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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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The most destructive flu epidemic of all times in recorded history occurred in 1918, with approximately 20 million deaths worldwide.
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Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system destroys its own healthy tissues. When this occurs, white blood cells cannot distinguish between pathogens and normal cells.
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Each year in the United States, there are approximately six million pregnancies. This means that at any one time, about 4% of women in the United States are pregnant.