Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).
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Since 1988, the CDC has reported a 99% reduction in bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, due to the introduction of the vaccine against it.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.