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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.