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Today, nearly 8 out of 10 pregnant women living with HIV (about 1.1 million), receive antiretrovirals.
Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.