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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released reports detailing the deaths of infants (younger than 1 year of age) who died after being given cold and cough medications. This underscores the importance of educating parents that children younger than 2 years of age should never be given over-the-counter cold and cough medications without consulting their physicians.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.