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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.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.