are born with the condition. Diet, eye exercise, drug therapy, and corrective lenses can all help manage nearsightedness.
The U.S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50% of all medication errors involve insulin.
Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.