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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.
Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Warfarin was developed as a consequence of the study of a strange bleeding disorder that suddenly occurred in cattle on the northern prairies of the United States in the early 1900s.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.