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In the United States, congenital cytomegalovirus causes one child to become disabled almost every hour. CMV is the leading preventable viral cause of development disability in newborns. These disabilities include hearing or vision loss, and cerebral palsy.
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
Vaccines cause herd immunity. If the majority of people in a community have been vaccinated against a disease, an unvaccinated person is less likely to get the disease since others are less likely to become sick from it and spread the disease.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.