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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was originally known as the Communicable Disease Center, which was formed to fight malaria. It was originally headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since the Southern states faced the worst threat from malaria.
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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.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.