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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA was discovered in 1961 in the United Kingdom. It if often referred to as a superbug. MRSA infections cause more deaths in the United States every year than AIDS.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was originally known as the Communicable Disease Center, which was formed to fight malaria. It was originally headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since the Southern states faced the worst threat from malaria.