Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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In the ancient and medieval periods, dysentery killed about ? of all babies before they reach 12 months of age. The disease was transferred through contaminated drinking water, because there was no way to adequately dispose of sewage, which contaminated the water.
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Fungal nail infections account for up to 30% of all skin infections. They affect 5% of the general population—mostly people over the age of 70.